In New Orleans, there is a blank slab of concrete where a statue of American civil war general Robert E Lee stood for 133 years.

With calls last week for Cork GAA fans to stop displaying Confederate flags at matches, American author Barbara Kingsolver says it’s time to let the flag go in her homeland too

IT’S the top of the 10th inning in Houston and the St Louis Cardinals are battling for the right to keep playing in October, baseball’s favourite month.