TEACHERS at a US school have been criticised for staging a fake gunman attack during a class trip.

Cork golfer Niall Turner was named the Big Ten Conference's Golfer of the Week after his third top-10 finish of the season at last weekend's Augusta State Invitational.

Aidan O’Brien strengthened his already powerful hand for next year with a juvenile double thanks to wins with Aussie Rules and Fire And Rain at Newmarket on Thursday.

A step up to Group One company could be on the cards for Aussie Rules after he regained the winning thread in a thrilling renewal of the Somerville Tattersall Stakes at Newmarket.

Storms battered the Tennessee and Ohio valleys with tornadoes, high wind and hail before the system swept east.