Golfer Tiger Woods has a new girlfriend, Olympic and World Cup champion ski racer Lindsey Vonn.

Nigel Owens took time out from preparing to referee tomorrow’s Rugby World Cup final to tweet this clip of an encounter with Jack Whitehall.

We’re not saying they are unpopular, but the internet has been having a right good snigger after England were knocked out of the Cricket World Cup today.

Paul O’Connell and the team are raring to go after the phony war of the warm-up series, delighted to leave the training camp behind and get the tournament underway.

Scrappy Scotland were denied a smash-and-grab win in Paris after France stormed back to claim a 19-16 win in both side’s final match before the World Cup.

England lock Courtney Lawes has been handed a two-game ban after being found guilty of recklessly striking an opponent with his knee.

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will captain England against San Marino in tomorrow night’s World Cup qualifier at Wembley.

Ian Thorpe continued to struggle on his return to swimming as he failed to reach the 100 metres butterfly final at the FINA World Cup meet in Beijing.

James Hook started at fly-half in place of the injured Rhys Priestland as Wales clashed with France for a place in their first ever Rugby World Cup final.

Wigan have rubbished reports from South America that Paraguay international Antolin Alcaraz could back out of his move to the DW Stadium.

The World Cup’s local organising committee (LOC) is confident that vuvuzela-blowing fans will respect the tension of penalty shoot-outs once the tournament reaches the knock-out stages.

Football Association chief executive Ian Watmore has confirmed threatened industrial action will not result in England’s World Cup qualifier against Andorra tomorrow being played behind closed doors.

Shaun Wright-Phillips will miss England’s World Cup qualifying double header with Kazakhstan and Andorra next month with a knee injury.

Eleven police officers have been injured in the North during disturbances at Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifier match with Poland.

England skipper John Terry has insisted there is no question mark over his fitness ahead of next summer’s World Cup finals.

Iranians in Seoul are taking advantage of a World Cup football qualifier to denounce their home government deeply mired in allegations of election rigging.

Front-row forward Wayne Kerr has been called into the Irish side to face Samoa in Wednesday's crucial clash at the Rugby League World Cup.

Wakefield rugby league back-row forward Jason Golden has been ruled out of Ireland’s World Cup plans through injury.

Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has handed Liverpool winger Albert Riera a recall for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Estonia and Belgium.

Germany captain Michael Ballack is an injury doubt for Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier against Wales after sitting out training today.