Lleyton Hewitt admitted he was relieved to be back on his favourite grass court as the Australian ended his losing streak with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 victory over America’s Michael Russell in the first round

With eyes firmly set on a semi-final berth, a confident India will seek to keep the momentum going when they take on an unpredictable West Indies in a crucial Group B match of the ICC Champions Trophy

Scottish writer Iain Banks, who in April had announced he was dying because of a late stage cancer, has passed away. He was 59.

Britain’s Prince Harry intervened to prevent a soldier under his command being beaten up in a homophobic attack, according to a new book.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been ordered to stand trial in Sicily for an alleged attack on a photographer that put him in hospital.

British researchers have developed a reliable new non-invasive blood test, which can detect whether or not an unborn baby has Down’s syndrome during the first trimester of pregnancy.

Triple strikes by Kemar Roach and Sunil Narine helped West Indies dismiss Pakistan for just 170 in their Champions Trophy Group B opener at The Oval on Friday.

Mike Gatting said he was “happy”, 20 years on, to have been bowled by the “ball of the century” that kick-started Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne’s career as one of cricket’s greatest bowlers.

A digital avatar therapy could help treat schizophrenia by controlling the voices patients hear inside their heads while hallucinating, scientists say.

The British Parliament was engulfed deeply in a cash-for-lobbying scandal on Sunday as three peers were allegedly exposed in a media sting offering to carry out parliamentary work in return for cash.