Kyren Wilson fell victim to the ‘Crucible Curse’ as he crashed out in the first round of the World Snooker Championship in a dramatic 10-9 defeat to China’s world number 39 Lei Peifan.

In one small step for robot-kind – thousands of them, really – humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon in the Chinese capital Beijing on Saturday.

It began with a poor kick out by Verbruggen from which the ball came straight back and to the feet of Wissa in the right-hand channel. He reversed it Mbeumo, who opened his body up and curled a ...

The long-serving 29-year-old started both legs of the quarter-final clash with the French champions on the bench.

Alex Lees and Emilio Gay both scored unbeaten centuries as Durham piled on the runs against Yorkshire in the County Championship. Dom Bess was the final Yorkshire player out for 66 in a total of 307, ...

Lando Norris labelled himself a “f*****g idiot” and said he had let himself down after crashing out of qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The British driver looked set to duel it out for ...

The vehicle hit a 47-year-old man on Stonyhurst Road, Woolton, at about 11:45pm on Friday, Merseyside Police said.

Police have launched an investigation after seven statues were daubed with graffiti before thousands of trans rights protesters marched through central London. The Metropolitan said its officers were ...

Brentford manager Thomas Frank hailed an “incredible achievement” after Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa made it 31 Premier League goals between them in a 4-2 win over Brighton at the Gtech Stadium.

Norris’ error in Q3 left him out of a three-way fight for pole between his team-mate Oscar Piastri, Verstappen and George Russell.

Late goals from Nico O’Reilly and Mateo Kovacic saw Manchester City open up a four-point cushion to the Europa League places.

Four days on from falling agonisingly short in a pulsating quarter-final clash with Paris St Germain, Villa Park was rocking once again.