The King and Queen made a dramatic entrance to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, as they strode out of the Tardis at the beginning of the opening ceremony. As the 11-day sporting extravaganza gets under ...

The Scottish city is staging the event for the second time in 12 years after rising costs put paid to Victoria’s hosting.

Anthony Joshua side-stepped talk of Tyson Fury before his fight with Kristian Prenga, but knows he cannot “conquer the universe” without victory in Jeddah on Saturday night. Former two-time world ...

Aidan O’Brien landed another Japan Racing Association Tyros Stakes at Leopardstown – but it was Florida Bay rather than Aix La Chapelle who won the day. All eyes were on Aix La Chapelle, who would ...

He said 20 being knocked off rates for pubs, clubs and live music venues across England from April next year was a ‘first step’ to ...

Rossa Ryan was banned for 28 days at Sandown on Thursday for “failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures” on Thunder Home, which was adjudged by the stewards to have cost him victory.

The Taoiseach said it was “very, very important to come out here early” during Ireland’s six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union to make clear to Ukraine t ...

Micheál Martin said the probe was ‘almost complete’ and the results would be shared with the European Commission.

The Princess Royal has visited Co Fermanagh to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the Air Training Corps. Anne met air cadets from across Northern Ireland on her engagement in the region on Thursday.

RAF Fairford has been named as a 'legitimate target' by Iran's military chiefs following a US bombing raid launched from the base. The warning came in a statement from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary ...

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Disgraced former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been stripped of his knighthood. It comes after Donaldson was convicted of historical child sex abuse offences at Newry Crown Court in June. The ex ...