Francis repeated his view that women are the ‘fertile’ nurturers of the church, inducing grimaces in his audience during a speech.

Watford got back to winning ways with a hard-earned 2-1 win over Sunderland at Vicarage Road. Angelo Ogbonna made his home debut while Edo Kayembe returned to the starting line-up after injury. In ...

Otis Khan scored five minutes from time to secure Oldham a 2-1 victory over National League bottom side Ebbsfleet. Mark Kitching nodded the Latics into the lead from Mike Fondop’s flick-on three ...

Lancashire’s relegation from Division One of the Vitality County Championship was confirmed on the day when rivals Yorkshire were promoted to the top flight. After bowling out Worcestershire for 180 ...

Fulham’s Andreas Pereira had gone down under Murillo’s challenge, but Nuno claimed the match officials had got the decision wrong.

An Israeli air raid in Beirut killed Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s long-time leader, the Lebanese militant group confirmed on Saturday. Mr Nasrallah is the most powerful target killed by Israel in ...

The busiest train station in the UK is set to close for 8 days around the festive period, Network Rail has said.

Officials said there was not a way to bring them back earlier on SpaceX without interrupting other scheduled missions.

Everton manager Sean Dyche was delighted with the way his side managed the game as they came from behind to beat Crystal Palace 2-1 for their first Premier League win of the season. Having twice ...

Arsenal’s dramatic late win leaves Leicester on just three points from 18 and manager Steve Cooper, booked for protesting what he felt was a foul on Jamie Vardy in the build-up to Arsenal’s first goal ...

The image sees the all-female line-up posing together while donning an array of silver sequin and and satin gowns.

Thomas Frank insisted there is method to the madness after Brentford raced into the Premier League record books. The Bees became the first team to score in the first minute of three consecutive ...