Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere 4,000 million years ago — more than a billion years before Earth, a new Oxford study has found.

An extraordinary cast of the death mask of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, which spent years gathering dust in a family attic, has fetched £169,250 — almost three times its presale estimate at an a

Bubbling with confidence after an emphatic semi-final triumph, England cricket captain Alastair Cook is hoping that it his team’s turn to lift the ICC Champions Trophy come Sunday.

South Africa coach Gary Kirsten admitted his team deserved the tag of chokers after it crashed to a seven-wicket defeat by England in the Champions Trophy semi-final on Wednesday.

Serena Williams heads to Wimbledon to defend her title with seeds of doubt and defeatism already sown in the minds of her opponents.

Indian writer Amitav Ghosh’s latest novel, River of Smoke, has been nominated for the £25,000 Warwick Prize, a unique international and cross-disciplinary award, which is open to substantial pieces of

Hosts England reached the Champions Trophy final with a seven-wicket victory over South Africa in the semi-final at the Oval in London on Wednesday.

Champions Manchester United will begin their title defence with a trip to League Cup winners Swansea, the English Premier League said on Wednesday as it announced the 2013/14 fixtures.

Rafael Nadal was named fifth seed for Wimbledon on Wednesday, leaving his major title rivals to ponder meeting the 2008 and 2010 title-winning Spaniard as early as the quarter-finals.

England and South Africa will hope lady luck does not desert them when they clash in the Champions Trophy semi-final at the Oval in London on Wednesday.