Chris Rogers’ maiden Test century to give Australia the edge in the fourth Ashes match against England was hailed as a reward for years of perseverance, newspapers said Sunday.

New Manchester United manager David Moyes put a testing pre-season behind him as his side beat Wigan Athletic 2-0 in the Community Shield at a sun-soaked Wembley on Sunday.

Chinese superstar Lin Dan took the badminton world title for a fifth time Sunday after arch- rival Lee Chong Wei was stretchered off the court in the third game.

A challenging Oak Hill course took a toll on early starters in Sunday’s final round of the PGA Championship, setting the stage for a dramatic afternoon trophy showdown.

Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt remained on course to regain his 100 metres world title as he progressed into Sunday’s final at the World Athletics Championships.

Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi marched defiantly through Cairo on Monday in a new show of force after the expiry of a government ultimatum to dismantle their huge protest camps.

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Monday said those upset by his disputed landslide election victory could “go hang.”

A 98-year-old Hungarian who topped the dwindling list of surviving Nazi war crimes suspects has died in hospital while awaiting trial for allegedly sending 12,000 Jews to the death camps.

More than 500 people have been evacuated from a tiny Indonesian island where a volcano erupted at the weekend, spewing rocks and lava that killed five villagers, an official said Monday.

Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell halted Australia’s advance after a treble strike by Ryan Harris on the third day of the fourth Ashes Test at Chester-le-Street on Sunday.