Parts of the plane in which former US President Theodore Roosevelt’s pilot son Quentin was shot down in July 1918 will be auctioned off on June 29 in this northwest French town, organisers said.

South Africa, after losing the toss, made 230/6 against the West Indies in their winner-takes-all Champions Trophy Group B match at Cardiff on Friday.

England’s Luke Donald missed a chance to match Phil Mickelson for the clubhouse lead on Friday in the first round of the storm-hit US Open by missing a four-foot par putt on the 18th hole.

Brazil and coach Luiz Felipe Scolari cannot help but have one eye on next year’s World Cup on home soil, but if the acid test is 12 months away the countdown starts on Saturday when the Selecao take o

Five-time winner Roger Federer outclassed Germany’s Mischa Zverev 6-0, 6-0 on Friday to book his place in the semifinals of the Halle Open.

Palaeontologists have made the surprising evolutionary discovery that ancient Australian fish may have had abdominal muscles, previously thought to have only developed in land animals.

Naturally occurring human gene sequences cannot be patented but artificially copied and replicated DNA can be, the US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.

Prince William’s wife Catherine carried out her last solo public engagement on Thursday before she gives birth next month — although many wellwishers who turned up for a final glimpse of the royal bum

Rain provided further frustration for Australia, on a day when they dropped David Warner for a bar-room attack on England’s Joe Root, as their Champions Trophy match against New Zealand ended in a no

Australia batsman David Warner was dropped for the country’s Champions Trophy match against New Zealand on Wednesday, Cricket Australia said, after a bar-room attack on England’s Joe Root.