Kyren Wilson fell victim to the ‘Crucible Curse’ as he crashed out in the first round of the World Snooker Championship in a dramatic 10-9 defeat to China’s world number 39 Lei Peifan.

It began with a poor kick out by Verbruggen from which the ball came straight back and to the feet of Wissa in the right-hand channel. He reversed it Mbeumo, who opened his body up and curled a ...

The Energy Secretary said both Reform UK and the Tories were prepared to concoct falsehoods to ‘pursue their ideological agenda.’ ...

According to the Kremlin, the ceasefire will last from 6pm Moscow time on Saturday to midnight following Easter Sunday. Mr Putin offered no details on how the ceasefire would be m ...

In one small step for robot-kind – thousands of them, really – humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon in the Chinese capital Beijing on Saturday.

The long-serving 29-year-old started both legs of the quarter-final clash with the French champions on the bench.

Lando Norris labelled himself a “f*****g idiot” and said he had let himself down after crashing out of qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The British driver looked set to duel it out for ...

MATCH of the Day host Gary Lineker has hinted at a trip to the Cotswolds. The BBC presenter - who leaves his role at the end of the season - has revealed that he would like to visit the Cotswolds.

Norris’ error in Q3 left him out of a three-way fight for pole between his team-mate Oscar Piastri, Verstappen and George Russell.

Six men have been arrested in connection with the death of a woman hit at a golf club by a van being chased by police. Suzanne Cherry, 62, of Aldridge, Walsall, died in hospital after she was struck ...

Special pouches used to lock students’ phones during the day were introduced at Birchwood Community High School in September.

Four days on from falling agonisingly short in a pulsating quarter-final clash with Paris St Germain, Villa Park was rocking once again.