Rory McIlroy will miss the Open because of an ankle injury

World number one and defending champion Rory McIlroy will miss next week's Open after injuring his left ankle. The Northern Irishman, 26, revealed on Monday he had ruptured an ankle ligament playing football with friends. Confirming he would not…

Roger Federer sweeps into semi-finals in Wimbledon

Seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer swept aside France's Gilles Simon to set up a mouth-watering semi-final meeting with Andy Murray. The Swiss second seed continued his impressive progress despite two rain interruptions on Court One.…

New York Stock Exchange suspends trade after glitch

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has suspended trading on all shares for technical reasons, but says there is no cyber attack. The NYSE said it would provide more details as soon as possible. All open orders would be cancelled, according to…

Eurozone sets ‘final deadline’ for new plan

The eurozone has given Greece until Thursday to present new proposals to secure a deal with creditors, and has called a full EU summit for Sunday. The eurozone had expected Greece to submit fresh plans on Tuesday after its voters rejected a deal in…

Asafa Powell ready to claim World title

Heavy lies the head that wears the crown, they say, but Asafa Powell doesn't seem to mind at all - he wants the crown! With question marks surrounding sprint king Usain Bolt and an army of Americans led by Justin Gatlin ready to storm the throne at…

Brown wins 100m in season-best time in Hungary

World and Olympic sprint champion Veronica Campbell Brown ran a season’s best 10.99 seconds (-1.2m/s) to win the 100m A race at the Istvan Gyulai Memorial in Budapest, Hungary, today. Campbell Brown, who was third in both sprint finals at the recent…

St Lucia to table legislation to make CCJ final court

The St Lucia Government says it will soon table legislation that will allow for the island to make the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) its final court, replacing the London-based Privy Council. Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony said…

Bill Cosby admitted he gave woman drugs before sex

U.S comedian Bill Cosby admitted he obtained sedatives with the intent of giving them to women he wanted to have sex with, court papers from 2005 show. The unsealed files, obtained by the Associated Press news agency, show Mr Cosby made the…

Minions fend off Terminator challenge at UK box office

The latest Terminator movie posed no threat to the Minions, who remain top dog at the UK and Ireland box office. The Minions film made £6.23m in its second weekend in cinemas, comfortably besting the £3.79m Terminator: Genisys made in its first four…

Ernst Dolce charged for Carrying Firearm

After a thorough investigation by the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force, (RTCIPF) the charge of Carrying Firearm has been laid against 26-year-old Ernst Dolce relating to an incident, which took place on Monday, 29th June 2015 in the Lower…