Michael Vaughan is calling on England to be ruthless by sacking captain Alastair Cook in order to salvage any chance of winning next year's World Cup. Vaughan is convinced that if England continue with Cook in charge of their one-day international team ...

Sept 3 (Reuters) - Former England international Ray Wilkins has been appointed as the new head coach of the Jordan national team. The Jordan Football Association (JFA) announced on Wednesday that Wilkins was given the job on the recommendation of ...

The hunt for missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 has been narrowed to the southern region of the previous search zone after a new analysis of satellite phone data. A failed attempt at a satellite phone call from the jet 'suggests ... the aircraft might have ...

A cyber-attack took down Sony's PlayStation Network over the weekend, with the person claiming responsibility declaring that it was done in the name of terrorist group Isis. A Twitter user with the handle @LizardSquad said 'today we planted the ISIS flag on ...

A last minute redesign of a key component has left Apple's suppliers scrambling to get enough screens ready for the iPhone 6. Reuters said supply chain sources said the need to redesign a key component disrupted panel production ahead of next month's ...

Malky Mackay - the former Cardiff manager under investigation by The FA for 'racist, sexist and homophobic messages' - attended Kick It Out's 20th anniversary dinner only three months ago. At a glittering event at Wembley Stadium, Mackay was one of 650 ...

Islamic militant group Hamas said three of its senior military leaders have been killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip. The three - Mohammed Abu Shamaleh, Mohammed Barhoum and Raed al-Attar - were killed in the Israeli air strike near the southern ...

David Cameron this morning returned to his family holiday in Cornwall – less than 24 hours after flying back to London for emergency talks over the brutal killing of an American journalist by a British jihadist. The Prime Minister insisted he would continue to ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The explosions rocking the Gaza Strip may seem far removed from the flashy cars and skyscrapers of ultra-rich Qatar, but efforts to end fighting between Hamas and Israel could hinge on how the tiny Gulf Arab state wields ...

The Ebola virus killed 84 people in just three days last week, bringing the global death toll to 1,229, the World Health Organisation revealed today. The latest figures came as it emerged that a 48-year-old British woman who collapsed and died in Austria ...

... said Attorney General Eric Holder; Medical examiner hired by the family said on Monday the 18-year-old was shot six times - including a 'kill shot to the head'; Officer Darren Wilson, 28, revealed on Friday as the cop who shot dead the unarmed teenager.

Here, Manchester City were not at their best but they won. Newcastle, on the other hand, began what may yet be a testing season competitively and earnestly but could not find way to bring a save from City goalkeeper Joe Hart. City's two goals were easy on ...

The immigrants rescued from a shipping container yesterday are Sikhs who are understood to be from Afghanistan, it has emerged. The 35-strong group's arrival at the Port of Tilbury yesterday prompted an international investigation after one man died.

The embattled chief of Ferguson police was barracked on a walkabout in the crowd protesting the death of black teenager Michael Brown by chants of: 'What's his name? What's his name?' Jon Belmar was screamed at by the crowd who wanted to know the ...

Obama said today there was no place in America for police brutality but appealed for 'peace and calm' on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri following the cop shooting of Michael Brown. The President has ordered the FBI and Department of Justice to conduct ...

Some 45,000 Yazidi refugees have finally been able to escape from Mount Sinjar after U.S. air strikes and a fightback by Kurdish forces appeared to have broken the ten-day siege by Islamic militants. But a small band of Iraqis stranded on the barren mountain ...

Sir Cliff Richard has today vehemently denied allegations that he committed a sexual offence with a boy under the age of 16 in the 1980s. The 73-year-old's luxury apartment in Sunningdale, Berkshire, was searched today for five and a half hours hours by ...

Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend a temporary ceasefire for five days, allowing the sides to continue to negotiate a substantive deal to end the war in Gaza. And one couple took advantage of the lull in fighting by getting married at Al-Shatea refugee ...

A mother who fled jihadi gunmen told yesterday how she had seen militants sever the heads of men in her village and then parade them in front of the victims' families on the bonnets of captured vehicles. Her face badly scorched by the sun after days hiding in ...

Borussia Dortmund inflicted an early psychological blow on bitter rivals Bayern Munich with an impressive victory in the German Super Cup on Wednesday. Hendrikh Mkhitaryan put Dortmund ahead in the 23rd minute and new signing Pierre-Emerick ...