He was also joined by the festival’s founder, Sir Michael Eavis, who was wheeled onto the stage by his daughter.

Gavin Ryan came close to breaking his Classic duck on Serious Contender, who gave odds-on favourite and stablemate Lambourn a real fright in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh.

She was a shy 21-year-old from small-town Czech Republic when she stunned Maria Sharapova in 2011, while she produced one of the most dominant final performances in Wimbledon history three years later ...

Keke continued on his upward curve, as Billy Lee rode the winner of the Dubai Duty Free Rockingham Handicap at the Curragh for the second year running.

Emma Raducanu goes into Wimbledon as the British women’s number one having ended Katie Boulter’s two-year reign earlier this month, but she faces an immediate battle to hold on to her status. Raducanu ...

Tributes continue to pour in for the late Barry Hills, with Darryll Holland describing one of the greatest trainers of his generation as a “father figure”.

A heatwave will serve the hottest ever start to Wimbledon, with temperatures due to hit 35C. Sunday may reach 31C in parts of southern England, but Monday will be even hotter, with highs of 34C in ...

A seven-year-old girl was killed and three more children sustained minor injuries and received hospital treatment.

Jack Pinnington Jones’ path to Wimbledon has taken him from early morning training trips with Jack Draper to the now customary stint at college in the United States.

Jonathan Rowe’s extra-time header sealed a dramatic victory, while the Lionesses play Jamaica on Sunday in their last ...

Riot police fired tear gas at thousands of anti-government protesters in Serbia’s capital on Saturday. The major rally in ...

A murder investigation has been launched after a pregnant woman was found dead in Co Down, police said. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has named her as Sarah Montgomery, 27, a mother of ...