England are resigned to drawing a line under Harshit Rana’s controversial appearance as a concussion substitute after he helped India take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the T20 series.

The plan backfired, though, as he could not live with Nicky Henderson’s Arkle favourite and such was the manner of the defeat, Ballyburn now steps back up to the distance over which he was so ...

Thousands of protesters have gathered in central London with a march in support of Tommy Robinson and a separate counter-demonstration. A protest organised under the name “Stop the Isolation” or ...

Willie Mullins began the Dublin Racing Festival in the best possible fashion when Final Demand displayed plenty of stamina in winning the Nathaniel Lacy & Partners Solicitors Novice Hurdle at ...

Acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley managed to touch the souls of people with just a few words, his funeral has heard. President of Ireland Michael D Higgins was among mourners who joined Longley’s ...

Patsy Palmer has paid tribute to EastEnders co-star Natalie Cassidy after the actress announced she would be leaving the BBC soap after more than 30 years. Palmer, 52, who plays Bianca Jackson, the on ...

United head into Sunday’s Premier League match at home to Crystal Palace on the back of three successive victories.

German hunters have sought to convince the jury at a national stag calling championship that they can imitate a bellowing red deer. The unique tradition goes back hundreds of years and was initially ...

Mourners at the funeral of singer Linda Nolan have been told she would have “loved all the fuss”, by her sister Denise Nolan-Anderson. The singer’s pink sparkly coffin was carried from St Paul’s ...

Australia completed an historic clean sweep with an innings and 122-run victory in the day/night Test in Melbourne.

Raskin paid tribute to skipper James Tavernier who, due to injuries, was moved from right-back to centre-back where he still got forward to assist the Belgian with his goal, with a cross to the back ...

The Women’s Ashes is over after Australia wrapped up a multi-format whitewash to take a 16-0 series sweep. Here, the PA news agency looks at what went wrong and what comes next for England’s bruised ...