With humility and compassion for the poor and disadvantaged, Pope Francis led the Roman Catholic Church from his ordination ...

James Carragher’s first-half header gave Wigan a 1-0 victory over Rotherham which mathematically secured their League One safety with three matches to spare. After a relatively dour first half-hour, ...

Morecambe’s relegation from the Football League after 18 years was confirmed with a 3-1 League Two defeat to Salford at the Mazuma Stadium.

The only effort on target of the first half saw Reading punish a 35th-minute mistake by Louis Reed, who gifted a loose pass to Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan and he set up Jayden Wareham for a precision finish ...

Maxxum gave weight away to each of his rivals as he made all the running to win the Rathbarry & Glenview Studs Hurdle at Fairyhouse. Gordon Elliott’s eight-year-old was carrying a penalty for winning ...

Joel Piroe struck four goals as rampant Leeds took another big step towards Premier League promotion by thrashing Stoke 6-0 at Elland Road. Piroe completed Leeds’ fastest-ever league hat-trick with ...

Resurgent Swansea made it five consecutive Championship wins by beating QPR 2-1 and further boosting Alan Sheehan’s chances of taking permanent charge. Sheehan has now presided over seven wins and ...

Millwall roared back into the play-off race after Mihailo Ivanovic scored twice to sink Norwich 3-1 at The Den. The Lions’ top-six hopes looked to have been dealt a fatal blow when they were thumped 4 ...

Charles and Camilla’s visit was arranged at the last minute and took place on their 20th wedding anniversary on April 9.

Forest Green returned to winning ways in the National League by beating Tamworth 3-0 at The New Lawn. After three games without a victory, Steve Cotterill’s third-placed side scored all their goals in ...

Harry Phipps came closest to giving Dagenham the win they craved five minutes into the second half when his header from a corner was saved by Braintree goalkeeper Henry Gray. The hosts thought they ...

Chris Maguire’s first-half goal gave Eastleigh a 1-0 victory over 10-man Yeovil in the Vanarama National League. The hosts made the decisive breakthrough in the 30th minute when the veteran forward ...