Spanish left wing Andres Iniesta was named player of Euro 2012 on Monday by European football governing body UEFA. The 28-year-old - who was man...

Gunmen killed 16 people and wounded dozens when they opened fire and hurled grenades into two churches in the eastern Kenyan town of Garissa on...

Defiant protesters targeted China's President Hu Jintao in Hong Kong on Sunday as the former British colony swore in a new leader and marked the 15th...

American businesses are urging the United States to ratify the UN Law of the Sea Treaty, saying it is needed to boost crucial domestic energy...

Azhar Ali smashed 157 and Mohammad Hafeez narrowly missed a double century but wet weather dampened Pakistan's hopes of forcing a result over hosts ...

Andy Murray reached the Wimbledon fourth round on Saturday with a 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over Marcos Baghdatis in a match which finished just past...

Most football fans would agree that Spain are the favourite for Sunday night's European Championship final against Italy. The Spanish won the Euro...

Six-time champion Roger Federer came within two points of crashing to his worst Wimbledon defeat in 10 years on Friday before battling from two sets...

Myanmar's authorities have ordered opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to stop calling the country 'Burma', state media reported on Friday, its...

Hundreds of thousands of Afghans face the threat of deportation back to their war-torn country from Pakistan once a deadline expires on Saturday, but...

The major challenge facing Egypt's president-elect Mohamed Morsi will be how to redress the downward spiral of the country's battered economy which...

World number one Maria Sharapova was forced to dig deep before securing her place in the Wimbledon third round with a 7-6 (7/3), 6-7 (3/7), 6-0...