Japan police found the decaying body of an infant wrapped up in a plastic bag at a Tokyo station.

One European and one US player have chances to become their respective team's highest Ryder Cup points scorers this week - who are they and the players around them?

Rory McIlroy says it would be "silly" for Europe's Ryder Cup team to focus on one player when it comes to the threat posed by American Tiger Woods.

The Russia Athletic Federation calls on governing body the IAAF to lift its ban on its athletes and has launched a legal challenge to overturn it.

Martin Keown says Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho "seems to be at war with his players" after the Carabao Cup defeat at home to Derby.

The actress says it was wrong to replace her "good friend" with another actor in a recent film.

Dozens of migrants working on the city hosting the final of the 2022 Qatar World Cup have been unpaid for months, Amnesty International said.

Craig Overton takes a hat-trick - the second by a Somerset bowler in two days - as they beat Notts by an innings.

There is praise and ridicule as the Duchess of Sussex shuts a door, but did she break protocol?

Turkey's president says the German player should not be "lynched" for posing in photos with him.

Great Britain and Argentina are awarded wildcards for next year's revamped Davis Cup.

The whale, nicknamed Benny, was first spotted around barges in Gravesend on Tuesday.

Aldi Novel Adilang has made headlines after surviving 49 days adrift at sea in a floating hut.

The Scotland women's squad will be able to train full-time for next year's World Cup after a funding boost from the Scottish Government.

Anyone caught carrying alcohol at night - even sealed tight - could be hit with a hefty fine.

The US leader defends re-imposing sanctions on Iran because of its "malign conduct".

South Africans are outraged following the alleged rape of a seven-year-old in a restaurant toilet.

Dieter Zetsche will be replaced by Ola Kaellenius, a Swede who runs Daimler's research division.

The accident, in Spain, caused the tablet to strike the three-year-old's head, police say.

As Spurs prepare to play Watford 50 miles away at MK Dons, the chief engineer working on their new stadium says it will be the "greatest ever built".

Sri Lankan police arrest three young men who took semi-nude photos at Sri Lanka's Pidurangala Rock.