A bear is shot dead on Norway's Svalbard after attacking a guard protecting a cruise ship group.

Geraint Thomas' Tour de France win is not a shock because his entire season was planned around the race, says Team Sky's Sir Dave Brailsford.

England need to improve in Sunday's World Cup Pool C match against Ireland, former international Helen Richardson-Walsh says.

Scottish fighter Lee McAllister becomes the first lightweight champion to win a heavyweight world title after boxing Danny Williams into retirement.

The Queen's granddaughter says it has been "too raw" to talk about until now.

Fifa should conduct an "independent investigation" over claims the Qatar 2022 World Cup bid team ran a secret campaign in 2010 to sabotage competing host bids, says Damian Collins MP.

Travel giant Thomas Cook stops selling SeaWorld and Loro Parque tickets over animal welfare concerns.

Travel giant Thomas Cook stops selling SeaWorld and Loro Parque tickets over animal welfare concerns.

PM Hun Sen's party says it won by a wide margin, but critics call the election a sham.

Lewis Hamilton wins tense strategic battle at the Hungarian Grand Prix to head into Formula 1's summer break with a 24-point championship lead.

Simegnew Bekele, the project manager of Ethiopia's controversial new dam, had been shot dead.

Hearts score three times in four minutes as they thumped Inverness Caledonian Thistle to reach the last 16 of the League Cup.

Greg Eden scores a hat-trick for Castleford, who go third in Super League after inflicting a 16th straight loss on Widnes.

Publisher AG Sulzberger says calling journalists "enemies of the people" will lead to violence.

Some of the stories you may have missed this week.

Geraint Thomas says he is "floating around on cloud nine" after becoming the third British winner of the Tour de France.

Watch Smriti Mandhana's best shots as the India batter smashes an unbeaten 52 off 19 balls in Western Storm's win over Loughborough Lightning.

Geraint Thomas' Tour de France victory is a triumph of talent and perseverance over adversity and sheer bad luck, writes Tom Fordyce.

German rider Pascal Ackermann overpowers Italy's Elia Viviani in a sprint finish to win the RideLondon-Surrey Classic.

England beat Ireland 1-0 to seal a place in the crossover phase of the Women's World Cup in London.

Henri Le Masne, who disappeared in a storm while skiing in Italy, is identified with Facebook help.