More than 2,600 entrants submitted entries to the International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. Organisers say the best 101 images

Twenty-two year-old Rolene Strauss from South Africa has won this year’s Miss World title. There were the usual tears of joy and surprise as the

Fifty bulldogs and and their owners went back to school on Monday. The canines and their human companions travelled to the campus of Drake University

The first Judo Grand Prix of the year got underway in Dusseldorf, Germany on Friday. Russia’s Natalia Kuziutina was in top form as she won the

Competitors gathered for the the 2013 Car Jumping title, convincing the judges at West Sussex in southern England thanks to a combination of flight and flair.

The first European Freestyle Football Championship has taken place in Budapest. Men and women competed for a chance to show off their skills at the

The European Tram Drivers Championships took place in Budapest over the weekend attracting drivers from 17 cities. After a series of delicate tasks

Twenty five transgender beauty queens battled it out on stage in the 9th Miss International Queen in Thailand. The annual pageant is held in the

Russian Artem Silchenko held off the challenge from three-time winner Gary Hunt to win the 2013 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series on Saturday. The

Napa Valley in the US state of California has always been fertile land for growing its famous grapes used for wine-making. But an altogether larger

The World Muslimah beauty pageant has been won by Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola from Nigeria. She beat 20 finalists in the competition in which the

Munich hosts the 3rd European Championships in Stationary Wave Riding where athletes compete in a large pool equipped with powerful pumps to create

An aircraft-pulling doubles competition was held at Zhengzhou Airport in Henan Province, part of the 2013 World Strongman Champions League

As with any beauty pageant contestants vying for the title ‘Miss Independence’ wanted to look their best. But as the make-up artists did their

The countdown to the final of a musical extravaganza has begun with Tuesday night seeing the first of two semi-finals to decide who will ultimately

Brazilian women prove it’s never too late to be a beauty queen. This year’s youngest contestant was 60, the oldest 87.

This year Sweden is hosting the Eurovision Song Contest. It’s the biggest one in the world: 39 countries are participating and the final is expected