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Senegal

Eight dead in Senegal after stampede at football league final

World

Children mingle and dream big at 'Football for friendship' tournament

Each country can only have one player on the field, so the teams are mixed. The event promotes tolerance and a healthy lifestyle - as well as ambition.

Sport

USA Gymnastics: athlete safety must be priority, review finds

'Culture change' needed at USA Gymnastics, review finds.

Korea

WTF?! World Taekwondo Federation changes name over links with rude acronym

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Yoga enthusiasts gather in Hungary for International Yoga Day

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Indian leader joins massive yoga display

Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined crowds in Lucknow to mark the third annual United Nations International Yoga Day

Sport

Golds for Russia and Germany in European Fencing Championships

Russia's Violetta Kolobova has won the women's individual épée gold medal at the European Fencing Championships in Tbilisi after beating Germany's Alexandra Ndolo in the final.

Russia

Fire and high speeds- Russia's tractor race is not for the faint-hearted

Sport

Italy get fencing gold in Moscow Grand Prix

Italy's Luca Curatoli took the men's title on day two of the final International Fencing Federation Sabre Grand Prix event of the season in Moscow.

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Chop to the top

Brad De Losa from Australia won the STIHL Timbersports Champions Trophy in Hamburg on Saturday night.

Sport

Champions and first-timers strike Judo gold in Ekaterinburg

Several judoka won their first-ever Grand Slam gold medals in Ekaterinburg on day two, while champions and tournament favourites also shone.

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Lawn mower race in the UK

The Formula One Spanish Grand Prix was on most petrol-heads minds this weekend but for a dedicated few in Britain the new lawn mower race season was their adrenaline…

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World's oldest skydiver

A 101-year-old D-Day veteran has broken the world record for the oldest tandem skydiver.

USA

15 large great white sharks spotted near CA paddleboarders

California paddleboarders found themselves in what resembled an outtake from ‘Jaws’ when the chilling announcement was made that they were just metres from a school of around 15 great white…

Sport

Marathon: Breaking the 2-hour barrier

Three athletes are gearing up to attempt the impossible and run a marathon in under 2 hours.

Syria

Children from Aleppo town compete in local 'Olympics'

Children in a rebel-held Aleppo province town have been getting a taste of normal life thanks to an athletics competition.

Sport

101-year-old Indian woman wins 100 metre 'sprint'

At the World Masters Games in Auckland, New Zealand, 101-year-old Man Kaur won the 100 metre race in the 100-years-plus category.

USA

Ex-NFL star Hernandez found dead in prison cell

Former New England Patriot player Aaron Hernandez, who was serving a life sentence for murder, has been found hanged in his cell.

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Soaring through the sky in San Diego

Yoshihide Muroya of Japan won the second Red Bull Air Race World Championship of his career with a victory in the second round of the 2017 championship series held in San Diego, California, United Sta

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The 'Happiest 5k'

Thousands took part in a 5km ‘Color Run’ along the banks of the Seine in Paris on Sunday (16 April).