Blackpool and Birmingham were relegated from the Premier League on Sunday as Wigan and Wolves scrambled to safety.
Winds and half-empty stands gave no sense of the usual Parisian glamour as last year’s French Open runner-up Samantha Stosur began with an easy win.
The government will do everything in its power to repatriate the body of South African photojournalist Anton Hammerl.
Defending world champion Sebastian Vettel drove his Red Bull to a narrow and dramatic victory ahead of McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton on Sunday.
Merit, not nationality, should determine who replaces Dominique Strauss-Kahn as the chief of the IMF, Australia and South Africa said on Sunday.
Syrians prepared for more funerals on Sunday after security forces gunned down at least five mourners during burials for protesters killed on Saturday
Kaizer Chiefs captain Jimmy Tau insists that the current crop of players will continue striving for league glory after falling just short on Saturday.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao defended six-party talks proposed by Beijing as the way to defuse volatile divisions on the Korean peninsula.
Bernard Hopkins (46) became the oldest man to win a boxing world title on Saturday when he defeated Canadian Jean Pascal.
Any two of five sides will join West Ham United in relegation from the Premier League on the final day of the season on Sunday.