The Gunners remain the only English team to lift the trophy, doing so for a second time 18 years after they became the first.

Jimmy Thelin was proud to put “a smile on the city” after his Aberdeen side defied the odds to defeat treble-chasing Celtic 4-3 on penalties and claim the Scottish Cup for the first time in 35 years.

Cate Blanchett presented the award to Panahi, who three years ago was imprisoned in Iran before going on a hunger strike.

Gordon Lyons had faced criticism for his failure to attend a senior GAA match in the first 15 months of his tenure as sports minister.

Mitov saved from Callum McGregor and Alistair Johnston to seal a 4-3 penalty shoot-out win against Celtic in the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup final.

Celtic captain McGregor had never lost a cup final and his pain was evident after missing out on a 25th winners’ medal.

Head coach Regis Le Bris admitted it was “impossible to predict” Sunderland’s promotion to the Premier League when he took over last summer after they beat Sheffield United 2-1 in the Championship ...

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More than a dozen people who were injured in a stabbing attack at the central train station in the German city of Hamburg are ...

Sir Ian McKellen delighted fans by making a surprise appearance at the Scissor Sisters reunion gig at London’s O2 on Friday evening.

A major power outage has struck south-eastern France, disrupting traffic and briefly halting events at the Cannes Film ...

Several Palestinians and soldiers told the AP that Israeli troops are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human ...