England captain Owen Farrell will miss the 2024 Six Nations in order to prioritise his ‘mental well-being’.

Luke Donald will remain Europe’s Ryder Cup captain for the 2025 tournament to be staged at Bethpage Black in New York.

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Sizzling temperatures, millions fleeing their homes, multitudes flocking to a movie about a doll – 2023 was another year of extremes.

From Italy’s ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi to rock queen Tina Turner and Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin: Some of 2023’s most notable deaths.

Tech tycoon Elon Musk visited the site of a Hamas attack in southern Israel on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

More than 60 000 containers are stuck at sea waiting to be offloaded at Durban, South Africa’s biggest port.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog will meet Elon Musk on Monday and emphasise “the need to act to combat rising anti-Semitism online”.

South Africa’s two-time Rugby World Cup-winning captain Siya Kolisi is set to make his Top 14 debut for Racing 92 this weekend.

At the 2012 London Olympics, before 80 000 roaring fans, it took Oscar Pistorius 45.44 seconds to become a global icon.

Max Verstappen has rejected the notion that his Red Bull team were considering approaching Lewis Hamilton to partner him in a dream line-up.

Mick Schumacher will continue to provide back-up to Lewis Hamilton and George Russell at Mercedes next year.

A rare nugget of information about street art superstar Banksy has emerged when he gave his first name in an unearthed 2003 BBC interview.

Wimbledon’s expansion plans have suffered a blow after a local council rejected a proposal to build new courts on land near the club.

Oscar Pistorius, who was convicted of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, is unlikely to be released immediately if granted parole on Friday.

US President Joe Biden has joined Threads, Meta’s social media rival to South Africa-born billionaire Elon Musk’s X.

Travis Kelce said he is “learning every day” from Taylor Swift, as his new romance with the pop icon catapults him to new heights of fame.

Richie Mo’unga said that he can imagine playing in Japan “until I retire” and is not thinking about a future return to the All Blacks.

A set of six jerseys that Lionel Messi wore during Argentina’s victorious 2022 World Cup run will be auctioned in December.

A hat belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte when he was French emperor sold for a record sum at a French auction on Sunday.

American superstar Taylor Swift postponed a show in Rio de Janeiro due to extreme heat, after a fan died at the singer’s concert.

World champion Max Verstappen claimed the 18th win of his record-breaking season, with victory in a thrilling Las Vegas Grand Prix.

South Africa held a major voter registration drive on Saturday in a bid to tackle widespread apathy ahead of national elections next year.

A bottle of The Macallan 1926, described by Sotheby’s auction house as the “most valuable whisky in the world”, went under the hammer.