Sports from Thursday, November 14th, 2024

Rory McIlroy strengthened his grip on the Harry Vardon Trophy after an opening round of 67 saw him share the first-round lead with Tyrrell Hatton at the DP World Tour Championship.

Australia's second-string pace attack produced a first-rate display to defeat Pakistan by 29 runs in the weather-truncated first T20 International on Thursday.

Emirates has announced a five-season global sponsorship with SailGP which will see it become the exclusive Global Airline Partner of the annual sail racing championship - a first for the league.

Rory McIlroy teed off at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship this morning with a sixth Race to Dubai title in his sights.

French authorities have stepped up security in Paris ahead of a France-Israel football match on Thursday, hoping to avoid a repeat of violent clashes between locals and Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam last week.