A County Antrim band wins the World Pipe Band Championships in front of an estimated crowd of 35,000 people in Glasgow.

US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his new running mate Paul Ryan tour key states that they need to win in November's election.

London will bid a spectacular farewell to the 2012 Olympics later, with a grand finale aimed at showcasing the best of British music.

Rory McIlroy shares the lead as play is suspended midway through the third round of the US PGA because of a thunderstorm.

The start of the grouse shooting season, often referred to as The Glorious Twelfth, has been put back a day because it has fallen on a Sunday.

Preview followed by live coverage of Sunday's game between Chelsea and Man City in the FA Community Shield.

Shares in Manchester United begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange, rising slightly to $14.05, before finishing flat at the offer price of $14.

Foreign ministers of the Arab League are due to attend emergency talks on the Syrian crisis in the Saudi city of Jeddah.