New Zealand batsman Corey Anderson hit the world's fastest international century off 36 balls against the West Indies.

Bill de Blasio is sworn in as the new mayor of New York City, becoming the first Democrat to hold the post in more than two decades.

Australia's Mitchell Johnson says England batsmen deliberately back away before the ball is bowled to unsettle bowlers.

An Essex man who got a job after standing on a roundabout is now responsible for the upkeep of that very same roundabout.

Irish champion jockey Davy Russell loses role as retained rider to Michael O'Leary's Gigginstown House Stud.

Wimbledon champion Andy Murray lets a lead slip as he loses in three sets to Germany's Florian Mayer at the Qatar Open.

Two car bombs kill at least eight people at a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, in an attack claimed by Al Shabab Islamic militants.

The Bishop of Leicester says he is confident the remains of King Richard III will be reburied in Leicester.