There was a multitude of great sport in 2024 with the winners, and even the losers, garnering plenty of column inches.

A 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murder of a health insurance executive on the streets of New York.

Taylor Swift took the stage in Vancouver on Sunday for the 149th and final show of her record-shattering “Eras” tour.

Proteas skipper Temba Bavuma said the win in the second Test against Sri Lanka was a step forward for an inexperienced group of players.

US President-elect Donald Trump has named former PayPal chief operating officer David Sacks as White House “AI and Crypto Czar.”

Lewis Hamilton ended his 12-year spell at Mercedes with cheers and tears on Sunday after finishing fourth in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Elon Musk made a surprise appearance Saturday at the ceremony marking the re-opening of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.

Taylor Swift’s record-shattering “Eras Tour” is set to end on Sunday in Vancouver with the final performance.

South Africa-born tech billionaire Elon Musk spent at least $270 million to help Donald Trump win the US presidency.

The third season of the hit series “The White Lotus” will premiere in February, followed by the second instalment of “The Last of Us”.

TikTok edged closer to being banned in the USA after it lost an appeal against a law requiring it to divest from its Chinese parent company.

Britain’s Prince William has joined a growing VIP guestlist for the reopening of Notre Dame cathedral on Saturday.

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was hit with a 10-place grid penalty on Friday for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

A crocodile attacked and killed a woman as she worked on a palm oil plantation in central Indonesia, local police said.

There are few accolades missing from Beatles songwriter Paul McCartney’s career, and now he is to be recognised with a collection of £5 coins.

Three-time Olympic dressage gold medallist Charlotte Dujardin has been banned for a year following a horse-whipping controversy.

Lewis Hamilton will bid farewell this weekend in Abud Dhabi to Mercedes, the team that carried him to six world titles.

Bitcoin broke $100 000 for the first time as traders cheered Donald Trump’s decision to pick a crypto fan to head the US securities regulator.

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The UK government is banning daytime TV adverts for sugary foods like granola and muffins in its battle against child obesity.

Namibia’s ruling SWAPO party was declared the winner of last week’s elections, ushering in the country’s first female president.

A “baggy green” Test cap worn by Australian great Don Bradman sold for more than R4.5 million at auction on Tuesday.

Scientists have begun dissecting a whale considered the rarest in the world, a species so elusive that only seven have been documented.

Liverpool opened up a nine-point lead at the top of the Premier League as Manchester City’s crisis deepened after defeat at Anfield on Sunday.

World champion Max Verstappen has been stripped of pole position at the Qatar Grand Prix for impeding Mercedes’ George Russell in qualifying.