Dame Sarah Gilbert says she found it "very strange" at first, but hopes it will inspire children.

Authorities in China are scrambling to control the spread of the virus by ramping up testing and vaccinations.

Sky Brown wins bronze in the women's park skateboarding final at the Tokyo Games, making the 13-year-old Great Britain's youngest Olympic medallist of all time.

Chinese nationalists interpreted saw for Taiwan's athletes as support for the island's independence.

Blackburn striker Ben Brereton is preparing for the new season after unexpectedly spearheading Chile's Copa America campaign.

Greece withdraw from the Tokyo Olympics artistic swimming competitions after five members of the team test positive for coronavirus.

Great Britain will not retain their Olympic women's hockey title following defeat by the Netherlands in the semi-finals at Tokyo 2020.

Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson makes a mixed start to her Olympic heptathlon campaign to sit third after two events.

Children who become ill with coronavirus mostly recover in less than a week, research suggests.

Japan's Sakura Yosozumi and 12-year-old Kokona Hiraki secure gold and silver in the women's park skateboarding final.

Men who boarded a Panama-flagged bitumen tanker have now left the vessel, officials say.

Andy Murray is given a wildcard to compete in the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati later this month.

Aston Villa sign winger Leon Bailey from Bayer Leverkusen on a contract until 2025.

Missouri's governor pardons the couple who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters last year.

The Good Fight is the latest show to reference singer Selena Gomez's 2017 kidney transplant.

Italy break their own world record to be crowned men's team pursuit Olympic champions for the first time in 61 years at Tokyo 2020.

The Ever Given arrived at Felixstowe on Tuesday and is expected to leave on Thursday.

A couple accuse a priest and three others of raping and murdering their daughter, aged nine.

Protest organiser Maria Kolesnikova and lawyer Maxim Znak are charged with threatening national security.

Former Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal is named Netherlands head coach for the third time.