Mickelson's participation was announced on Monday, with fellow American Tony Finau also joining the field for the Jan 30-Feb 2 tournament.

Georgia State University students told Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms Tuesday that a statue of racist icon Henry Grady is incompatible with progressive culture and it be moved from downtown.

Australian model Elyse Knowles shared bloodied pictures of her Weimaraner dog to Instagram on Monday after the animal suffered an injury during a walk in Byron Bay.

Wang Pok Lo attends Queensferry Community High School in West Lothian, Scotland. Next September, aged 16, he will begin a three-year doctorate course at the University of Edinburgh.

Patrick Heneghan was forced to step down after harassment allegations were made against him by three female members of staff. But now Mr Heneghan has been exonerated.

Millie Banner lives in Kingston, south Tasmania, and works as a Divemaster at a diving school where she helps run courses and takes experienced scuba divers around the local area.

A picture of the chickens on rotisserie skewers inside the branded car was taken outside the Red Rooster restaurant in Forrestfield, Perth.

Phil Mickelson came up short on Sunday in his bid to win one of the oldest events on the PGA Tour, the Pebble Beach pro-am, for a record sixth time.

National Crime Agency director-general Lynne Owens said child abuse images was found so easily via search engines that there was nothing to stop offending on the open web.

The shoes remain a mystery but Jemma Reekie's kick is out in the open and a thing of wonder, as she offered a further sign in Glasgow yesterday that she is a talent of the highest order.

Prince Andrew brazenly 'groped girls' while staying at the so-called 'Paedo Island' home of his friend, convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a top prosecutor has claimed.

Experts from the Open University in Milton Keynes have been experimenting to see whether the oxygen stored in simulated moon dust could be used to produce water.

DJ Khaled spent his Thursday on the water, jetskiing with his wife Nicole Tuck off of their beachfront home in Miami Beach.

He made it ran fake cash with his face printed on it at strippers who provided entertainment. They swung above the crowd on disco balls and model airplanes that read Air Mayweather.

Former world number one Woods has won 15 major titles during his stellar career to date, including last year's Masters, while Harrington won three majors in the space of 13 months in 2007-08.

Social media users loved the moment two Boston men unashamedly walked into the background of a press conference with Mayor Marty Walsh about the coronavirus.

The terrified man dodges repeated thrusts and jumps through window in Leeds. Attackers then turn on a second man who they batter to the ground before they make off themselves in a second car.

Wednesday will mark the beginning of Norway's whaling season. Ships will target minke whales living along the country's fjord-lined coastline. Demand for whale meat in the country has declined.

Donald Trump announced the government will pay for coronavirus treatments for those without insurance by using funds from the $2.2 trillion economic aid package the president signed into law last week. 

The Open has joined the list of major sporting events that have been called off following the coronavirus outbreak. The event was set to begin on July 16 at Royal St George's in Kent.

After the The Open was cancelled for the first time since the Second World War, the ongoing pandemic has also forced the US Open and PGA Championship to take place later this year.

Black bears, coyotes and bobcats that usually sit in the 'corridors' of Yosemite National Park are roaming out in the open after the park was shutdown last month due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A Pennsylvania hospital transported corpses in the open bed of a pickup truck in broad day light, revealing the grim reality hospitals and morgues face across the country.

Lithuania's capital city Vilnius is turning into a massive outdoor cafe. The city has offered 18 locations where cafes and restaurants can lay extra tables in a bid to keep the businesses alive.

The home - dubbed the 'Ghost House' thanks to its glass build and because it's hidden from view as you approach it - is on sale in the village of Moreton Paddox in Stratford-upon-Avon for £2.5million.

The brazen moment a PCSO's bike was taken as he tried to disperse the mob in Slough was captured on video. Further footage shows officers flocking to the scene to fine the youths.

AMANDA PLATELL: England football hero Paul Gascoigne was cleared by a jury of sexually assaulting a woman on a train after 'innocently' kissing her to make her feel better.

The power of an iron fist in a velvet glove was shown to perfection by Newsnight's Emily Maitlis in her interview with Prince Andrew, writes AMANDA PLATELL.

AMANDA PLATELL Those brave souls who risked their lives running towards the assassin were good, selfless people interested in only saving the lives of others.

PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Students had cancelled the event because of Ms Rudd's links to the Windrush scandal, in which Britons of Caribbean heritage were wrongly deported.

AMANDA PLATELL: One week ago, Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, 13, was at home with his mum, six brothers and sisters, doing what we're all doing, watching TV, isolating at home.

PLATELL'S PEOPLE: What a shining example of selflessness we have been given this week from a woman who is among the most vulnerable to the coronavirus plague.

ANDREW PIERCE: The Labour Party suspended Lord Lea of Crondall last week after the House of Lords' standards watchdog found he sexually harassed two women working in Parliament.

ANDREW PIERCE: Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott yesterday ruled out serving in the Shadow Cabinet of the next Labour leader.

ANDREW PIERCE - After her recent letter to the Times, Lady Marland has now left her husband, peer Lord Jonathan Marland with quite a conundrum to deal with regarding his personal wealth.

ANDREW PIERCE: Most politicians need a brass neck to survive in the Westminster jungle. But former Labour energy minister Lord Truscott is in a league of his own.

DANIEL BENSON - EDITOR-IN-CHIEF FOR CYCLINGNEWS.COM: Last Wednesday Chris Froome and the Team Ineos squad arrived in the outskirts of the French commune of Roanne.

Geraint Thomas has been named joint team leader by INEOS for the Tour de France alongside Colombian Egan Bernal. That is despite his superior Grand Tour experience over his team-mate..

In the same month that Milos Raonic and Felix Auger-Aliassime aim to elevate Canadian tennis to new heights, Michael Woods will ride across France in the hope of making history of his own

Earlier this week news broke that Dimension Data's team principal, Doug Ryder, ignored the recommendation by performance boss Rolf Aldag to include Cavendish in line-up.

Chris Froome admitted he is 'relieved' to be back home and will be following the Tour de France from his bed following the horror crash that left him seriously injured.

Valentin Anouilh, 21, spent six months training for the stunt which saw him soar over the heads of the elite riders as they sprinted through a valley near Saint Flour, Auvergne.

MATT LAWTON ON THE COL DU TOURMALET: Owner of Ineos Jim Ratcliffe must have sat in the team car on Saturday afternoon and wondered if he had just bought a cycling team in decline.

MATT LAWTON IN GAP: Team Ineos go into three massive days in the Alps that will determine the outcome of the most mesmerising Tour de France in decades, without captain Luke Rowe.

The most successful cyclist in history, Eddy Merckx, is in intensive care after falling during a bike ride with friends. He was admitted to Dendermonde hospital in Belgium on Sunday.

Team Ineos sporting director Nicolas Portal has tragically passed away at the age of 40. A statement from Team Ineos said that the Frenchman died at his home in Andorra on Tuesday afternoon.

We've already seen coronavirus decimate the sporting calendar, with Euro 2020 and the Tokyo Olympics among dozens of events either postponed or cancelled. So what will be the next event to fall?

The legendary road race is scheduled to start in Nice on June 27 but it will now either be postponed or scrapped altogether, with a decision expected later this week.

The Tour has not been cancelled since 1946 when France was recovering from the War but has now been cancelled is in its 107th year after France's lockdown extension.

It's not every day an international luxury car company holds the global launch of its latest model in Britain — and brings over its top brass to do the honours.