The Masters is adding 13 players to the field who will finish the year in the top 50 in the world ranking.

Italy will first host Northern Ireland in a World Cup qualifying playoff in March but then would go on the road to reach its first tournament after back-to-back failures at this stage.

The final six places for the 2026 World Cup will be determined by two playoff tournaments in March.

Rory McIlroy is closing in on a fourth straight Race to Dubai title.

The Prince and Princess of Wales have won a legal case against a French magazine for publishing photos of their children on a skiing holiday.

A former British paratrooper who was the only soldier ever charged in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland has been acquitted of murder charges.

Britain believes its experience in Northern Ireland could help achieve a lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Spain still topped the FIFA men’s world rankings published Friday that show Germany back on track to be a top-seeded team in the World Cup finals tournament draw.

A lawyer for the only British soldier charged in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre says prosecutors failed to prove murder and attempted murder charges.

Aaron Rodgers was dressed in black, appropriately, to field questions about Guinness.

A trial has begun for the only person ever charged in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland.

Rory McIlroy has given some insight on how Europe plans to prepare for a noisy and occasionally not very nice New York crowd in the Ryder Cup.

The Ryder Cup buildup is already starting for Team Europe.

Rory McIlroy has hit a bogey-free 6-under 66 to move into contention after the second round of the Irish Open.

Rory McIlroy watched Novak Djokovic handle boisterous spectators during a win at the U.S. Open and is ready to follow the tennis star’s lead at the Ryder Cup held in the United States this month.

The Masters is moving away from inviting PGA Tour fall winners and now will invite the winners of six national opens around the world.

A shooting in Northern Ireland has left a woman and two children dead and a man seriously wounded.

Former U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark says he wants to make good for damaging a locker at Oakmont.

Rory McIlroy has delivered a British Open roller-coaster round of 5-under 66 that he described as “incredible” and an “absolute pleasure” and contained one of the most baffling incidents he's ever seen on a golf course.

There's been a big change at the British Open that has caddies and players perplexed.

American golfer Bryson DeChambeau is all for President Donald Trump’s Turnberry course in Scotland hosting a British Open for the first time since 2009.

Rory McIlroy shot 1-under 70 in the first round of the British Open at Royal Portrush that is also serving as a homecoming for the Northern Irish star.

Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, but it's not on the island of Great Britain.

Rory McIlroy is back at Royal Portrush and feeling plenty of love as the Masters champion.

The British Open is the final major of the year and unlike the other three.

The British Open returns to Royal Portrush and it should be quite the homecoming for Rory McIlroy.

Rory McIlroy shot a 3-under 67 to finish the U.S. Open at 7 over.

A poor second nine left Rory McIlroy with a 4-over 74 in the first round of the U.S. Open at Oakmont.

The PGA of America says Rory McIlroy was part of some 50 players who had drivers tested before the PGA Championship.

XM Sirius PGA Tour Radio is reporting Rory McIlroy's driver was deemed to be nonconforming at the PGA Championship.

Rory McIlroy has everything he ever wanted in golf.

British counterterrorism detectives will investigate comments by Irish hip-hop group Kneecap.

Rory McIlroy says he wasn't going to let a cold or post-Masters fatigue stop him from joining friend Shane Lowry to defend their title at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

Rory McIlroy is the latest golfer to achieve the coveted career Grand Slam and he's been invited to sprinkle some of his stardust at Old Trafford.

Rory McIlroy is now part of the most elite club in golf with the career Grand Slam.

Rory McIlroy got off to a fast start and finished with a 6-under 66 on Saturday, putting him at 12 under heading into the final round of the Masters.

Hundreds of thousands of people have packed the streets of Dublin to watch Ireland’s national St. Patrick’s Day parade.

Ryan Peake, an Australian former motorcycle gang member who turned to golf to turn his life around, has earned a place at the British Open by winning the 104th New Zealand Open by one stroke.

So much about Torrey Pines looks just like it did three weeks ago.

Ireland has called in help from England and France to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people after the most disruptive storm for years.

Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. have heeded the advice of authorities to stay at home.

Rory McIlroy says golf fans might realize what they're missing when PGA Tour and LIV Golf stars clash next week in Las Vegas.

A former British soldier will be tried for the murder of two men who were killed during the 1972 “Bloody Sunday” disturbances in Londonderry, Northern Ireland’s second-biggest city, after a judge refused to dismiss the charges against him.

Results from Ireland's election suggest the two dominant center-right parties look likely to form a new government.

Vote counting is underway in Ireland’s national election.

An exit poll in Ireland’s general election suggests the three biggest parties have won roughly equal shares and the country is headed for another coalition government.

Paul Waring has hit the shot of his life to complete a career-low 11-under 61 in the second round of the Abu Dhabi Championship on Friday and establish a five-stroke lead heading into the weekend of the European tour’s first playoff event.

Rory McIlroy described his new swing as “unimaginative” after trying it out for the first time competitively in shooting 5-under 67 in the first round of the Abu Dhabi Championship.

A cruise ship taking passengers on a 3 ½-year around-the-world voyage has finally sailed from Belfast, after spending four months stuck in the Northern Ireland capital.

Rory McIlroy believes it will be difficult for Ian Poulter or Lee Westwood to be a future Ryder Cup captain because they no longer have a connection with Europe’s emerging stars after defecting to LIV Golf.

Rory McIlroy says the made-for-TV match in December between stars of the PGA Tour and LIV Golf is not about sending a message.

Rory McIlroy's recovery from a devastating U.S. Open loss was to walk the High Line in Manhattan.

Rory McIlroy showed up at the last major amid news he had filed for divorce.

Rory McIlroy arrived at the U.S. Open this week insisting that he is content with his career.

For Rory McIlroy, there was no better place than the golf course.

A Belfast judge says that the United Kingdom's law to deport asylum-seekers shouldn't apply in Northern Ireland because parts of it violate human rights protections.

Rory McIlroy hoped that his victory with Shane Lowry two weeks ago in the Zurich Classic team event would serve as a springboard for the remainder of the season.

Rory McIlroy won’t be returning to the PGA Tour board.

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans team event Sunday, beating Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer with a par on the first hole of a playoff.

Prosecutors say 15 former British soldiers won’t face charges for perjury at an inquiry into Bloody Sunday, one of the deadliest days of the decades-long Northern Ireland conflict.

Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau will be the in the same place next week, when they head to Augusta National for the Masters.

Northern Ireland’s finely balanced power-sharing arrangements have been thrown into disarray as the leader of the region’s largest unionist party stepped down after being charged with historical sexual offenses.

Ireland is poised to get its youngest-ever premier after Simon Harris secured the leadership of the Fine Gael party on Sunday, He replaces Leo Varadkar who announced his surprise resignation last week.

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, who made history as his country’s first gay and first biracial leader, says he'll step down within weeks once a successor is chosen.

Irish voters are voting in twin referendums to decide whether to amend the constitution and remove passages the government says are outdated and sexist.

Chad Ramey’s first two trips to PGA National as a professional were largely forgettable.

The leaders of the U.K. and Ireland are in Belfast to meet Northern Ireland’s newly revived government.

An Irish nationalist has made history by becoming Northern Ireland's first minister.

The U.K. government has published the details of a deal that has broken Northern Ireland’s political deadlock.

Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party says it has agreed to end a boycott that left the region’s people without a power-sharing administration for two years.

Rory McIlroy has recovered from a quadruple bogey to shoot a 1-under 70 and maintain the lead at the halfway point of the Dubai Invitational.

Rory McIlroy is playing the Dubai Invitational as a favor to a friend and to get in some early-year practice in pleasant weather conditions.

Ireland’s government says it is taking legal action against British authorities over a controversial law that gives some immunity from prosecution for offenses committed during three decades of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland.

It was the most awkward lie of the day for Rory McIlroy.

Rory McIlroy is Europe's No. 1 golfer for the fifth time.

Britain's Parliament has passed a law that sets out to lay the ghosts of decades of violence in Northern Ireland to rest.

The Rugby World Cup gets underway in France on Friday and will feature 20 countries from five continents scrapping it out for a golden trophy named after an Englishman who supposedly invented the sport by picking up the ball during a soccer game and running with it.

Northern Ireland’s top police officer has apologized for what he described as an “industrial scale” data breach, in which the personal information of more than 10,000 officers and staff was released to the public.

Changes will be made to the TPC River Highlands golf course after record low scoring last week during the PGA Tour's annual Travelers Championship.

Leona Maguire birdied the final hole for her eighth straight round in the 60s and took a one-shot lead over fast-closing Jenny Shin heading into the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol.

Leona Maguire won two more matches Saturday at Shadow Creek to advance to the semifinals in the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play.

Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein has made sweeping gains in Northern Ireland’s local elections.

Leaders of the U.K., the European Union and two U.S. presidents have urged Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party to restore the mothballed Belfast government and reap the reward of more economic investment.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton says he's optimistic that one of Northern Ireland’s main political parties will soon end a boycott that has kept the regional government on ice for more than a year.

An American architect of Northern Ireland’s historic peace accord has urged its feuding politicians to revive the mothballed Belfast government, as a current political crisis clouded celebration of the peacemaking milestone.

Holding up his family history as an example, President Joe Biden on Thursday told lawmakers in a packed parliament house that the story of Irish immigrants setting sail for the U_S_ is at the very heart of “what binds Ireland and America together.”.

Thousands people lined the streets of the Irish town of Dundalk to welcome Joe Biden on his first visit to Ireland as president of the United States.

President Joe Biden has said Northern Ireland must “not go back” to the violence that scarred it for years and urged politicians to resolve a political crisis that has left the region without a functioning government.

President Joe Biden is on a journey of diplomatic and family celebration.

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has praised the bravery of political leaders who struck the Good Friday peace accord 25 years ago as he urged Northern Ireland’s current politicians to return to work.

When President Joe Biden visits Ireland this week, you can expect him to visit an ancient castle, honor some of his ancestors and mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement among Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Police have warned that armed dissident groups are planning violent attacks over the Easter holiday weekend as Northern Ireland marks 25 years since the peace accord that ended three decades of bloodshed.

This month marks 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement largely ended three decades of conflict in Northern Ireland that left 3,600 people dead.

President Joe Biden will travel to the United Kingdom and Ireland next week in part to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday accord.

It has been 25 years since the striking of the Good Friday Agreement, the landmark peace accord that ended three decades of violence in Northern Ireland, a period known as “the Troubles.”.

Twenty-five years ago, the Good Friday Agreement halted much of the violence of Northern Ireland’s Troubles.

President Joe Biden donned a green tie and sported shamrocks in a chest pocket as he welcomed Ireland’s prime minister to the White House — two years after the COVID-19 pandemic scuttled the last St. Patrick’s Day meeting.

Trains have been canceled, schools shut and drivers stuck for hours as a blast of snow and wind hits Britain for the second time in a week.

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has poured cold water on current premier Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal with the European Union, saying he would “find it hard” to vote for it in Parliament.

Police in Northern Ireland say they were reviewing an unverified statement by an Irish Republican Army splinter group claiming responsibility for the shooting of a senior police officer.