Ukraine has confirmed that hundreds of its fighters trapped for more than two months in Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks have been evacuated. Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said 53 badly wounded soldiers were taken to the town of Novoazovsk, held by Russian-backed rebels. She said another 211 were evacuated using a humanitarian corridor to Olenivka – […]

Laura Robson – the British player who won junior Wimbledon at 14 and an Olympic silver medal at 18 – has confirmed her retirement from tennis. The 28-year-old rose to 27 in the world rankings, and reached the fourth round at Wimbledon and the US Open. But then injury intervened – she had wrist surgery […]