It's a tale as old as time, but in a major first for Disney, the new live-action adaption of Beauty and the Beast will feature an openly gay character and love scene, director Bill Condon says.

Nick Kyrgios puts his most recent on-court incident to the side to beat Donald Young in the second round of the ATP World Tour event in Acapulco.

Assad Government forces were behind a "deliberate" air strike on a humanitarian convoy that killed 14 aid workers and halted relief operations in Aleppo, a new UN report finds.

The two PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants behind the Best Picture mix up at the Oscars are barred from tabulating votes and handing out envelopes containing winners' names at future ceremonies, the organisers of the Academy Awards say.

The MCC is set to bring in help for bowlers, with outsized cricket bats banned under new rules of the game to take effect in October.