With golf's governing bodies slow to embrace change, a situation like Lexi Thompson's in California was inevitable, writes Mark Douglass.

Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye expresses defiance toward the corruption allegations against her after she vacates the presidential palace and returns to her home.

Socceroos goalkeeper Mat Ryan stars between the sticks to keep a clean sheet as Brighton stuns Manchester United 1-0 to ensure its Premier League survival.

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is handed a 15-day jail sentence for his part in an anti-government protest in Moscow which buoyed the liberal opposition's morale a year before a presidential election.

At least 40 people are killed in twin explosions near religious shrines frequented by Shiite pilgrims in the Syrian capital Damascus.