'Shot of my life' helps lift DeChambeau to second US Open title
Bryson DeChambeau, needing to get up and down from a bunker at 18 to win, delivered one of his greatest shots Sunday and sank a tension-packed putt to win the US Open.
Read morePhilippine ship, Chinese vessel collide in South China Sea: Beijing
A Philippine ship and a Chinese vessel collided near the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea on Monday, Beijing's Coast Guard said.
Read moreFrance begins frenetic campaign after Macron poll gamble
France on Monday began less than a fortnight of frenetic election campaigning for snap polls called by President Emmanuel Macron to combat the far right, with star footballer Kylian Mbappe warning the country was at a historic crossroads.
Read moreWu makes Australian diving history with fifth Olympics
Melissa Wu became the first Australian diver to be selected for five Olympics on Monday, joining an elite global group to have achieved the feat.
Read moreIllegal gold mining eats into Peruvian Amazon
On the banks of the Madre de Dios river, dredges work day and night in search of gold, part of a scourge of illegal mining that is slowly devouring the Peruvian Amazon.
Read moreShareholders OK with soaring executive pay in US
Executive salaries at major US corporations are soaring -- but shareholders happy with stock prices and greater transparency over remuneration are not pushing back.
Read moreOn thin ice: Greenland's last Inuit polar bear hunters
Inuit hunter Hjelmer Hammeken spotted a ringed seal near its breathing hole on the Greenland ice. In his white camouflage, he slowly crept towards it then lay down in the snow and waited.
Read moreMcIlroy silence speaks volumes after US Open collapse
Rory McIlroy's $2.3 million US Open runner-up check will be small consolation for the four-time major winner after a late-round collapse Sunday kept him from snapping a 10-year major win drought.
Read moreWalsh follows up 100m fly world record with Olympic berth
Newly minted world record-holder Gretchen Walsh punched her ticket to the Paris Olympics on Sunday with a victory in the women's 100m butterfly in a blistering 55.31sec.
Read moreMcIlroy departs Pinehurst without talking to media after US Open collapse
Rory McIlroy declined to speak with reporters after his final-round collapse at the US Open on Sunday, which helped hand the victory to Bryson DeChambeau.
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