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Liverpool striker Luis Suarez won England's Professional Footballers' Association's Player of the Year award on Sunday. This time last year the Uruguay international was starting a 10-match ban for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic. But now Suarez has been chosen by his fellow top-flight professionals in England as the outstanding player in the Premier League after spearheading Liverpool's title bid. Suarez received the award during a ceremony at London's Grosvenor House hotel after flying down from Liverpool following a 2-0 defeat by Chelsea at Anfield that dented the Merseysiders' challenge for a first English title in the Premier League era. The 27-year-old Suarez has scored 30 league goals in 31 appearances, despite his ban for biting Ivanovic carrying over into the start of this season. "The Premier League is full of really great players and so it is a great honour when these players recognise your work on the pitch," said Suare...

US President Barack Obama sought Friday to allay Riyadh’s criticism of his policies on Syria and Iran, telling the Saudi king their two countries remain in lockstep on their strategic interests. He also assured King Abdullah that the U.S. won’t accept a bad deal” with Iran, as global powers negotiate a treaty reining in Tehran’s controversial nuclear program. The president underscored how much he values this strategic relationship,” a senior U.S. official said, after Obama met for some two hours with the king on a royal estate outside Riyadh. In an interview aired on U.S. television later Friday, Obama defended his administration’s decision not to use military force in Syria, saying that the United States has its limits. The U.S. leader’s comments came in an interview taped ahead of his visit to Saudi Arabia, which was angered by his eleventh-hour decision last year to pull back from strikes against the Syrian regime over its use of chemical weapons in the country’s civil wa...

Can you believe Elle Macpherson is 50? Find out other surprising facts about the model turned businesswoman, from her law ambitions to her strong views on lingerie. 1. Elle wanted to be a lawyer Growing up in a suburb of North Shore in Sydney, Elle wasn't dreaming of becoming a model. After finishing Killara High School, Elle enrolled to study law at the University of Sydney. In fact, Elle revealed to Jonathan Ross that the reason she started modelling was to earn enough cash to pay for her law books. Elle headed over to New York City, signed with Click Model Management, and began modelling in 1982 in a TV ad for Tab Cola. And we all know how that panned out. 2. Elle is a jock  It's not just glamorous fashion shoots, TV presenting and business meetings for Elle (she has her own lingerie range, beauty line and model company); she also loves to find time to take part in sport.  Elle described herself as "like a jock" to Stylist, explaining she's the kind of...

David Cronenberg is to be presented with a top filmmaking award at a festival in the US. The Canadian director - whose recent films include A Dangerous Method and Cosmopolis - will be given the Filmmaker On The Edge Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival in June, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The festival's executive director Mitch Levine said: We are thrilled to be honouring David Cronenberg - a compelling and transformative filmmaker who perfectly represents filmmaking on the edge. As well as the award, some of Cronenberg's films will be screened during the event, including Videodrome, The Fly and Naked Lunch. The director follows in the footsteps of filmmakers such as Harmony Korine, Darren Aronofsky and Quentin Tarantino, who have previously been given the award.

Arsenal defender Carl Jenkinson has claimed that his side have been prematurely ruled out of the Premier League title race. Bookmakers Ladbrokes and Coral are offering hefty odds of 150-1 on the Gunners, who are six points of the pace following last weekend's 6-0 mauling at the hands of leaders Chelsea. However, the North London side host title favourites Manchester City this evening and Jenkinson believes that a home win would put Arsene Wenger's men right back in the mix. I think you've got to be realistic, but you've got to believe, he told Arsenal's official club website. It's going to be incredibly difficult, but there's going to be a lot of twists and turns before the end of the season. If you are a player at the highest level and you play for a club like Arsenal you can never stop believing. You're in the wrong sport and you're playing for the wrong team if you're just going to give up and think it's all over when it's n...

Sparked by a dominant first half display the Blues ran in three unanswered tries to beat the Highlanders 30-12 at Eden Park on Saturday night. Central to the improved start was Bryn Hall who wanted to make an impact in his first start and he achieved that with a snappy display at halfback with his quick penalty kicks gaining valuable ground in a tight first half.  It would be difficult to imagine a more impressive starting display, especially after the emotion surrounding the disclosure of the stroke suffered by incumbent halfback Piri Weepu. Along the way he displayed the great strength New Zealand rugby enjoys in the halfback position.  Hall was all fire from the outset and conceded nothing to his All Blacks rival Aaron Smith who had the misfortune to be behind a pack that didn't give him the comfort that Hall enjoyed.  Hall also produced the play that produced the opening try, albeit fortuitously when his intended kick into the Highlanders 22m area rebounded off...

The unprecedented hunt for a missing Malaysia Airlines jet expanded northwest to Kazakhstan and south into the desolate reaches of the Indian Ocean after Malaysian authorities concluded the plane was deliberately diverted by someone with considerable flying experience. A summary of the latest information on the search for the plane and the investigation into what happened: LAST COMMUNICATIONS The Boeing 777's Aircraft and Communications Addressing and Reporting System, or ACARS, last transmitted at 1:07 a.m., about 40 minutes after takeoff. ACARS sends information about the jet's engines and other data to the airline. The transponder, which identifies the plane to commercial radar systems, was shut down about 15 minutes later. The final, reassuring words from the cockpit — "All right, good night" — were believed to have been spoken by co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid, according to Malaysia Airlines CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya. After its communications ceased, the plane...