Andy Murray has revealed he would like to swap the tennis court for the golf course when he hangs up his racket -- eyeing a life as a caddie to a professional golfer. The three-time Grand Slam winner, 33, told the Gentleman's Journal there was "cro...

Japanese chip manufacturer Renesas said Tuesday it could take three to four months to restore full capacity after a factory fire that threatens to worsen a global chip shortage. The fire on March 19 came with car makers already battling semiconduct...

England paceman Jofra Archer has had successful surgery to remove a piece of glass that became lodged in a finger when he smashed a fish tank while trying to clean it. The 25-year-old played two Tests and all five Twenty20s during England's recent...

Israel on Tuesday reopened the Taba border post with Egypt that had been closed throughout the pandemic, allowing limited numbers to cross to the Sinai peninsula for Passover holidays. The move was the latest step towards normalcy for Israel, whic...

Britain's Deliveroo faces a stock market launch that will value the app-driven meals delivery firm at £7.6 billion, a source close to the matter said Tuesday. Deliveroo's initial public offering due Wednesday will be priced at £3.90 per share, ac...

A Myanmar footballer playing for a Malaysian club has been hit with a one-match ban for flashing the three-finger salute used by anti-coup protesters during a game, an official said Tuesday. Hein Htet Aung, who plays for second-division side Selang...

Germany may be battling a third wave of the pandemic but life feels almost normal in the city of Tuebingen, where anyone with a negative Covid test can enjoy a day of shopping, culture or outdoor dining. As debate rages nationwide about whether tou...

The number of US-bound migrant children crossing the dangerous Darien jungle in Panama on foot has increased more than 15-fold in recent years and is likely to rise further during the pandemic, the UN children's agency warned on Monday. Children ac...

Acquitted of terror charges after a stint in jail, a Turkish professor of a French university remains stranded in Istanbul, stripped of his passport and subjected to an opaque probe. Tuna Altinel's colleagues view the 55-year-old as another victim ...

Papua New Guinea has converted a sports centre into a makeshift Covid-19 hospital as the Pacific nation struggles with a surge of coronavirus cases. The 290-bed clinic received just two patients Monday and was expected to start admitting overflow p...

When dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei secretly snapped a picture of himself showing a middle finger in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, he knew it was provocative. But he never thought that picture would be at the heart of rising censorship fears in ...

Chinese leaders endorsed a sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong's electoral system Tuesday, slashing its number of directly elected seats and ensuring a majority of the city's lawmakers will be selected by a reliably pro-Beijing committee. The new measur...

Chinese leaders endorsed a sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong's electoral system Tuesday, slashing its number of directly elected seats and ensuring a majority of the city's lawmakers will be selected by a reliably pro-Beijing committee. The new measur...

Washington's Russell Westbrook and Brooklyn's James Harden delivered impressive triple-doubles on Monday, sparking their clubs to NBA victories and making some personal history for themselves. Westbrook unleashed 35 points, a career-best 21 assists...

There are men's and women's majors and a popular new winner on the PGA Tour among AFP Sport's golf talking points this week: - Dustin rests for his defence - Dustin Johnson seems to be in two minds how to best prepare to defend his Masters crown...