Visiting captain Temba Bavuma called heads but the coin came down as tails for Rahul to celebrate with a fist bump as India's curse of a million-to-one ended in Visakhapatnam. It was more than two years since India won the toss in a one-day match. ...

Myanmar's junta snatched power in a 2021 coup which plunged the country into a many-sided civil war, but it promises that phased polls -- slated to begin in certain areas in late December -- will move the country towards peace and democracy. But it...

With the hosts enjoying a big lead of 177 on the first innings, England were 45-0 at dinner off just six overs in a second Test they dare not lose. With the lights on at the Gabba, Crawley was on 26 off 23 balls with Duckett 13 from 13. England, 1...

With huge crowds following him in intermittent showers at Royal Melbourne, the Northern Irishman opened his third round with a par before disaster struck. He missed the fairway on the par-four second at the DP World Tour event, with his ball landin...

Set a colossal target of 531, 113 more than the current record for a successful fourth-innings chase, the West Indies were 457-6 at the end, the second-highest Test fourth innings. Greaves battled for almost 10 hours and faced 388 deliveries, bring...

NBA Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 points and Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren added 15 apiece for Oklahoma City, who are off to the best start to a season since the Golden State Warriors opened the 2015-16 campaign 24-0. Up...

President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner have been meeting top Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov and Andrii Hnatov, the chief of staff of Kyiv's armed forces. The talks come after Witkoff and Kushner met Ru...

Myanmar's junta snatched power in a 2021 coup which plunged the country into a many-sided civil war, but it promises that polls will move the country towards peace and democracy. The phased election is slated to begin in certain parts of the countr...

A chain of tropical storms and monsoonal rains has pummelled Southeast and South Asia, triggering landslides and flash floods from the Sumatran rainforest to the highland plantations of Sri Lanka. Some 1,770 people have been killed in natural disas...

"Avatar: Fire and Ash", directed by James Cameron 16 years after he first enthralled fans with his blue-coloured Na'vi people, will release in major markets from December 17 ahead of the holiday season. The first Avatar made a record $2.9 billion a...

The US President received FIFA's new peace prize on stage at the Kennedy Center prior to the draw for the first 48-team World Cup, which offered kind starts to the tournament for holders Argentina and much-fancied Spain in particular. While the mak...

Walsh's US teammate Regan Smith was second in the 100m fly in 56.18 and Canadian McIntosh produced a personal best of 57.01 to finish third in an event she rarely swims. McIntosh, winner of three gold medals at the Paris Olympics and four titles at...

President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner have been meeting top Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov and Andrii Hnatov, the chief of staff of Kyiv's armed forces. The talks come after Witkoff and Kushner met Ru...

Set a colossal target of 531, 113 more than the current record for a successful fourth-innings chase, the West Indies were 457-6 at close, the second-highest Test fourth innings. Greaves battled for almost 10 hours and faced 388 deliveries, bringin...

The FIFA 2026 World Cup draw was officially about football, but really it was all about Donald Trump. The US president and former reality TV star stole the show Friday from the moment he strolled down the red carpet of the Kennedy Center in Washing...