Balogun, who has scored three goals at the World Cup, had been set to miss the clash in Seattle after receiving a straight red card following a video review for stepping on a Bosnia-Herzegovina defender's foot in the round-of-32 match that the US wo...

Hundreds of firefighters are battling blazes that have devastated more than 19,000 hectares (42,000 acres) of land -- an area more than twice the size of Manhattan -- across Portugal, Spain, France and Greece. And temperatures are on the rise again...

The odds were stacked against Thomas Tuchel's men as they entered the lion's den of the Estadio Azteca, where Mexico had only lost twice in 89 previous matches and never in 10 outings at the World Cup. On top of facing down a passionate 80,000 crow...

Led by a double from Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane's penalty, the Three Lions shrugged off the effects of playing at high altitude, a frenzied home support for the co-hosts and playing for over 45 minutes with 10 men. "I felt in the build up it ne...

The Real Madrid midfielder bagged a 95-second brace in the first half to spoil the hopes of a passionate 80,000 home crowd as Mexico lost for just the third time in 90 matches at the Estadio Azteca. On a night of high drama in the Mexican capital, ...

The Three Lions were on the back foot for a third of the match after defender Jarell Quansah was sent off for a high challenge. Kane, hoarse after celebrating with his teammates and England's supporters, said: "It was a crazy game. We had to fight ...

Two Erling Haaland goals decided the last-16 clash at the MetLife Stadium in Norway's favour after Bruno Guimaraes had an early penalty saved. Neymar's successful late spot-kick was just a consolation, as the once mighty Brazilians -- who had just ...

Harry Kane also scored from the penalty spot as the Three Lions overcame Jarell Quansah's red card, high altitude and a fervent home support to keep their quest for a first major tournament win in 60 years alive. England have relied on Bellingham a...

McIntosh, a three-time champion at the 2024 Paris Olympics, won the Canadian 200 fly title in 2mins 1.65secs to erase the prior world record of 2:01.81 set by China's Liu Zige in October of 2009 at Jinan, China. The world record had been the last i...

President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the alliance to take "strong decisions" on boosting Ukraine's air defences following the strike, which came just days after another Russian attack killed more than 30 people in Kyiv. The European Union also said t...

In Norway's first World Cup appearance since 1998, coach Stale Solbakken -- a midfielder in that squad -- has guided his country on a historic run, inspired in large part by the man he calls the "world's best goalscorer". Born just weeks after Norw...

The move, designed to highlight how Europe is ramping up defence spending under pressure from Trump, was the latest leg of Rutte's relentless charm offensive to keep the mercurial US leader on board through a rollercoaster of crises. "I just wanted...

The Ocean of Peace pact elevates Fiji to one of Australia's few treaty allies and binds each nation to come to the other's "mutual defence". China sent waves through the region in 2022 when it signed a secretive security pact with the Solomon Islan...

The first tremor was short, Gil recounted in an interview with AFP from the hospital room where he was recovering after being rescued from the depths of a collapsed building. Gil became a symbol of hope for Venezuela after he survived eight days of...

"Certainly what they stand for is nothing that I could possibly agree with. But one of the foundational principles of the United States, which makes democracy messy, is free speech," Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told CNN's "State of the Union" tal...