The highest-ranked team in the competition and the only Asian side to win the World Cup, Japan have been clinical so far with three wins from three games in the group phase. They have blasted a tournament-high 17 goals while conceding none, with th...

Iranian armed forces issued the warning after US President Donald Trump said he may decide to "wipe out" Iran's largest oil export hub on its Kharg Island. Waves of drone, missile and aerial bombing have displaced millions in the region and reporte...

Russell enjoyed a ding-dong battle in the opening laps with seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, as the pair traded places at the front several times. Later he had to fend off the second Ferrari of Charles Leclerc after a late safety car, with...

Sabalenka beat 14th-ranked Czech Noskova 6-3, 6-4 and Rybakina downed Ukraine's Elina Svitolina 7-5, 6-4 to set up a mouth-watering rematch of their Melbourne final. Rybakina also beat Sabalenka in the 2023 championship match in Indian Wells -- whe...

"The state is obliged to build public shelters so that the entire population has access to safe havens," Mazen Ghanayem, mayor of the town of Sakhnin, told AFP. "Yet our town doesn't have a single public shelter worthy of the name." Located just ...

Mobley's game-high scoring came on 12-of-15 shooting and he also grabbed seven rebounds while Donovan Mitchell added 24 points and eight assists while James Harden contributed 17 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. "Just a team effort through...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, supreme leader since the death of revolutionary founder Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989, was killed along with several family members and top security figures in air strikes at the start of the US-Israeli attacks late last month. ...

The initial US victory in killing supreme leader Ali Khamenei has given way to a conflict that Washington cannot completely control, sharply limiting President Donald Trump's options. Two weeks into a bloody air war, Iran holds many cards as it cho...

Joe Montemurro's side booked their spot at the tournament for a ninth consecutive time by edging North Korea 2-1 on Friday to make the semi-finals of the Women's Asian Cup in Perth. Chelsea forward Kerr, Australia's most prolific goal-scorer, capta...

Alex Bregman hit a two-run single and David Bednar thwarted a seventh-inning threat as the US team of Major League Baseball stars edged Canada 5-3 in Houston, following victories by the USA men's and women's ice hockey teams over Canada in last mont...

The Belarusian star, chasing her first Indian Wells title after runner-up finishes in 2023 and 2025, could find herself up against Elena Rybakina in a rematch of the Australian Open final won by Rybakina in January. Kazakhstan's Rybakina, who also ...

The 26-year-old Swede made two eagles and six birdies against a lone bogey to stand on 12-under 132 after 36 holes at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Aberg answered his first bogey of the week at the par-four 15th with birdies at the pa...

The gold medallist in triathlon and cycling at the 2024 Paris Paralympics spoke to AFP from Val di Fiemme in the Italian Alps, where the 37-year-old is making her Winter Paralympics debut in biathlon and cross-country skiing. Parker, a paraplegic w...

World number one Alcaraz has dominated the courts in 2026, his Australian Open triumph making the 22-year-old Spaniard the youngest man to complete a career Grand Slam. He followed up with a title in Doha and with four wins under his belt in the Ca...

While Paris Saint-Germain and Lens have opened up a gap at the top, the five teams below them, chasing the last automatic Champions League berth, started the weekend separated by six points. The victory pulled Marseille three points clear of fourth...