Fifty-year-old Kar Lung Chun and his 40-year-old partner Karen Yun Qiao Feng were drafted in to compete in the mixed doubles in Tokyo after a slew of withdrawals. The pair, who represent England, had never competed together and have spent their car...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the department had also frozen $130 million held in digital wallets linked to Iran's central bank, hitting a sector that has seen increased activity since the start of the war. The move came after US forces car...

Winmar became an emblem of the fight against racism in Australian Rules football when he responded to abuse during a game in 1993 by lifting his shirt and pointing to his skin. The 60-year-old former St Kilda player was found guilty in a Melbourne ...

In a landmark speech setting out his government's policies, Albanese sought to allay public concern over AI, saying it could be adopted in a way that enhanced the national interest. The centre-left leader said he would meet Australia's state and te...

O'Callaghan, the reigning Olympic 200m freestyle champion, revealed her anguish in the run-up to the games in Glasgow, which begin on July 23, and the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in California in August. "Last month I was told I wouldn't be ...

The fixture between two of the big beasts of global football is mouthwatering enough but is given added spice by long-standing political tensions. Lionel Scaloni's Argentina are seeking to become the first team since Brazil in 1962 to win back-to-b...

The mood was also lifted by strong Wall Street earnings, while US President Donald Trump's U-turn on threats to impose levies on cargo through the Strait of Hormuz provided a little support. Still, oil prices extended their rally Wednesday as Ameri...

But like Zico, Eder, Falcao and Socrates before them, Kylian Mbappe and company found out the hard way that dazzling football is no guarantee of survival. A hitherto sparkling French campaign full of offensive pyrotechnics fizzled out like a dud Ba...

The Morandi Bridge in Genoa, part of a key highway connecting France and Italy, gave way in torrential rain on August 14, 2018 sending dozens of vehicles tumbling into the abyss. Thursday's verdict concludes a four-year trial largely focused on mai...

The Three Lions have been led at the 2026 tournament by Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane, who have each scored six goals. Remarkably, it will be the first time Lionel Messi has faced England at the grand old age of 39 despite the historical significa...

The holders will be seeking to make it to consecutive finals by beating Thomas Tuchel's side in a fixture that evokes 1986 and Diego Maradona, as well as the lingering sovereignty dispute over the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. "We a...

"Everyone is fit to start and everyone was in training except for Jarell (Quansah) who is suspended and Jordan Henderson," Tuchel told reporters in Atlanta on the eve of Wednesday's showdown. Henderson is out after breaking his arm in a freak accid...

The heavyweight showdown in Atlanta marks the renewal of a rivalry that peaked at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. The late Maradona scored both of Argentina's goals in the quarter-final -- the infamous "Hand of God" opener and then a dazzling solo ef...

Mbappe had emerged as one of the stars of the tournament during France's run to the last four, rattling in eight goals at the tip of a free-scoring attack that delighted fans worldwide. But the 27-year-old French captain's dreams of a third straigh...

AFP Sport looks at key battles likely to decide the outcome of the game at the spectacular Mercedes-Benz Stadium, with Spain waiting in the final. Messi v Guehi and O'Reilly Lionel Messi has his sights set on back-to-back World Cup triumphs. But a...