One player has tested positive for coronavirus while another player and an official were quarantined after breaching disease protocols ahead of the start of the Pakistan Super League in Karachi on Saturday. Six teams are vying for the title in the ...

After All Blacks great Dan Carter announced his retirement on Saturday, AFP Sport looks at five career highlights for the two-time World Cup winner: - All Blacks v British & Irish Lions, 2nd Test, July 2 2005 - Already an established All Black, C...

All Blacks legend Dan Carter, a three-time world player of the year and double World Cup-winner, announced his retirement on Saturday. The fly-half, who remains the record points-scorer in both Test and Super Rugby, said he was "sad" to call it qui...

Whole neighbourhoods of Indonesia's capital Jakarta and dozens of major roads were flooded on Saturday after torrential rains pounded the Southeast Asian city overnight. More than 1,300 residents have been evacuated to temporary shelters, with part...

Novak Djokovic may be unbeaten in Australian Open finals, but a sponsor seemed to think he's already won this year's -- before he's even played it. Ahead of the eight-time champion's clash with Daniil Medvedev on Sunday, his racquet sponsor HEAD of...

Yemen's Saudi-backed government accused Huthi rebels Saturday of using civilians as human shields in their renewed offensive against its last major toehold in the north. Earlier this month, the Iran-backed rebels resumed a push to capture the city ...

NASA has released stunning new photographs from Perseverance, including one of the rover being gently lowered to the surface of Mars by a set of cables, the first time such a view has been captured.

An outbreak of coronavirus has hit the Chinese expat community in Cambodia, the country's Premier Hun Sen said Saturday, a setback in the Southeast Asian nation's otherwise successful containment efforts. The kingdom has so far fared well in tackli...

Argentina's health minister resigned late Friday after it emerged that friends of his had been able to skip the line for a Covid-19 vaccination. 

Indian cricket superstar Virat Kohli has revealed that he struggled with depression and felt like the "loneliest guy in the world" after failing with the bat during a tour of England in 2014. Kohli, one of the highest-paid athletes in the world wit...

A Moscow appeal court on Saturday upheld a prison sentence imposed on Alexei Navalny after he returned to Russia from Germany following a poisoning attack, shortening his nearly three-year jail term by just 1.5 months.

Britain's Ineos Team UK, skippered by Ben Ainslie, fought back to notch their first win in the America's Cup challenger finals in Auckland on Saturday, but Luna Rossa remain comfortably ahead in the series. The starts have been crucial, and Luna Ro...

Four retired Taiwanese military intelligence officers -- including a major general -- have been indicted for spying for China, prosecutors said Saturday. The quartet were charged with developing a spying network and collecting confidential informat...

Private security contractor and ally of former US President Trump Erik Prince violated a United Nations arms embargo on Libya, UN investigators have found in a report detailed by US media on Friday. The confidential report to the Security Council, ...

It's been a turbulent 12 months in the life of Novak Djokovic, but the world number one can put it all behind him by winning a record-extending ninth Australian Open title against Russia's Daniil Medvedev on Sunday. The world number one has always ...