World T20 champions India posted 211-6 in their 20 overs with Abhishek Sharma scoring 61 and Tilak Varma 51 not out, before Hasan Nawaz's valiant 96 saw Pakistan come up just short at 192-6. The neighbouring countries only meet in international tou...

But on Saturday, the 77-year-old will savour a rare sporting occasion from the comfort of his hometown Kolkata, where Brazil take on his home country in their first-ever international friendly. Nandy, who has travelled far and wide to attend 11 Wor...

But on Saturday, the 77-year-old will savour a rare sporting occasion from the comfort of his hometown Kolkata, where Brazil take on his home country in their first-ever international friendly. Nandy, who has travelled far and wide to attend 11 Wor...

Fighting erupted on September 23 in northern Ethiopia as the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) launched attacks into neighbouring states, raising fears of a return to the devastating 2020-2022 civil war. But federal forces and pro-gover...

Marquez, on Ducati, overtook his rival at the first corner and finished 2.466 seconds faster than Martin, who was demoted one position to third due to a penalty for exceeding track limits in the final lap. The same was true for Italian KTM rider En...

He let out a roar of "Come on!" as he tapped in for par at the last in Nagoya and celebrated a three-stroke victory after a superb round containing five birdies and an eagle. He was visibly relieved at getting over the line and was mobbed by his te...

The world number three saved four set points against the Italian, ranked 37th, in an opening-set tie-break but turned the tide thanks to some trademark aggression and a bit of luck. He ended up clinching the set in one hour and 13 minutes, and the ...

Five-time World Cup winners Brazil have a huge fanbase in the football-mad eastern city, where many people could be seen sporting their iconic yellow jerseys as the game approached. India, ranked 138th in the world, are massive underdogs going into...

The 20-year-old Italian produced a late fastest lap of 1min 36.302sec to outpace four-time champion Max Verstappen by 0.278 seconds with Isack Hadjar third, adrift by half a second. His Mercedes team-mate George Russell was fourth, six-tenths off t...

The neighbours only meet in international tournaments because of long-running political tensions and matches between them typically attract television audiences of hundreds of millions back home. The gold-medal encounter in a suburban park in Nagoy...

The Colombian, ranked 66th, put up a formidable fight after double-faulting to lose a testy first-set tie-break, though she needed medicine to push through trouble with her back. Osorio saved two match points but Gauff, the world number four, dug d...

Wong beat Wu Yibing 6-2, 6-4 and joins Wu's fellow Chinese Wang Xiyu, who won the women's final, as singles champions in Nagoya. The 22-year-old Wong is the first man from Hong Kong to win tennis gold. Wong is ranked 100 in the world and at the 20...

The centre-right United List party of incumbent Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs is at the head of the race, with over 14 percent of the vote, according to the SKDS institute. His coalition, however, is expected to emerge weakened as populist partie...

The government introduced the measures after nationwide protests following the eviction, on a stretcher, of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from a Madrid apartment she had occupied for around seven decades. The defeat was another political setback f...

Kajihara claimed her third consecutive omnium gold at the Izu Velodrome on Friday and dissolved into tears as she talked about how her younger brother Hyogo had helped her cope with some dark moments. "After I missed a medal at the Paris Olympics (...