Thousands of fans queued early in order to secure a view of McIlroy and his crack-of-dawn tee time with fellow Masters winner Adam Scott and the popular Min Woo Lee, both Australians. But Northern Irishman McIlroy struggled with a gusting northerly...

Under the first phase of the US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, militants were due to return all 48 hostages they held captive, 20 of whom were still alive. All but the remains of Israeli Ran Gvili have since been handed over, ...

In a request for information seen by AFP, the prosecutor indicated that luxury bags, wallets and clothing were found during searches of Italian workshops employing Chinese labour under exploitative conditions. The brands -- which are not under form...

The 35-year-old bagged England's Harry Brook at the Gabba in Brisbane on day one of the day-night second Ashes Test for his 415th wicket since his debut at the same ground 14 years ago. It moved him past Akram, widely recognised as the greatest lef...

The pair put on 279 for the third wicket before Latham was out for 145. Ravindra followed soon after for 176. At stumps, Will Young was 21, Michael Bracewell was on six and New Zealand were 417-4 to go with their 64-run first innings lead. "If you...

Stand-in captain KL Rahul admitted he was flummoxed at the run of bad luck that goes all the way back to the 2023 World Cup final in Ahmedabad, when Rohit Sharma was in charge. "I've been practising, but clearly it's not working," said Rahul after ...

Countries including Iceland, Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands, have threatened in recent months to pull out of the 2026 contest if Israel takes part. Others, including Belgium, Finland and Sweden, have also indicated they were considering a boyco...

After captain Ben Stokes won the toss and chose to bat, the visitors made it to the second break with Root not-out 68 and Stokes alongside him on 14. As Root closed in on a long-awaited milestone, England's tormentor-in-chief Mitchell Starc celebra...

Asked Wednesday about South Koreans detained in the North, Lee replied: "It's my first time ever hearing about this." Lee's office later followed up with a statement saying that six nationals -- including Christian missionaries and North Korean def...

The poll's findings, based on a sample of almost 10,000 people from the nine countries, come more than three-and-a-half years into the conflict sparked by Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine and amid fears the war could spread further. Fra...

Lai, who turns 78 next Monday, has been behind bars since late 2020 as China clamps down on the financial hub to which it promised a separate system when Britain handed it over in 1997. Lai, a diabetic, has been kept in solitary confinement without...

Denver, losers of their last four home games, have now won eight in a row on the road. Murray, who was questionable to start after spraining his right ankle on Monday, was lethal from three-point range. He connected on 10 of 11 from beyond the arc...

The state of play After 23 races of the 24-race season Lando Norris leads the championship on 408 points, 12 clear of Red Bull's four-time champion Max Verstappen and 16 clear of his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri. This is the first time more than ...

Returning from exile to one of the devastated cradles of the Syrian revolution -- the only city that lost its entire population during the near-14-year civil war -- he was amazed that some of his work had survived. On the wall of a destroyed house,...

In Indonesia, the weather agency warned the three hardest-hit provinces on the island of Sumatra would see "moderate to heavy" rain between Thursday and Friday. The downpour started overnight and while it has not reached the same intensity as last ...