The Silver Ferns went to the break with a narrow 8-0 advantage then ran rampant in the second half at stormy Newcastle, north of Sydney. They will face either perennial rival Australia or Fiji, who play in Sydney on Sunday, in the November 15 final...

Kiwis are struggling to make ends meet -- the price of basic goods remains stubbornly high and unemployment at its highest in more than a decade. The war in the Middle East and the subsequent global fuel shock have been widely blamed for the hit to...

Mediators have been working to prevent any resumption of fighting after months of deadlock in the Middle East conflict, which began when the United States and Israel attacked Iran in late February. Tehran has sought to limit traffic through the Str...

Doncic's latest big game helped the Lakers shake off a sluggish start that saw them trailing by as many as 16 points in the second quarter. Doncic closed the first half with an astonishing shot from well beyond the halfcourt line, pulling the Laker...

A State Department program, Rewards for Justice, "is offering a reward of up to $20 million and possible relocation for information about Iran's nuclear program, including its facilities, equipment, and associated personnel, such as those in the sci...

Captain Steve Smith, his deputy David Warner and Cameron Bancroft were sent home in disgrace and found by a Cricket Australia investigation to be the only three players with prior knowledge of the ball-tampering plot. Smith was banned for a year an...

Hugo Keenan led the way scoring a hat-trick of tries -- in his first home Test in over a year -- as the Irish ran in six tries against a disappointing Pumas outfit. The Irish go on to host Fiji on Saturday week before the biggest challenge of all w...

The 7-foot-2 (2.18m) Latvian, who began his NBA career with New York in 2015, has not played this season for the Warriors telling the team he would not report just before pre-season workouts began. "This season I was really looking forward to runni...

Moyes's side trailed to Yann Gboho's goal early in the second half at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. But Barry proved too hot for Coventry to handle, netting twice in the space of just five minutes to turn the game in Everton's favour. Barry has alre...

The 23-year-old fought back to win 6-7 (10/12), 7-5, 6-3 to advance to the last four of the event for the first time. He will next take on former world number two Casper Ruud on Saturday after the Norwegian eliminated Portuguese lucky loser Nuno Bo...

The Irish ran in six tries to get their November campaign in Dublin underway in impressive fashion. They go on to play Fiji on Saturday week before the biggest challenge, world champions South Africa in a fortnight. Ireland go top of the Nations C...

David Moyes's side trailed to Yann Gboho's goal early in the second half at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. But Barry proved too hot for Coventry to handle, netting twice in the space of just five minutes to turn the game in Everton's favour. Moyes sa...

Laperche, 29, has a comfortable advantage over his rivals in the prestigious multi-hull category. A total of 115 boats set off from Saint Malo last Sunday for the high-speed crossing of the Atlantic. According to the latest estimates from race con...

The 20-year-old Italian, who clinched the drivers' title by finishing third in Mexico last Sunday, found his rhythm immediately at the Interlagos circuit as he clocked one minute and 10.763 seconds to outpace the 26-year-old Briton by 0.253 seconds....

The polar vortex is a vast region of cold, low-pressure air that normally circulates from west to east high above the Arctic. It generally strengthens through autumn and peaks around January. It can weaken in the second half of winter, typically be...