Flames tore through the Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao bar and restaurant in the Thai capital late on Sunday evening during a live music performance, sending people fleeing, several with their clothing ablaze. Twenty-seven people were declared dead in the ...

Messi won his 200th cap for the Albiceleste in the group-stage victory against Algeria and dreams of leading his country to the final once again. The diminutive playmaker is surely in the final days of a remarkable international career which began ...

Cannone head-butted All Blacks scrum-half Cam Roigard in the second half of the Test in Wellington on Saturday. He was given a yellow card which was upgraded to red on review and led to the Italians playing with 14 men for 20 minutes of the match w...

Angered at Yerevan's pivot away from Moscow, the Kremlin imposed bans and restrictions on the imports of a wide range of Armenian goods, including fruits, vegetables and flowers, ahead of parliamentary elections earlier this month. Russia said it w...

Home to only around 40,000 people, the tiny self-governing British territory at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula relies on about 15,500 daily cross-border workers from Spain, who make up nearly half of its workforce. During rush hours, lon...

An England team which has been dragged to this stage by the brilliance of Jude Bellingham take on Messi's Argentina under the roof of the spectacular arena in Atlanta, already the scene of a memorable victory by the defending champions at this tourn...

The Barcelona prodigy raised eyebrows following Spain's 2-1 quarter-final defeat of Belgium last week after being quoted as saying that France rather than Spain ought to be "afraid" given recent defeats against La Roja. A relaxed-looking Yamal addr...

De la Fuente told a press conference on Monday that Spain will attempt to impose their possession-based game on France in what is shaping up as a gripping clash of styles. While France coach Didier Deschamps insists Spain remain favourites for the ...

France take on Spain at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Tuesday in a match widely seen as a collision of the best two teams in the tournament. While Deschamps' side have lit up the World Cup with a string of scintillating performances, Spai...

Erling Haaland's side were knocked out of the tournament on Saturday after losing 2-1 to England in extra-time in the last eight in Miami, their best result in the competition. The crowd packed the square in front of the royal palace in Norway's ca...

The rivalry between the two teams is one of the spiciest in world football, influenced by events on and off the pitch. Pickford said England had largely avoided flashpoints during the 2026 tournament and can cope with the pressure. "I think you've...

So far, so good as they prepare to take on Lionel Messi's Argentina in the semi-finals. The German has overseen a largely happy camp, dancing with his players in the dressing room in Mexico City after their battling win against the co-hosts. But h...

It is one of the puzzling paradoxes of this World Cup: France captain Mbappe is shining as brightly as ever for Les Bleus ahead of Tuesday's semi-final against Spain in Dallas. Mbappe's superb form in the United States comes just weeks after endin...

The Trump administration said it would pressure other countries to withdraw from the court, marking a sharp escalation in the US effort to isolate the Hague-based institution and starve it of political and financial support. "The ICC and its friend...

But the former England captain said she was proud to finish at a ground where she enjoyed many of her best days as a player, with Lord's also the venue for her new career. Knight was out for 13 in her final international innings on Sunday after it...