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Lionel Messi drew high praise from President ⁠Donald Trump as the Argentine superstar and his Inter Miami team were honored at ​the White House on ​Thursday for winning the MLS Cup last year.The...

 England head coach Brendon ⁠McCullum said he intends to continue in the role despite his side’s ​exit from the Twenty20 ​World Cup following a seven-run defeat to holders India in Mumbai on...

Daniel Berger poured in six of his nine birdies on the back nine ⁠on his way to a sterling 9-under-par 63 and a three-stroke lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Thursday in Orlando, Fla.Berger...

MELBOURNE: Charles Leclerc led a ⁠Ferrari 1-2 at the top of the timesheet in the Australian Grand Prix's first practice, ​while defending champion Lando Norris suffered ​a gearbox issue as...

DUBAI: Wealthy Gulf states are facing their biggest food security challenge ​since the 2008 global food crisis, as the Iran conflict threatens ports ​and disrupts shipping through the Strait of...

DUBAI/JERUSALEM/ANKARA:  Israel launched a large wave of strikes on Tehran on Thursday, targeting what it said was infrastructure belonging to the Iranian authorities, after Iranian missiles sent...

  Park Soo-jeong ⁠scored the pick of the ​goals as South ​Korea all but secured passage to the quarter-finals of the Women's Asian Cup with a 3-0 win over the Philippines ⁠at Gold Coast...

 The U.S.-Israel war with Iran could disrupt supplies of key semiconductor manufacturing materials, a South Korean ruling party lawmaker said on Tuesday, as the conflict in the Middle East entered...

  Given their form going into ⁠Wednesday's T20 World Cup semi-final, South Africa expected to compete better against ​New Zealand but are philosophical ​about their nine-wicket defeat in...

 A tanker ​at anchor ​off Kuwait reported seeing a large explosion on its port side and was taking on water, the United ⁠Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said.The ⁠master observed a...

DUBAI/JERUSALEM:  Mojtaba Khamenei, the powerful son of Iran's slain ​Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, is alive and favoured to emerge as his ​father's successor, two Iranian sources told...

BARCELONA: Atletico Madrid reached ⁠the Copa del Rey final for the first time since 2013 despite a 3-0 defeat ​by Barcelona on Tuesday, their ​4-0 first-leg win in Madrid enough to secure a 4-3...

WOLVERHAMPTON, England: Rodrigo Gomes and ⁠Andre scored late goals as bottom side Wolverhampton Wanderers secured a 2-1 Premier League victory ​over Liverpool at Molineux on ​Tuesday to give...

   Next week's ⁠matches in Asian tournaments scheduled in the ​Middle East ​have been postponed until further notice due to theconflict in the region, the Asian Football Confederation...

KOLKATA, ​India: New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner wants his team to piece together their first "perfect game" of the Twenty20 World Cup when they face in-form South Africa in Wednesday's...

INDIAN WELLS, ⁠California: Russian tennis players Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev will not arrive in Indian Wells ​in time to participate in Tuesday ​night's exhibition event after they...

 Iran's ongoing ⁠conflict with the U.S. and Israel has led to sporting events being postponed in several countries, while competitions ​elsewhere have been hit by travel disruption, ​with...

Foreign Minister ​Yvette Cooper said on Tuesday that Britain was working with airlines on increasing capacity out of Muscat, Oman to prioritise the evacuation of vulnerable British nationals.Cooper,...

Scores of people have ⁠been killed across the Middle East since the U.S. and Israel ​attacked Iran on February 28, ​with Gulf states that host U.S. military bases and personnel and Lebanon...

Explosions tore through Tehran and Beirut on Tuesday, and financial markets around the ​world tumbled at the prospect of a prolonged disruption to global energy supplies ​from the U.S.-Israeli air...