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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump ​were rushed out of the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington by Secret Service agents on Saturday night...

  LONDON: Manchester City came from behind to ⁠beat Championship side Southampton 2-1 with a late goal from Nico Gonzalez at Wembley on Saturday to book a place ​in an unprecedented fourth...

LONDON: Arsenal arrested their slump in form with Eberechi Eze's superb early goal ​securing an ugly 1-0 home win against Newcastle ​United to reclaim top spot in the Premier League on...

  JEDDAH: Ten-man Al Ahli retained the Asian Champions League (ACL) Elite title on Saturday as ​Feras Al Brikan's extra-time strike earned ​the Saudi Pro League side a 1-0 win over...

 Six-times Grand Slam ⁠champion Iga Swiatek retired from her Madrid Open ​round-of-32 match ​against American Ann Li on Saturday due to illness, trailing 6-7(4) 6-2 0-3. The fourth seed at the...

   ⁠South African Lungi Ngidi ​was ​rushed out of the stadium in an ambulance after the fast bowler ⁠hit his head while ⁠attempting a catch in Saturday's Indian Premier League ‌game...

NEW DELHI: KL Rahul hammered ​a sensational 152 not out and Delhi Capitals piled up what was briefly the season's highest total, yet Punjab Kings cruised to a six-wicket victory in an Indian...

 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the ⁠youngest player, and the fastest by balls faced, to complete ​1,000 runs in Twenty20 ​cricket as the 15-year-old smashed a 36-ball century in the Indian...

  It might not get much better than this for English brothers ⁠Matt Fitzpatrick and Alex Fitzpatrick. The duo began to break away from the pack by shooting a tournament-record 15-under 57 during...

  Two straight stellar rounds gave Nelly Korda a cushion to ⁠endure some bumps in the road. She found those bumps on Saturday, but still shot a 2-under-par 70 to ​hold a five-shot advantage...

 Ducati's Marc Marquez pulled ​off an unlikely victory at the Spanish Grand ​Prix sprint on Saturday despite crashing in treacherous conditions before swapping bikes in a race that descended...

The suspect arrested in the ⁠White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting on Saturday was identified by a law enforcement official as Cole ​Tomas Allen, a Los Angeles-area ​man who appears...

NEW DELHI - India will bid to host the 2038 ​Asian Games ​in Ahmedabad, the country's Olympic chief told Reuters on Saturday, in its latest push to stage elite multi-sport events. The...

JEDDAH: Clubs from ⁠Saudi Arabia and Japan are due to see their slots in the ​Asian Champions League Elite ​increased to five from next season after the Asian Football Confederation said on...

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh: Najmul Hossain Shanto hit a timely century and Mustafizur Rahman claimed five wickets as ​Bangladesh secured a 55-run victory ​over New Zealand in the third one-day...

LONDON: Chelsea interim coach Calum McFarlane said ⁠the team was not dwelling on the firing of previous manager Liam Rosenior, ​and instead focusing on beating ​Leeds United this weekend to...

 Oil prices extended gains Friday and stocks struggled as investors worried about a lack of progress in ending the Middle East crisis, with Tehran keeping the Strait of Hormuz closed and the US...

NEW DELHI: India has dismissed as "uninformed" comments shared by U.S. President Donald Trump that described the country as a "hellhole”, saying they were inappropriate and inconsistent with the...

DUBAI/WASHINGTON:  Israel and Lebanon extended their ceasefire ​for three weeks at a meeting at the White House brokered ​by President Donald Trump, who said he was prepared to wait for "the...

COPENHAGEN:  Two local trains collided head-on north of the Danish capital Copenhagen on Thursday, injuring 18 people, five of them critically, emergency services said. Two yellow and grey trains...