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PARIS: Canada followed up their emotional victory over France by stunning Australia 21-12 on Tuesday to earn a shock place in the women's Olympic rugby sevens final against holders New Zealand, who...

VERSAILLES, France: German eventing rider Michael Jung won his fourth Olympic gold medal on Monday after beating his main challengers Christopher Burton from Australia and Briton Laura Collett in the...

ELANCOURT, France: Britain's Tom Pidcock roared back after suffering a puncture to retain his Olympic men's mountain bike title after a thrilling battle with France's Victor Koretzky on Monday.World...

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM: An Israeli drone strike killed two people and wounded three more in southern Lebanon on Monday, the Lebanese civil defence said, as Lebanon braced for Israeli retaliation following a...

DHAKA: Bangladesh said it had restored internet services as conditions return to normal after students called off protests against reforms to job quotas that killed nearly 150 people this month.The...

PARIS: Spain's Rafa Nadal made a triumphant return to Roland Garros on Sunday to blast his way into the second round of the Olympic tennis tournament, and set up a blockbuster clash with nemesis Novak...

Eighteen people were killed in Nepal when a small passenger plane crashed while taking off from the main airport in the capital Kathmandu, drawing attention once again to the Himalayan nation's poor...

KATHMANDU: At least 18 people were killed when a small plane crashed and caught fire while it was taking off from Nepal's capital Kathmandu on Wednesday, officials said. The plane was carrying two...

Chelsea: Chelsea have signed United States left back Caleb Wiley from Major League Soccer side Atlanta United on a six-year contract, the Premier League club said on Monday.Chelsea did not disclose...

Torino: Torino have signed former Southampton forward Che Adams on a free transfer, the Serie A club announced on Tuesday.The 28-year-old Scotland international left Southampton at the end of last...

NICE, France: British cyclist Mark Cavendish has confirmed that he has taken part in his last Tour de France, having finally broken the all-time record for most stage wins at the Tour.Cavendish had...

Washington: After winning support from Democratic party heavyweights, Kamala Harris will test her potential candidacy with voters Tuesday at a campaign rally in Wisconsin, a critical "swing state"...

Bangladesh is expected to formally accept on Tuesday a court ruling to cut quotas for government jobs, media said, meeting a key demand of students whose protests sparked one of the worst outbreaks of...

FRANCE: Jonas Vingegaard will not be competing at the Vuelta a Espana, the Visma-Lease a Bike rider said after finishing second in an "exhausting" Tour de France.Slovenian Tadej Pogacar became the...

WASHINGTON: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris was moving swiftly on Monday to try to lock up the Democratic presidential nomination, the day after President Joe Biden, 81, abandoned his reelection...

NICE: Tadej Pogacar became the first rider to achieve the Giro d'Italia/Tour de France double since 1998 when he claimed his third Tour title on Sunday, cementing his domination by winning the final...

BUDAPEST: Australian Oscar Piastri took his first Formula One win in a McLaren one-two at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday after Lando Norris reluctantly handed back the lead on team orders three...

Authorities in southern India's Kerala state are taking preventive steps after the death of a 14-year-old boy from the Nipah virus and the identification of 60 persons in the high-risk category, the...

Belgium: Belgium defender Thomas Meunier has joined Lille on a two-year contract, the Ligue 1 club said on Friday.Meunier, 32, had joined Turkish side Trabzonspor in February from Borussia Dortmund....

BUDAPEST: George Russell is so sure of Mercedes' current form and future prospects he is convinced teammate Lewis Hamilton would not have signed for Ferrari had he known what was coming.Seven times...