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Saudi Arabia's Olympic Committee and the Olympic Council of Asia agreed to postpone the 2029 Asian Winter Games, which the Kingdom was to host at a showpiece mountain resort that forms part of...

WASHINGTON: More than 4,000 flights were canceled in the U.S. on Saturday ahead of a monster winter storm that had already cut power to more than 230,000 customers as far west as Texas and threatened...

 LONDON: Manchester City returned to winning ways with a 2-0 defeat of bottom club Wolverhampton Wanderers moving them four points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal on Saturday but...

Airlines have been rerouting and cancelling some ​flights across the Middle East as tensions ramp up between Iran and the United States, with President Donald Trump saying on ‌Thursday the U.S....

  VILLARREAL, Spain: Kylian Mbappe struck twice ​in the second half as Real Madrid secured a 2-0 victory at Villarreal on Saturday, climbing above Barcelona to take provisional pole position ‌in...

  BURNLEY, England: Embattled Tottenham Hotspur manager Thomas Frank endured abuse from his ‌own fans for the second week running after his struggling side scrambled a late 2-2 draw at Burnley on...

 MELBOURNE: American 18-year-old Iva Jovic ​dished out a dominant 6-0 6-1 win over Yulia Putintseva in just 53 minutes at the Australian ‌Open on Sunday to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand...

 NEW DELHI: The absence ​of Bangladesh from next month's Twenty20 World Cup is a sad moment for the game and should serve ‌as a call for stakeholders to work towards uniting the sport, not...

Bangladesh ​has been replaced by Scotland for next month's ‌Twenty20 World Cup after the South Asian side refused to travel to co-hosts India, media reports said on Saturday, ​citing...

 Elon Musk's space ​startup SpaceX is lining up four Wall Street banks for ‌leading roles on a potential initial public offering that could rank among the largest market debuts ever,...

MILAN: Inter Milan found themselves two ​goals down to relegation-battling Pisa but fought back to earn a 6-2 win at the San Siro on Saturday, as the hosts ‌continue to set the pace at the top of...

LIV Golf is returning ​to the northeast this season, announcing on Friday the scheduling of LIV ‌Golf New York to be held Aug. 6-9 at Trump National Golf Club in suburban Bedminster, N.J.It will...

MELBOURNE: Daniil Medvedev clawed his ​way back from two sets down to beat Fabian Marozsan 6-7(5) 4-6 7-5 6-0 6-3 at the Australian Open on Friday to set up ‌a last-16 tie against Learner Tien,...

New ​Zealand paceman Adam Milne has been ruled out ‌of the T20 World Cup with a torn left hamstring and will be replaced in the squad by fellow quick ​Kyle Jamieson.Milne suffered the injury...

DAVOS, Switzerland:  U.S. President Donald Trump will on Thursday launch his Board of Peace, originally intended to help end the devastating Gaza war but which he now sees having a wider role that...

MARSEILLE, France: Liverpool swept aside Olympique de Marseille with a 3-0 away victory on Wednesday to ‌extend their unbeaten run to 13 matches in all competitions and move a step closer to direct...

LONDON: Chelsea ​boosted their chances of a Champions League top-eight finish on Wednesday when Moises Caicedo headed home ‌from a corner in the 78th minute to break down a stubborn Pafos...

 Barcelona came from behind ‌to defeat Slavia Prague 4-2 on a freezing night in the Champions League on Wednesday, with Fermin Lopez scoring twice and Dani Olmo and Robert Lewandowski adding...

 NEWCASTLE, England: Yoane Wissa ​scored his first Champions League goal as Newcastle United eased to a 3-0 home win over PSV Eindhoven at St ‌James’ Park on Wednesday to seal their place in...

 TURIN, Italy: ​Juventus guaranteed themselves at least a Champions League playoff place ‌with a 2-0 home win over Benfica on Wednesday, their third successive victory coming thanks to second...