Blinken announced the move during a visit to nearby Fiji, where he met virtually with around 18 Pacific island leaders to stress Washington's attention to the region in an attempt to curb Beijing's push for greater influence. The United States clos...

Williams, a long-suffering fan and reporter for local newspaper The Leader, was given the chance to interview Reynolds and McElhenney when they visited the club's Racecourse Ground in October. "It was surreal," he said. "I've been covering Wrexham ...

The dreadlocked Japanese beat retiring legend Shaun White and a host of others to win gold in the men's halfpipe on Friday, but he had to come from behind on his final run to do it. Hirano said he was "angry" and "didn't understand" why his jaw-dro...

The victory gives the Americans coveted North American bragging rights -- for now -- and puts them in the driver’s seat of Group A, the competition’s "Group of Death". Both sides are relying heavily on youth after the NHL kept its star players ...

The 42-year-old will pilot the Brazilian bobsleigh in both the two- and four-man events at the Beijing Olympics. He is competing at his fifth Winter Games, having made his debut at Salt Lake City in 2002. Back then, the Brazilian bobsleigh team wa...

But for three elderly American men, it's something they have done every year since 1967, and will be doing again on Sunday when the Cincinnati Bengals take on the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl 56. "You gotta be old to be in this club," said Don Cr...

The country has been in turmoil since last year's coup, with mass protests and a subsequent military crackdown that has killed more than 1,500 civilians, according to the UN's human rights office. Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing issued the "pardon orde...

The build-up to the Games was overshadowed by concerns about Covid and human rights in China, and the doping scandal surrounding the prodigious teenager threatens to tarnish the Olympics anew. Valieva's Beijing Olympic fate is now in the hands of t...

The Italian sustained a serious knee injury, but she revealed after safely negotiating the first training run that she had eschewed long-term crutches in fear that she might lose more physical form in her race to be fit for the Beijing Games. "With...

Nearly 7,200 police and gendarmes "are being deployed over the next three days to enforce the ban on vehicle convoys," Paris police headquarters said. The prefect of the Paris police, Didier Lallement, said they had created a temporary car pound wh...

The 24-year-old is regarded as one of Australia's best prospects, but his career has been blighted by a string of concussions, injuries and mental health issues, limiting him to just one Test appearance. His latest concussion is believed to be the ...

Embiid, who also had five blocks and four assists in front of the crowd of 20,600 at Wells Fargo Center, recorded his 22nd straight game with at least 25 points. Philadelphia played their first game since making a blockbuster trade with the Brookly...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to announce the opening of a new embassy on the Pacific island state during a visit to nearby Fiji -- 29 years after the United States downgraded its diplomatic presence in Honiara. The move comes just a few...

More than half of all events at the Beijing Games feature women, thanks to the addition of two more women's events and four new mixed team ones -- in ski jumping, aerials, snowboard cross and short track speed skating. Marion Thenault, who competed...

After it was confirmed Friday that Valieva had failed a drugs test and could be kicked out of the Games, the hashtag "shame on Tutberidze" began trending on Twitter in Russia. Russia's anti-doping agency RUSADA said that "an investigation has been ...