The "Perritos en fuga" race, which means "doggies on the run," saw pet owners and their four-legged friends brave the early morning cold in celebration of the city's canine community. After taking their marks on the starting line, the dogs took off...

British gross domestic product expanded 0.2 percent after a drop of 0.6 percent in June, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. June's big decline had been attributed partly to an extra public holiday for the queen's Platinum Jubil...

The Netflix show -- in which misfits and criminals compete for cash in barbaric and deadly versions of schoolyard games -- is aiming to emulate the success of Oscar-winning South Korean movie "Parasite" with a triumph at TV's top prize gala. But it...

Police Commissioner David Manning said the victims of Sunday's 7.6-magnitude quake had been found across the central north of the country, where there is widespread damage to homes and infrastructure. The quake struck mid-morning and triggered a se...

Babar Azam's side failed to chase 171 to beat Sri Lanka, their 23-run defeat bucking the trend of teams winning while batting second in Dubai. Mohammad Rizwan made 55 in 49 balls for Pakistan and finished as the tournament's leading scorer with 28...

A ceremony to mark the launch of the rail service between the Tavan Tolgoi coal field and Gashuun Sukhait on the Chinese border was held on Friday. Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh was among the dignitaries in attendance, according to his webs...

It's an image of their father no longer recognisable to the 18-year-old twin sisters -- not since he left to fight in Ukraine some six months ago and returned a "broken man". "He was there for the most intense fighting, under shelling, everything,"...

"I have been pretty vague about it, right? I'm going to stay vague because you never know." -- Serena Williams in her first round press conference after beating Danka Kovinic when asked if the US Open was her last tournament. "I was twice in Times...

The exiled Novak Djokovic, prevented from competing in New York due to US government vaccination mandates for visitors from overseas, may yet return to add to his collection of 21 Grand Slam titles next year. But the continued absence from men's te...

Equities in Japan, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan and Jakarta surged, while markets in Hong Kong, China and South Korea were closed for a public holiday. The euro continued to gain against the dollar, with investors in Europe weighing the prospect of...

AFP Sport looks at five things we learned from the six-nation tournament, which was a precursor for next month's T20 World Cup in Australia. - Island nation excel - Pundits gave Sri Lanka little chance of making the Super Four after an embarrassi...

The 19-year-old Spaniard defeated Norway's Casper Ruud 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7/1), 6-3 in the final to become the youngest Grand Slam men's champion since Rafael Nadal at the 2005 French Open. "Right now I'm enjoying the moment. I'm enjoying have the trop...

Edwards burst onto the Champions League stage with a dazzling display in Sporting's 3-0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt last week. The 23-year-old English winger marked his maiden Champions League start with his first goal in the competition, also ...

The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats soared to become the country's second-biggest party in the legislative vote, garnering 20.7 percent with 94 percent of electoral districts counted. With his impeccably coiffed brown hair, glasses and neatly-tri...

Ruud, who leapt up to second in the rankings following his 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7/1), 6-3 defeat, had no complaints following the loss against a player he described as a "hard nut to crack." "He's riding that wave," the 23-year-old Norwegian said Alcaraz...