The dynamic opener and former Test vice-captain was banned from any leadership role over his part in the Cape Town ball tampering affair in 2018. He was also slapped with a one-year playing suspension, but bounced back to reclaim his place in the n...

The US tech giant is in the process of buying the game maker Activision Blizzard, but the huge $69-billion purchase has yet to be finalised while it is examined by antitrust authorities. "Microsoft is committed to helping bring more games to more p...

As England sealed a 74-run victory in Monday's fading daylight, the gaggle of fanatical spectators chanted: "Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oh what fun it is to watch England win away." Drenching the stadium in trumpet music, fans ...

Southgate's hopes of leading England to a third successive semi-final at major tournaments hinge on finding a solution to a problem that has proved impossible for any team to solve in Qatar. Just how do you subdue a player with Mbappe's lethal comb...

The city of Nikopol in southern Ukraine lies just across the Dnipro river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, exposed to daily Russian bombardment and unable to return fire. FRANCE 24's reporters spoke to residents burning with rage at the mi...

England took full advantage of winning the toss -- and their batting depth -- to win the first Test by 74 runs Monday on a dead Rawalpindi wicket that offered nothing to the bowlers. Multan, however, despite not hosting a Test match for 16 years, c...

Exuberant Moroccans poured into the streets of their capital and in cities across Europe on Tuesday, waving flags and honking horns to celebrate their national soccer team's historic victory over Spain at the World Cup.

Anger over China's zero-Covid policy -- which involved mass lockdowns, constant testing and quarantines even for people who are not infected -- stoked unrest not seen since the 1989 pro-democracy protests. Under the new guidelines announced by the ...

"It is an absolute honour to be elected to the position of chair at such a pivotal and exciting moment for rugby (in New Zealand)," Reddy said. She was elected at a meeting in Auckland, New Zealand Rugby, founded in 1892, said in a statement. She ...

"We are suffering from the rise in the price of fuel, fertiliser and all the by-products of plastics," lamented Gerald de Wouters, manager at leading tree grower Greencap, a he stood in the early-morning December fog. Around him, workers at a vast...

The vaping giant did not disclose the amount of the settlements, which it said were related to more than 5,000 cases, but said the agreements "represent a major step toward strengthening Juul Labs' operations and securing the company's path forward....

China announced Wednesday a nationwide loosening of Covid-19 restrictions following protests against the hardline strategy that grew into calls for greater political freedoms.

The most powerful observatory sent into space succeeds the Hubble telescope, which is still operating, and began transmitting its first cosmic images in July. "It essentially behaves better than expected in almost every area," said Massimo Stiavell...

The last major economy still wedded to a zero-tolerance virus policy, Beijing's snap lockdowns, travel curbs and mass testing have stifled business activity, disrupted supply chains and dampened consumption. Imports in November fell 10.6 percent ye...

"I like a hot house, I have to admit... I really used a lot of gas," said Sofie de Rous, who until this year kept her home on the Belgian coast at a toasty 21 degrees Celsius (70F). But like millions of other Europeans, the 41-year-old employee at ...