Demi Vollering won stage 8 of the Tour de France and took the yellow jersey on the eve of the finish. The Dutch rider managed to distance her rival Kasia Niewiadoma.

Iran on Saturday issued a list of demands for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which have been characterised as “new” preconditions. Reporting from Washington, FRANCE 24’s Fraser Jackson notes that many of the demands were “already agr...

The Korea Football Association (KFA) has been under heavy fire since South Korea crashed out of the World Cup at the group stage, despite high expectations for a "golden generation" captained by Son Heung-min. Head coach Hong Myung-bo resigned imme...

The blaze has razed 176 hectares (435 acres) since it broke out on Monday in the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, near the popular East Java tourist destination of Mount Bromo, a disaster official said. Authorities barred access to visitors late...

That victory at the Supersport World Championship in March saw orders for ZXMoto's two-wheelers skyrocket and provided a boost for the firm as it battles for an edge in the highly competitive Chinese motorbike market. The company was founded just t...

Tehran has imposed an effective blockade of the strait since the United States and Israel struck Iran in late February, and wants to charge tolls for passage, attacking ships it accuses of attempting to circumvent its preferred route. Continued att...

Four-time Grand Slam winner Sabalenka suffered a blow to her preparations for a tilt at a third consecutive US Open title, beaten 7-6 (7/3), 4-6, 6-4 by Russian 16th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova. "I wasn't trying to think about the score or anything ...

Thousands of miners are deployed across the Shiwa area, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) northeast of the provincial capital Faizabad, extracting gold for investors nationwide. Some residents in the area have profited from the gold rush, only to reg...

Teams observed a minute of silence before the match for Jorge Messi, who died at age 68 in Argentina, where the Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi arrived on Saturday night. "Our hearts are with our captain, Leo, and the entire Messi family," Inter M...

Alexandrova defeated the four-time Grand Slam winner from Belarus 7-6 (7/3), 4-6, 6-4 in 2hr 29min to book a berth in the quarter-finals. Sabalenka, who will seek her third consecutive US Open title next month, fell to 5-5 in her career WTA rivalry...

But a grassroots movement upset over privacy concerns is fighting back -- even going so far as systematically vandalizing the equipment. The first time he decided to trash one of the cameras, a self-styled vigilante wearing all black and known as N...

Not so long ago, he was using his superhuman strength to lift up concrete blocks to rescue victims from the double earthquakes that devastated his home country. Mayora hails from La Guaira, the northern coastal Venezuelan state that was hit hardest...

Infantino has faced calls to resign and was also subject to allegations from a British newspaper on Friday that he paid off a lover while at European governing body UEFA. "Recent reporting has included unsubstantiated assertions and demonstrably fa...

Jodar dominated the night match after an afternoon rain delay in the Masters 1000 hardcourt event. The 19-year-old Spaniard, runner-up last week in Washington, never let Lehecka into their fourth-round match in collecting his 33rd victory of the se...

Pumas substitute wing Matias Moroni sobbed as the final whistle blew after he knocked on a pass with the tryline at his mercy. After poor recent form by Argentina, losing at home to Scotland and England in the Nations Championship, they showed vast...