The co‑hosts and pre‑tournament favourites swept aside New Zealand by 96 runs in Sunday's final in front of 86,000 spectators at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium. India became the first team to lift the trophy on home soil, the first to retain...

The landslide struck at 2:30 pm on Sunday (0730 GMT) at Bantargebang, a landfill just 25 kilometres outside the capital, according to the national search and rescue agency. "The rescuers are opening access using heavy equipment like backhoes and d...

Co-hosts India hammered New Zealand by 96 runs in the final in Ahmedabad on Sunday to be the first team to retain the T20 world crown and first to win it three times. It was also the first time a team have won the title on home soil, and they did i...

As Iran entered its new era -- and the conflict its 10th day -- world oil prices soared, Saudi Arabia battled drones targeting oil fields and Bahrain's state energy company warned after a missile strike that it may be unable to fulfil export contrac...

RC Lens gave Metz no chance (3-0). This victory puts them just one point behind PSG with nine games left to play.

Investors, already spooked by concerns over extended tech valuations and the huge spending on AI, ran for the hills as crude rocketed to its highest level since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Fears grew that the Middle East conflict could...

Riek Gai Kok is the governor of Jonglei state, where conflict has once again exploded between government and opposition parties. His trip to Nairobi was recounted by humanitarians as yet another example of how South Sudan's elite, ranked the most c...

The meeting that Redknapp refers to as the "World Cup" of racing gets underway on Tuesday and with more than 200,000 raucous spectators expected, many of them Irish. While it is in the lap of the gods whether the bookmakers or the punters cash in, ...

The shooting erupted after 1:00 pm (2000 GMT) when a suspect fired approximately 10 rounds from a vehicle across the street from the mansion in the Beverly Hills area, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing police. At least one round pierced a wall...

Nine days after US-Israeli strikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and plunged the Middle East into war, Iranian clerics picked the country's third supreme leader since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Israel launched a new wave of strikes, this time tar...

China claims Taiwan is part of its territory and has threatened to use force to bring the island under its control. Beijing has stepped up military pressure on Taiwan in recent years, deploying fighter jets and warships around the island on a near-...

The 21-year-old world number four was trailing Alexandra Eala 6-2, 2-0 when the American called it a day, sending the rising star from the Philippines into the last 16. "I felt it, like, the second game of the first set," Gauff said. "I guess a sim...

The 56-year-old had no official post during his father's rule, but was speculated to be acting behind the scenes to pull strings at the heart of power in Iran. He is regarded as close to conservatives, notably because of his ties with the powerful ...

Languishing in 16th place in the Premier League, Tottenham are just one point above the relegation zone after Thursday's shambolic 3-1 home defeat against Crystal Palace. The north Londoners are in grave danger of playing in the second tier for the...

AFP Sport picks some memorable storylines from the tournament. Double super-over drama South Africa and Afghanistan played out a tie followed by a first-ever double super over in a T20 World Cup to decide the winner of their gripping group contest. ...