Typhoon Bavi is whipping up waves several metres high and is expected to batter the island's north on Friday and Saturday before smashing into China, already hit by deadly storms this week. "Relatively destructive" winds are likely to "cause damag...

The Norwegian, whose CV also includes a stint as coach of Hong Kong, signed the two-year contract on Wednesday, the federation said in a statement. "I am delighted to be in Myanmar," Andersen, 63, said at a press conference on Wednesday. "I will w...

France and Morocco meet again this Thursday in the World Cup quarter-finals, four years after their semi-final clash in Qatar in which Les Bleus won 2-0. France are targeting their third consecutive World Cup semi-final, while Morocco will look to r...

The 33-year-old British and Irish Lion missed a first-round victory over Argentina in Cordoba last weekend due to a calf injury. Russell replaces Tom Jordan, who is among the eight replacements for the Test at Loftus Versfeld stadium. Coach Gregor...

Extreme weather has wreaked havoc on southern and central China this week, bringing torrential rain and severe flooding to Guangxi, with a super typhoon heading towards eastern provinces this weekend. Twenty-six deaths were linked to a dam breach a...

But for the third year running, Pogacar lost the jersey the very next day. In 2024 and 2025 he would take it back and claim overall victory on the Champs Elysees, and this year he remains the overwhelming favourite to win a record-equalling fifth T...

Exeter Chiefs flanker Ross Vintcent also comes into head coach Gonzalo Quesada's starting team for Saturday's Test in Wellington. Italy were soundly beaten 27-10 by Japan last Saturday and now face the only top-tier rugby nation they have never bea...

The Six Nations champions meet the Wallabies in Brisbane on Saturday, still smarting from an agonising 34-32 loss to New Zealand in Christchurch last week. Galthie swung the axe and intriguingly moved Bordeaux magician Jalibert into a position he h...

Typhoon Bavi is whipping up waves several metres (yards) high and is expected to batter the island's north on Friday and Saturday before smashing into China, already hit by deadly storms this week. "Relatively destructive" winds are likely to "caus...

The 18-year-old has set the athletics world alight with a series of scorching runs. He won the 200m at the Australian championships in April in 19.67sec, faster than Usain Bolt at the same age, and made his Diamond League debut last month in Oslo. ...

Only six players from their nail-biting 33-31 victory over the Wallabies in Sydney last week keep their place for the showdown in Newcastle on Saturday. They are backs Stuart McCloskey, Jamie Osborne and Jimmy O'Brien, along with forwards Tom O'Too...

Europe's largest carmaker has come under intense pressure from US tariffs, slimmer profit margins from electric cars and above all intense competition in China, the world's largest auto market. VW, whose 10 brands range from mass-market Seats to pr...

But some political experts and rights groups have criticised the speed and scale of Magyar's moves to demolish the institutions guarding Orban's self-styled "illiberal" democracy that won praise from US President Donald Trump and French far-right le...

"The bears have surrounded us. They come into the house yards, cause damage, eat the fruit off the trees," the 65-year-old told AFP at his home in Kleisoura, just east of the city of Kastoria. The population of brown bears in Greece's mountainous W...