Already qualified for the 2026 World Cup, France will wrap up their qualifying campaign this Sunday in Baku against Azerbaijan. But there’s still plenty on the line: with just seven months to go before the tournament, this is a prime opportunity f...

A few thousand people marched in Mexico City Saturday to protest crime and corruption following the fatal shooting of popular Michoacan Mayor Carlos Manzo. While initially set in motion by self-styled "Gen Z" influencers, the protest – in which so...

Thousands marched on the capital's historic main public square, the Zocalo, in a demonstration fueled by young Mexicans with ties to a global wave of Generation Z protests as well as supporters of the domestic "Sombrero Movement," which emerged afte...

India, without captain and leading batsman Shubman Gill who was ruled out because of a neck injury he suffered on Saturday, faltered in their chase of 124 to be bowled out for 93 in Kolkata. Harmer, who had figures of 4-30 in the first Indian innin...

Batting in discomfort with a groin injury, Mitchell scored 119 before his dismissal in the final over, having dominated the home side's innings after a sluggish start in Christchurch. New Zealand were asked to bat and lost the wickets of Rachin Rav...

Ex-abbot Shi Yongxin was removed from his position in July for "extremely" bad behaviour. Allegations of misappropriating project funds and temple assets saw him placed under investigation and defrocked. Authorities in central Henan province, where...

Austin Reaves added 25 points and eight assists and Deandre Ayton chipped in 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Lakers, who wrapped up a five-game road trip and headed home hoping to see superstar LeBron James make his season debut soon. Star forwar...

Puerta, 22, opened the scoring in the third minute and Johan Carbonero sealed the win in the 88th -- eight minutes after Benjamin Old had pulled New Zealand level. Puerta's early strike, off a precise cross from Jhon Arias, disrupted New Zealand, w...

An AFP investigation found dozens of paid gambling adverts disguised as innocuous content to circumvent Meta's ban on such promotions in Indonesia. Online and offline gambling -- and publicising it -- is outlawed in the country, but billions of dol...

AFP Sport explains the history behind one of sport's oldest and most intense contests, dating back to 1882. The facts The Ashes is the name given to the series of Tests played between England and Australia, generally five matches contested every two...

Only Sachin Tendulkar has scored more than Root's 13,543 Test runs and the retired Indian's tally of nearly 15,921 looks within reach of the 34-year-old Englishman. Root's return of 892 runs in 14 Tests in Australia at an average of 35.68 is not sh...

That's the view of strapping fellow paceman Brydon Carse who is one of six speedsters in the tourists' squad vying to be in the XI for the first Test starting in Perth on Friday. Gus Atkinson, Matthew Potts, and Josh Tongue are the others. "Look, ...

French retailer Galeries Lafayette is the latest to try its luck, opening its first Indian store on Sunday: a sprawling five-floor outlet in Mumbai, the country's financial capital. Its splashy foray into the market is getting a local boost from th...

With their no-frills interiors, minimalist service model and cappuccinos for just 2.50 euros ($2.90), the outlets have become popular haunts for Berliners on a budget. But LAP, which stands for Life Among People, has also caused a backlash in the G...

Balogun scored the game-winner in the 71st minute in a match that had been tied since the 10th. Mauricio Pochettino's men had successfully held off a determined late assault by Paraguay when things suddenly turned ugly in injury time. Paraguay's G...