Paul Seixas has announced that he will be competing in the 2026 Tour de France. At 19, he will be the youngest rider to start the Tour since 1937.

Wu beat Shaun Murphy 18-17 in a nail-biting final at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre on Monday to become the second Chinese player in two years to win snooker's premier event. It was more evidence of China's rise in the sport, following on from Zhao X...

Taiwan said China applied "intense pressure" to Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar to revoke overflight permits for Lai's original trip to Eswatini -- Taipei's only ally in Africa -- which had been scheduled for April 22-26. China claims Taiwan i...

Aurelien Picard, owner of the Brasserie de l'Imprimerie brewery in the Brittany region, says he received notice in late March from lawyers for Ono to halt the use of the brand name or pay royalties for referencing her late husband, Beatles legend Jo...

PSG hold a one-goal advantage from last week's incredible 5-4 first leg in Paris, where some of the game's leading attackers were given free rein to go for the jugular. Despite the match in the French capital being lauded as one of the best games o...

PSG head to Munich for the second leg of their semi-final against Bayern on Wednesday defending a 5-4 lead from an incredible first meeting which was one of the greatest matches in the competition's history. "It was the best game I have been fortun...

Here are the top five moments of the night: Queen Bey As the red carpet arrivals went on for hours, everyone was waiting and wondering: when will Beyonce arrive? Typically, the event's co-chairs are among the first on the scene, and tennis legend ...

Newly crowned NBA defensive player of the year Wembanyama muscled his way to 12 blocks -- a record in a postseason game -- but it was not enough to thwart a resilient performance from the sixth-seeded Timberwolves. Minnesota ace Edwards, who missed...

Devine will end her 20-year international career at the Women's T20 World Cup in England and Wales in June-July, alongside retiring long-standing team-mates Suzie Bates and Lea Tahuhu. The 36-year-old is one of the world's best all-rounders, scorin...

And while oil prices fell, they held most of the huge gains seen Monday after the two countries traded fire over the key waterway and the United Arab Emirates reported a strike on an installation. The exchanges came after Donald Trump announced a m...

The second meeting of trade ministers under the French G7 presidency is taking place as the global economy has been upended by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil normally flows. Discussion of the repercuss...

Captivated by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle's evocative world of villains, sleuths, fog, gas lamps and tweed, around 60 members of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London made the pilgrimage to the hallowed destination. The spectacular scene is w...

Despite amassing a record £6.8 billion ($9.2 billion) in combined revenue in 2024/25, outgoings continued to outstrip income due to rampant inflation in the transfer market, player wages and agent fees. Chelsea set an unwanted record by posting a ...

Known as "halyuj", the fried semi-circular pastries are a staple of life in this tiny community of Circassians spread across two villages in northern Israel and are served up to honour guests at a celebration or to comfort those who mourn. "Preser...

In the South Pacific nation -- a popular tourist destination of just under a million people -- there were over 2,000 new HIV cases recorded last year, a 26 percent increase from 2024. The government has declared an HIV outbreak and described it as ...