Potts is the only unused fast bowler from their original 16-man squad and gets his chance after Gus Atkinson limped off with a hamstring issue at the previous Test in Melbourne, which England won inside two days. Fellow quicks Jofra Archer and Mark...

The South Americans got over the line at RAC Arena in Perth after 66th-ranked tournament debutant Sierra held her nerve for a 6-4, 5-7, 6-0 defeat of Jessica Bouzas Maneiro. World number 45 Baez got his country on the scoreboard with a 6-4, 6-4 bea...

Ecuador's Narvaez (UAE Team Emirates) won a heart-pumping climb up Willunga Hill to help claim the Ochre Jersey in Adelaide in 2025 ahead of Spain's Javier Romo (Movistar Team). Switzerland's Ruegg took out the women's race from Dutch rider Silke S...

Stocks had a bumper 2025, with the S&P adding 16.4 percent, the tech-rich Nasdaq 20.4 percent and London's FTSE enjoying its merriest Christmas in 16 years. In Asia, Seoul stocks whooshed 75 percent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index bounced 28 per...

Also stretching their win streak to four games were the Houston Rockets, who got a strong performance from Kevin Durant in a 120-96 victory at Brooklyn. Powell made seven three-pointers while Jaime Jaquez scored 19 points off the bench, Andrew Wigg...

It is not yet clear what set off the blaze at Le Constellation, killing around 40 people and injuring about 115 others, many seriously. Bystanders described scenes of panic and chaos as people tried to break the windows to escape and others, covere...

While Hakimi, the African footballer of the year, has made just one substitute appearance up to now, El Kaabi came off the bench to seal Morocco's 2-0 win over Comoros in the opening game with a stunning overhead kick. That moment of magic earned t...

AFP Sport looks at five of the clubs likely to be busiest before the window closes on February 2: Liverpool to splash out again The Reds spent more than any Premier League side ever has in one window just a few months ago, splurging nearly £450 m...

"Wherever they want and whenever they want," Maduro said of the idea of dialogue with the United States on drug trafficking, oil and migration in an interview on state TV. Maduro's government has neither confirmed nor denied what President Donald T...

The American, who has played only a limited number of singles matches in recent years, will compete in the main draw at Melbourne Park for the first time since 2021. "I'm excited to be back in Australia and looking forward to competing during the A...

The leftist leader, Mexico's first woman president, proudly uses small-scale, local tailors and shuns "those brands that are super expensive," in her own words. Rather, she supports "the weavers, the embroiderers, all those who use backstrap looms ...

The accusation came at a crunch moment, after weeks of diplomacy aimed at brokering an end to the nearly four-year war, and as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country was "10 percent" away from a peace deal. Tens of thousands of peo...

In the interview defending his health, Trump also changed his previous statement about receiving an MRI scan in October, saying it was instead a quicker CT scan. Trump, who at 79 is the oldest person to assume the US presidency, told the Journal "m...

The 54-year-old, who played 67 Tests between 1992 and 2006 and 208 one-day internationals, fell ill while lying down last week and was rushed to hospital. He was diagnosed with meningitis -- an inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain an...

Around 40 people were killed and over 100 others injured in the blaze at the New Year's party. As investigators begin the gruelling task of identifying the victims and trying to determine what happened, here are some of the main issues they will s...