US tennis great Serena Williams, on the comeback trail nearly four years after retiring, will partner Czech Karolina Muchova in the doubles at next week's Berlin Open grass court tournament.
Afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz hit an attacking century but India bowled out the opposition for 194 in a rain-reduced 25-overs-a-side ODI contest on Saturday.
Mexican Isaac del Toro won Saturday's seventh stage of the Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes to close in on overall leader Luke Tuckwell as pre-race favourite Paul Seixas lost time due to a crash.
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Ghana said Saturday it has formally lodged a protest over Canada's refusal to issue a visa for the World Cup to player Thomas Partey, who is facing trial in Britain on rape charges.
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The World Cup arrived in the United States on Friday in a blizzard of celebrity and glamour, with Los Angeles pulling out all the stops for the opening game between Team USA and Paraguay.
June 13, 2026
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The United States launched their home World Cup in emphatic fashion Friday, thrashing Paraguay 4-1 with a perfectly scripted opening performance to delight a star-studded home crowd in Los Angeles.
June 13, 2026
The World Cup is officially underway in the United States and the biggest breakout star is...Freddy.
June 13, 2026
The United States could scarcely have scripted a better start to their World Cup as a Folarin Balogun brace and Gio Reyna curler fired the co-hosts to a 4-1 drubbing of Paraguay in front of Hollywood royalty in Los Angeles on Friday.
June 13, 2026
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The United States said it downed multiple Iranian drones targeting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz early Saturday, hours after both sides said a deal to end the Middle East war was closer than ever.
June 13, 2026
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A US mayoral race triggered a flood of misinformation from online influencers sponsored by betting companies -- exposing a new threat analysts warn could undermine the integrity of future elections.
Rising NSW Waratahs centre Henry O'Donnell is serving an 18-month suspension for violating anti-doping rules, the club revealed on Saturday.
Victoria Mboko says she will miss the rest of the grass court tennis season with a knee injury but hopes to resume her doubles partnership with US great Serena Williams.
After organizers "lost the course" and desperately watered greens between groups in the past two US Opens at Shinnecock, there's hope for improvement when the 126th US Open begins Thursday.
June 13, 2026
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World number one Scottie Scheffler will try to become the seventh golfer to complete the career Grand Slam by winning the 126th US Open, which starts Thursday at Shinnecock Hills.
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Departing coach Rob Penney expects his Canterbury Crusaders to bounce back next year after the 13-time Super Rugby champions' season-ending record loss to the "smoking hot" Waikato Chiefs.
The World Cup arrived in the United States on Friday with a Hollywood-style opening ceremony before the tournament's third co-hosts kick off their opener in Los Angeles against Paraguay.
The term "narco-terrorist" has been weaponized just as the word "communist" was in the past, Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu told AFP in an interview.
Fans tuning in for the first 2026 World Cup game on US soil Friday night might be a bit confused: why had they never heard of Los Angeles Stadium before?
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