A California man who swapped a library's 17th century Chinese manuscript for a fake was sentenced on Wednesday after admitting to stealing a major artwork.
Paris Saint-Germain's South Korea attacker Lee Kang-In is set to join Atletico Madrid in a deal worth almost 40 million euros ($45.7 million), a source told AFP on Wednesday.
The United States launched new strikes on Iran on Wednesday after President Donald Trump vowed to hit "hard" following Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Arthur Fery is targeting a fairytale Wimbledon final on his birthday after the history-making British wildcard got a good luck message from the Queen.
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The Egyptian football federation said on Wednesday it had asked for the officiating team from the Pharaohs' 3-2 defeat to Argentina in the last 16 of the World Cup to be thrown out of the competition.
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Coco Gauff, Karolina Muchova, Marta Kostyuk and Linda Noskova all have their sights set on reaching a first Wimbledon final as they make their last-four debuts at the All England Club.
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Daniela Lopez, 40, weeps as she speaks with the psychologist. She clutches her thighs, then her chair, crying and occasionally looking up at the sky, as if searching for answers.
A California man who swapped a library's 17th century Chinese manuscript for a fake was jailed for a year on Wednesday after admitting to stealing a major artwork.
France begin their final push for a third World Cup crown on Thursday when they take on Morocco in a blockbuster showdown to kick off a star-studded quarter-final line-up.
The head of the International Maritime Organization said Wednesday the 6,000 seafarers still stranded in the Gulf must not be put in unnecessary danger by crossing the Strait of Hormuz amid fresh US-Iran attacks.
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Former Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim embraced the challenge ahead of him on taking on the AC Milan hot-seat when he held his first press conference on Wednesday.
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US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would use his old Air Force One plane to leave Turkey after a NATO summit, sending his new Qatari-gifted jet on ahead to Britain.
Torstein Traeen has always taken the long route in his career but at the age of 30 he finally wore the coveted Tour de France yellow jersey on Wednesday, four years after he was diagnosed with cancer.
The high-rise building under renovation that buckled in the heart of Manhattan, forcing the evacuation of thousands of local residents and workers, is now "stable," New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday.
Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk slammed the "terrible" decision by the International Olympic Committee to lift some restrictions on Russian athletes, after reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals on Wednesday.
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