Belgian side Club Brugge on Wednesday sacked its coach Carl Hoefkens due to disappointing domestic results, despite him guiding the outsiders to the knockout stages of the Champions League.
Cameron Redpath is set to play alongside Scotland team-mate Finn Russell at Bath next season after agreeing a contract extension with the English Premiership club.
European stocks rose Wednesday, as London played catch-up with Frankfurt and Paris after a long Christmas break.
- France winger Penaud to leave Clermont for Bordeaux
- Tennis star Murray astonished by British-Iranian hostage's 'incredible' support
Politics
For Russians who have been fighting on Ukraine's side as part of the "Freedom of Russia" legion since President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine, secrecy is of the utmost importance.
December 28, 2022
RECENT NEWS
Caring with Covid: Infected doctors battle China virus surge
Health
December 28, 2022
Dallas star Luka Doncic rewrote the NBA record book on Tuesday with a stunning 60-point triple-double, carrying the Mavericks to a wild 126-121 overtime victory over the New York Knicks.
December 28, 2022
RECENT NEWS
Nick Kyrgios stunned his teammates by pulling out of the United Cup Wednesday on the eve of the tournament, soon after Rafael Nadal said the Australian had "all the weapons" to win a Grand Slam.
December 28, 2022
Norway's Casper Ruud declared Wednesday that the world number one ranking could be his as early as the Australian Open in January.
December 28, 2022
Alex Carey struck a maiden Test century Wednesday to give Australia a vice-like grip on the second Test against South Africa at tea on day three in Melbourne.
December 28, 2022
Culture
Moroccan director Maryam Touzani hopes her latest film, shortlisted for an Oscar, will provoke "a healthy, much-needed debate" around LGBTQ rights and challenge taboos in the conservative country.
December 28, 2022
RECENT NEWS
Asian markets were mostly lower on Wednesday following declines on Wall Street as China's move to reopen after abandoning its zero-Covid policy revived inflation fears.
With foreign workers making up the vast bulk of private sector jobs in the United Arab Emirates, the Gulf's second-largest economy wants to boost opportunities for its own citizens.
Reinventing himself as a brewer at age 62 would never have occurred to Poul Erik Vestergaard, but Denmark's controversial cull of the country's minks over Covid fears forced him to change course.
A "highly motivated" Rafael Nadal welcomed rival Novak Djokovic's much-anticipated return to the Australian Open as "good for tennis" Wednesday, while brushing off suggestions this may be his last tilt at the season-opening Grand Slam.
December 28, 2022
Culture
Acclaimed director Hirokazu Kore-eda fears that Japan's underfunded, inward-looking cinema industry is putting off young talent, so he's taken matters into his own hands by mentoring up-and-coming filmmakers for a new Netflix series.
December 28, 2022
RECENT NEWS
South Africa took four wickets, including David Warner first ball after he resumed on 200, but a half-century from Alex Carey strengthened Australia's grip on the second Test in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Exhausted by "surviving instead of living" in Cuba, David Gonzalez set his sights on a new life in the United States.
Among a motley collection of rescued farm animals, four horses graze peacefully on a farm outside the Uruguayan capital Montevideo, blissfully unaware they had narrowly escaped the chopping block.
A Republican elected to Congress in November was facing a growing clamor for his resignation Tuesday after admitting that he made up large parts of his biography -- but refusing to give up his seat.
December 28, 2022
- US Supreme Court keeps controversial border policy in place
- Stocks mostly rise after China scraps travel quarantine
- Fractured finger rules Australia's Green out of Sydney Test
- UN Security Council urges Taliban to reverse restrictions on women
- Man Utd make bright start to life without Ronaldo
- US Supreme Court keeps in effect health policy used to block migrants
- Andoo Comanche wins Sydney-Hobart but misses race record
- Chelsea back to winning ways against Bournemouth