Japanese organisers have told late additions to next month's Asian Games to find their own accommodation, saying they don't have the money or space to deal with ballooning participant numbers.
Lionel Messi's Inter Miami on Thursday appointed his fellow Argentine Cristian "Kily" Gonzalez as new head coach of the reigning Major League Soccer champions.
Golf equipment giant Callaway on Thursday severed ties with the media firm behind an advert that showed a male golfer shoving a woman to the ground as outrage over the commercial continued to spread.
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China and Nepal warned of fresh flooding risks, complicating rescuers' search Friday for more than 1,400 people missing after a deadly deluge and landslides swept away entire villages along their remote Himalayan border.
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Some video game fans are flabbergasted at Sony's decision to discontinue disc sales from 2028 at Germany's Gamescom trade show -- leading to calls for a boycott.
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Argentina coach Felipe Contepomi kept faith Thursday with the same side that narrowly lost to world champions South Africa for the clash this weekend against Australia.
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Australia's Min Woo Lee fired an eight-under par 62 at the Tour Championship on Thursday to lead a star-studded field at the lucrative crowning event of the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoffs.
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Wallabies coach Les Kiss named an entirely different forward pack on Thursday to face Argentina as he continues his policy of rotation, with Harry Wilson rested and prop Allan Alaalatoa captaining the side.
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Mikel Arteta revealed he has had difficult conversations with forwards Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus as both Brazilian internationals appear set to depart Arsenal.
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Raphinha and Fermin Lopez goals helped Spanish champions Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 2-0 on Thursday in La Liga to continue their perfect start to the season.
Danny Welbeck netted his first Chelsea goal as the Blues shrugged aside third-tier Luton 2-0 at Stamford Bridge to reach the League Cup third round.
Alison Dos Santos and Masai Russell each set a world record while Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis won a historic pole vault in a barmy night of track and field in Zurich on Thursday that would have more than appeased onlooking World Athletics president Sebastian Coe.
Arsenal are out to inflict more damage on a wounded Aston Villa, while Tottenham are desperate to see some return for their £300 million ($408 million) investment in new signings when Newcastle visit north London.
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Brazil's Alison Dos Santos smashed the world record in the men's 400m hurdles at the Diamond League meet in Zurich on Thursday.
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Rescue teams waded through mud on Thursday searching for more than 1,400 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck the Nepal-Tibet border, as the death toll rose again to 392, with entire villages swept away.
TermMax, a fixed-rate lending protocol built by Term Structure Labs, announced on August 26 that it has received a strategic investment from YZi Labs. Terms were not disclosed.
South Africa's infant vaccination rate has fallen to its lowest level in years, with more than a third of babies receiving no vaccines at the start of 2026, the health department said Thursday.
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