Mercedes and Max: What to watch as F1 returns for Dutch GP
Formula One is back after its summer break, with every sign the championship could go down to the wire as the chasing pack seeks to overhaul teenager Kimi Antonelli and his Mercedes.
Read moreArsenal can become world's best club: Arteta
Mikel Arteta has warned Arsenal's rivals that he plans to build the Premier League champions into the "best club in the world".
Read moreJapan's King Kazu, 59, scores twice from spot to make cup history
Kazuyoshi Miura scored twice from the penalty spot as the 59-year-old striker became the oldest goalscorer in the history of Japan's longest-running cup competition.
Read moreNorth Sea drilling tests UK govt climate pledge
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham must decide in the coming weeks whether to authorise two North Sea drilling projects, an issue which has divided his own Labour Party.
Read moreAustralia races to shield little penguins from H5N1 bird flu
Australian wildlife workers have launched an unprecedented effort to vaccinate wild populations of little penguins against the highly contagious H5N1 avian influenza.
Read moreMourinho begins second Real Madrid reign with Barca in his sights
Jose Mourinho's second spell at Real Madrid begins in Barcelona this weekend in La Liga, although at Espanyol rather than up against his and Los Blancos' bitter rivals.
Read moreMessi scores first goal since father's death
Lionel Messi scored his first goal since his father's death but Inter Miami had to settle for a 2-2 Major League Soccer draw on Wednesday against the Philadelphia Union.
Read moreUS national debt exceeds $40 trillion for first time
The US gross national debt has surged past $40 trillion for the first time, government data showed Wednesday, outstripping earlier forecasts at a pace fuelled in part by President Donald Trump's invalidated tariffs.
Read moreBrazilian narco violence spills over into tranquil Bolivia
A river port in the Amazon has emerged as a new battleground in the Latin American drug trade as Brazilian gangs cross into neighboring Bolivia to battle for control of cocaine supply routes.
Read moreTop seed Zverev bundled out by Paul in rain-hit Cincinnati upset
Tommy Paul saved a match point on the way to a 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 upset of top seed Alexander Zverev on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters.
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