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Wily Inter aim to stop PSG juggernaut in Champions League final

Wily Inter aim to stop PSG juggernaut in Champions League final

Favourites Paris Saint-Germain have their sights fixed on finally winning the Champions League trophy but a rugged and battle-hardened Inter Milan side stand in their way in Saturday's final in Munich.

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Wallaby Samu relishing post-Top 14 reunion with 'awesome' Pollock

Wallaby Samu relishing post-Top 14 reunion with 'awesome' Pollock

Bordeaux-Begles' Australia No 8 Pete Samu said he hopes to face Northampton's "awesome" Henry Pollock again this summer during the British and Irish Lions tour, but only after he ends his time with the French Top 14 club.

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Reigning champions Alcaraz, Swiatek eyeing French Open second week

Reigning champions Alcaraz, Swiatek eyeing French Open second week

Carlos Alcaraz bids to book his place in the French Open last 16 on Friday, with defending women's champion Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka also in third-round action at Roland Garros.

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Airline chiefs meet in India amid turbulence of Trump

Airline chiefs meet in India amid turbulence of Trump

Airline bosses meet from Sunday in New Delhi at their annual industry conference, battling to mitigate the impact of Donald Trump's policies that have hit travel to the United States and potentially raised costs for aviation.

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New metro cuts through Saudi social divisions

New metro cuts through Saudi social divisions

For decades, civil servant Zayed al-Ghamdi's social circles in Saudi Arabia were more than predictable, bound by routine and kinship in a country where societal divisions have rarely been challenged. Then came the metro.

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Brunson, Towns keep Knicks alive in Pacers rout

Brunson, Towns keep Knicks alive in Pacers rout

Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns combined for 56 points as the New York Knicks kept their NBA playoff campaign alive with a 111-94 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Thursday.

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Zico says Ancelotti just the man to take Brazil back to the top

Zico says Ancelotti just the man to take Brazil back to the top

Carlo Ancelotti's track record of getting the most out of Brazilian players makes him the best man to take the national team back to the top, football legend Zico told AFP.

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Targeting foreign students, Trump hits a US lifeline

Targeting foreign students, Trump hits a US lifeline

On the campaign trail last year, then-candidate Donald Trump proposed handing US residency cards automatically to international students when they earn diplomas, bemoaning that they were leaving to form successful companies in China and India.

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Former champ Kim in six-way tie for US Women's Open lead

Former champ Kim in six-way tie for US Women's Open lead

Former champion Kim A-lim fired six birdies in a four-under-par 68 to headline a group of six players tied atop a log-jammed leaderboard after the first round of the 80th US Women's Open on Thursday.

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Second former Sean Combs assistant recounts her dream turned nightmare

Second former Sean Combs assistant recounts her dream turned nightmare

A second former assistant to Sean "Diddy" Combs testified Thursday in the music mogul's federal trial, alledging he committed acts of violence against her and others, including sexual assault.

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