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Men's slalom at world championships - three things to watch

Men's slalom at world championships - three things to watch

Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen's tilt at defending his men's slalom title at the World Ski Championships in Saalbach on Sunday depends on bagging a rare victory on Austrian snow.

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Shiffrin on track for world medal milestone as Rast leads slalom

Shiffrin on track for world medal milestone as Rast leads slalom

US star Mikaela Shiffrin remained on course to become the most decorated alpine World Ski Championships racer in history after safely negotiating the first run of the women's slalom in Saalbach on Saturday.

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Musk and space travel skewered in S. Korean director Bong's latest

Musk and space travel skewered in S. Korean director Bong's latest

Interplanetary space travel and the vanities of tech billionaires like Elon Musk are the subject of acclaimed South Korean director Bong Joon Ho's satirical new film "Mickey 17" which will be shown at the Berlin film festival on Saturday.

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Tennis world number one Sinner accepts 3-month doping ban

Tennis world number one Sinner accepts 3-month doping ban

Jannik Sinner has accepted a three-month ban from tennis after the world number one admitted team mistakes led to him twice testing positive for traces of banned substance clostebol in March last year.

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McKenzie steers Chiefs to Super Rugby upset of champion Blues

McKenzie steers Chiefs to Super Rugby upset of champion Blues

Damian McKenzie scored two tries as his Waikato Chiefs beat the Auckland Blues 25-14 on Saturday to extract a measure of revenge for last year's Super Rugby Pacific final defeat.

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Myanmar militia says ready to deport 10,000 cyber scam workers

Myanmar militia says ready to deport 10,000 cyber scam workers

A Myanmar ethnic militia said on Saturday it was preparing to deport 10,000 people linked to cyber scams in the area it controls to Thailand as part of a crackdown on the illicit compounds.

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Mexican flavour at LIV's Adelaide stop as Rahm lurks

Mexican flavour at LIV's Adelaide stop as Rahm lurks

Mexican pair Abraham Ancer and Carlos Ortiz joined Sam Horsfield in a three-way share of the lead at LIV Golf's Adelaide stop on Saturday, with major champion Jon Rahm lurking four shots off the pace.

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Spanish tourist hotspot Malaga to ban horse-drawn carriages

Spanish tourist hotspot Malaga to ban horse-drawn carriages

A pair of tourists admire the shimmering Mediterranean from their horse-drawn carriage on the seaside promenade in Spain's southern port of Malaga -- a postcard image whose days are numbered.

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Artists try to make Cameroon sing a different tune

Artists try to make Cameroon sing a different tune

In the hustle and bustle of Yaounde, Quartier Mozart is a unique artists' refuge, which its creator hopes will free Cameroonians from the "self-censorship" they say is fuelled by the political status quo.

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TEPCO takes on challenge of making space for Fukushima nuclear debris

TEPCO takes on challenge of making space for Fukushima nuclear debris

Workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have started dismantling water storage tanks to free up space for tonnes of nuclear debris, 14 years after the facility was hit by a devastating tsunami.

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