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A new law directive designed to create fairer aerial contests is in danger of turning rugby union into Australian rules football, according to England coach Steve Borthwick.

Three women formerly employed by Harrods have accused the brother of its late boss Mohamed Al-Fayed of sexual violence, following hundreds of similar claims against the former owner of the luxury London store, the BBC reported Thursday.

England captain Harry Kane was left out of the starting line-up for Thursday's Nations League clash with Greece just 24 hours after his remarkable blast at the team's absentee stars.

France's upper house of parliament on Thursday rejected a bill to ban children under 16 from attending bullfights, which has sparked emotional debate.

England coach Steve Borthwick insists talk about his own position is no distraction as he bids to end the team's losing run against world champions South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday.

New York said Thursday it will revive a controversial scheme to charge drivers entering parts of the city, a first in the United States, putting local authorities on a collision course with President-elect Donald Trump.

Championship leader Jorge Martin suggested on Thursday that his nearest rival and close friend Francesco Bagnaia should give him some advice on how to close out his first title at this weekend's Grand Prix of Barcelona.

Grand Slam Track, the upstart athletics series founded by four-time Olympic champion sprinter Michael Johnson, announced Philadelphia's Franklin Field as the final venue for its debut 2025 season on Thursday.

Unlike the bulk of her peers, Grammy-winning British singer Imogen Heap is embracing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in her music as well to set up a music collaboration platform.

Israel's warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, a special UN committee said Thursday, as a Human Rights Watch report said Israel's displacement of Gazans amounts to a "crime against humanity".

Italy wing Ange Capuozzo has been ruled out of this weekend's rugby union Test against Georgia in Genoa with concussion, the Italian rugby federation (FIR) announced Thursday.

Son Heung-min scored a landmark 50th goal for his country to move South Korea a step closer to the World Cup on Thursday as Australia and Saudi Arabia cancelled each other out.

Shuko Aoyama and Eri Hozumi took Japan into the Billie Jean King Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 2013 on Thursday with a stunning comeback win over Romania.

The Tampa Bay Rays will play their 2025 season at the New York Yankees pre-season training facility in nearby Tampa, the Major League Baseball club announced on Thursday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Peru Thursday for an Asia-Pacific summit where he will meet US counterpart Joe Biden under the shadow of a looming trade war with the incoming Donald Trump administration.

A lifelong fascination with outer space inspired British author Samantha Harvey to write her novel "Orbital", which this week won the prestigious Booker Prize.

Spain's La Vanguardia on Thursday became the latest newspaper to say it would cease publishing its reports on Elon Musk's social media platform X, saying it would rather lose subscribers than stay on a "disinformation network".

Europe's medicines watchdog on Thursday partially approved a marketing request for a long-awaited new treatment for Alzheimer's disease, reversing an earlier decision not to give it the green light.

A war monitor said Israeli strikes in and around Damascus on Thursday killed 20 people including Palestinian militants and Iran-backed fighters, as attacks intensify during the Lebanon war.

New York said Thursday it will revive a controversial scheme to charge drivers entering parts of the city, a first in the United States, putting local authorities on a collision course with President-elect Donald Trump.

A failed bomb attack on Brazil's Supreme Court is being probed as a "terrorist act" with possible links to an insurrection last year against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the country's police chief said Thursday.

The auction house Sotheby's will pay $6.25 million to settle charges that it helped art buyers avoid paying taxes.

Rory McIlroy claimed a share of the first-round lead at the World Tour Championship in Dubai on Thursday as he closed in on equalling Seve Ballesteros' mark of six European Tour Order of Merit crowns.

The UN peacekeeping chief whose force monitors Lebanon's south said redeploying Lebanese troops there is crucial for any solution to more than a year of Hezbollah-Israel clashes that escalated into war in September.

US stocks wobbled on Thursday as investors waited for more clues about future interest rate cuts and worries over Donald Trump's presidency clouded optimism.

All eyes were on Donald Trump's transition team Thursday, after a series of provocative and startling cabinet choices that showed the president-elect's preference for absolute loyalty above experience or expertise.

Son Heung-min scored a landmark 50th goal for his country to put South Korea a step closer to the World Cup on Thursday as Australia and Saudi Arabia cancelled each other out.

A Brazilian court on Thursday cleared mining giants BHP and Vale, and their Brazilian joint venture Samarco, of responsibility over a 2015 dam collapse that caused the country's worst ever environmental disaster.

Satirical news outlet The Onion said Thursday it had acquired Infowars, a conspiracy-laden website whose owner made money by running stories that called one of America's most notorious school shootings a hoax.

Steve Clarke believes Scotland can emulate Croatia's eye-catching success at major tournaments but must radically rethink their approach to developing talented young players.

Migration to richer countries reached a record level for the second year running in 2023, the OECD said on Thursday, reflecting demand for foreign labour and gaps in the workforce left by ageing populations.

Australia's Brett Robinson became the first chairman of World Rugby from the southern hemisphere after edging French rival Abdelatif Benazzi in a vote on Thursday.