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Portugal coach Patrice Lagisquet named 19 survivors from the side that sealed their place at the World Cup last November in the match-day 23 to play Wales in Nice on Saturday.

Brazil's Supreme Court announced a 17-year jail term Thursday for the first defendant tried and convicted over the storming of the seats of power by supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro.

The NFL will play at least two games a year at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London through 2029, the league announced Thursday, expanding a deal for contests at the Premier League venue.

Sepp Kuss took a big step towards winning the Vuelta a Espana as the American kept the red jersey after stage 18, won by Remco Evenepoel in another solo triumph on Thursday.

China is targeting top British officials to access secrets, the government in London said on Thursday, as it responded to criticisms about its policies towards the Asian superpower.

The UN's cultural organisation said on Thursday it had stopped short of placing Venice, one of the world's top tourist destinations, on its world heritage in danger list.

Mohammad Rizwan hit an unbeaten 86 to steer Pakistan to 252-7 against Sri Lanka after rain reduced their crucial Asia Cup contest to 42-overs-a-side on Thursday in Colombo.

When Bayern Munich host Bayer Leverkusen on Friday, the German champions will take on a side transformed into genuine Bundesliga title hopefuls under coach Xabi Alonso.

NASA on Thursday officially joined the search for UFOs -- but reflecting the stigma attached to the field, the US space agency wouldn't identify the director of the new program tasked with tracking mystery flying objects.

US President Joe Biden on Thursday tapped Penny Pritzker, a billionaire businesswoman who served as commerce secretary, to encourage investment in Ukraine, which is expected to need hundreds of billions of dollars to recover from Russia's invasion.

New Zealand will take on minnows Namibia in Toulouse on Friday with the aim of correcting a rare double blip and getting their World Cup campaign back on track.

Harry Maguire's mum has raged against the "disgraceful" abuse of her son as the England defender insisted he can cope with the pressure of being in the spotlight for club and country.

Novak Djokovic stepped in to defend Carlos Alcaraz on Thursday for missing this week's Davis Cup matches, saying the 20-year-old Spaniard may be young but he's not Superman.

Jadon Sancho's Manchester United future was plunged into further doubt on Thursday as the club said the winger will train on his own due to a "squad discipline issue."

US artificial intelligence firm OpenAI, the company behind chatbot sensation ChatGPT, announced Thursday that it will open an office in Dublin, its first base inside the European Union.

France is urging its farmers to produce more cut-price meat in a major U-turn on factory farming, with inflation hammering demand for organic pork, beef and chicken.

Johnny Sexton will have a chance to set a new points record for Ireland after being selected on Thursday for their second Rugby World Cup pool match against Tonga.

Eurozone stocks jumped and the euro slid on Thursday after the European Central Bank signalled its latest interest-rate hike might be its last.

The European Central Bank hiked a key interest rate to a record high Thursday as it battles stubbornly high inflation but indicated that its historic hiking cycle may be at an end.

World champion Max Verstappen snapped back at Toto Wolff on Thursday, saying the Mercedes boss spent too much time talking about Red Bull and should concentrate on improving his own team.

Vladimir Putin and Kim Jung Un gifted each other rifles when they met in Far Eastern Russia, the Kremlin said on Thursday, confirming the isolated Russian leader will visit North Korea as Moscow woos another pariah state.

French authorities were on Thursday investigating the deaths of four people who were harvesting grapes in the famed Champagne region, as locals suspected they suffered sunstroke in unusually high outdoor temperatures.

Runaway Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen conceded Thursday that his win streak was under threat at this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix where his car is "not as competitive".

Former men's pole vault world record holder Renaud Lavillenie has undergone surgery on a left hamstring injury, the Frenchman said on Thursday.

Retail sales in the United States accelerated slightly in August, government data showed Thursday, as a spike in gas prices boosted sales at service stations.

Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel said on Thursday new striker Harry Kane was already on his way to becoming "an absolute success" story at the club.

Leonardo Bonucci has confirmed that he is taking legal action against Juventus, claiming that the Serie A club has not told the truth about their treatment of him after he was frozen out and eventually sold over the summer.

When Michel Sadelain began his decades-long quest to genetically modify immune cells to fight cancer, his peers dismissed his ideas as absurd and even his mother grew concerned for his career.

The European Central Bank hiked a key interest rate to a record high Thursday as it battles soaring inflation, defying calls for a pause to take pressure off the faltering eurozone economy.

The Africa Union's entry into the G20 group of the world's most powerful economies highlights the continent's growing influence and gives its leaders a stronger voice in global decision-making.

The head of Britain's main opposition party promised on Thursday to put people smuggling on a par with terrorism and forge closer intelligence ties with Europe if elected to government.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday upheld France's ban on procreation using stored gametes or embryos originating from a person who has since died.