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Dominant three-time world champion Max Verstappen clinched a third straight pole of the season on Saturday at the Australian Grand Prix as the flying Dutchman targets a record 10th consecutive win.

The league-leading Boston Celtics, fueled by 33 points from Jaylen Brown, beat the depleted Detroit Pistons 129-102 to push their NBA winning streak to eight games on Friday.

Agatha Christie's 1930s typewriter and the manuscript of her final Hercule Poirot novel, which was kept for decades in a bank vault, go on display Saturday in a new exhibition delving into the "dark stuff" at the heart of crime fiction.

Malia Nam, making her second career LPGA tour start on a course she knows like the back of her hand, carded a two-under par 69 on Friday to take a one-shot lead in the Seri Pak Championship.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is expected to visit Egypt's border with Gaza on Saturday, after Israel said it would send in troops to fight Hamas in the nearby city of Rafah, even without US support.

Slovakia will on Saturday hold the first round of a presidential election that is a battle between the Central European country's Russia-leaning ruling camp and a pro-Ukraine opposition-backed candidate.

Catherine, Princess of Wales, won plaudits Saturday for a highly personal video announcing her shock cancer diagnosis, which came just weeks after King Charles III revealed he too is battling the disease.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc edged Red Bull's three-time world champion Max Verstappen in the third and final practice for the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday, with a revived Lewis Hamilton storming to fourth.

Kaori Sakamoto delivered a bravura free skate on Friday to become the first woman in more than 50 years to win three straight titles at the Figure Skating World Championships, vaulting from fourth after the short programme.

Gunmen opened fire at a Moscow concert hall on Friday killing more than 60 people, wounding more than 100 and sparking an inferno, authorities said, with the Islamic State group claiming responsibility.

The trial of a rancher accused of killing a Mexican migrant on his property in Arizona began Friday, as tensions mount in the United States over an inflow of migrants across the southern border.

Warm wishes flooded in from around the world Friday after Catherine, Princess of Wales, revealed that she was being treated for cancer.

Stewart Cink, the 2009 British Open champion, was among five players to grab a share of the lead Friday in the darkness-halted second round of the US PGA Tour Valspar Championship.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Friday tapped a university professor as her stand-in to run in the July 28 election against President Nicolas Maduro.

World number two Aryna Sabalenka returned to the court for the first time since the death of her former boyfriend earlier this week and kept her emotions in check as she beat Spain's Paula Badosa 6-4 6-3 on Friday.

Major League Baseball on Friday announced a formal investigation into the scandal swirling around Shohei Ohtani and his former interpreter amid charges the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar was the victim of "massive theft."

Colombia inflicted Spain's first defeat in almost a year with a 1-0 friendly victory in London on Friday.

First there were rounds of machine gun fire, then piercing screams of panic and then the Crocus City Hall went up in flames.

Catherine, Princess of Wales, announced on Friday that she is undergoing preventative chemotherapy to treat cancer discovered after she had abdominal surgery.

Gunmen opened fire at a Moscow concert hall on Friday killing at least 40 people, wounding 100 and sparking an inferno, authorities said, with the Islamic State group claiming responsibility.

Netherlands scored three times in the closing stages to inflict a crushing 4-0 defeat on Scotland in Friday's friendly.

Fitch upgraded its credit rating for UK government debt from "negative" to "stable" Friday, citing easing economic policy risks, while reaffirming the country's AA- rating.

Play finally got underway at the WTA and ATP Miami Open on Friday after six hours of rain delays.

Gareth Southgate insists he won't listen to job offers until after Euro 2024 as the England manager slammed speculation linking him to Manchester United as "completely disrespectful" to Erik ten Hag.

Defending world ice dance champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States won Friday's rhythm dance at the World Figure Skating Championships.

Catherine, Princess of Wales's announcement Friday that she has cancer and is in the early stages of chemotherapy comes just weeks after King Charles III revealed his own cancer diagnosis.

Brazil midfielder Douglas Luiz has warned his team-mates to respect England striker Ollie Watkins if his Aston Villa colleague deputises for Harry Kane in Saturday's friendly.

Rampant gang violence in Port-au-Prince has triggered the exodus of tens of thousands of people from the Haitian capital where Friday charred bodies lay in the streets and residents battled a growing food security crisis.

Venezuela's parliament has approved a law creating a federal state in the disputed oil-rich area of Essequibo across the border in Guyana, which on Friday slammed a "flagrant violation" of its sovereignty.

Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson said Friday it felt "like a dream" to be taking charge of Liverpool for their charity match against Ajax at Anfield.

England captain Harry Kane will miss Saturday's friendly against Brazil and is "extremely doubtful" to face Belgium next week.

Heavy metal legends Metallica have lost a lawsuit against their insurers over Covid-era losses, with the judge quoting Taylor Swift in her ruling.