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Qualifying for the US Ryder Cup team concludes after Sunday's final round of the PGA's BMW Championship with four points-based spots still available in the penultimate FedEx Cup playoff event.

Italian eighth seed Jannik Sinner fell back to earth with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) opening loss to qualifier Dusan Lajovic at the ATP/WTA Cincinnati Open, just three days after winning his first ATP Masters 1000 title

The head of a US congressional committee probing LIV Golf's proposed merger with the PGA Tour on Wednesday reiterated a demand for the governor of Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund to testify before lawmakers.

Manchester City won the UEFA Super Cup for the first time on Wednesday but needed penalties to beat Sevilla after a 1-1 draw in Athens.

Wall Street stocks fell Wednesday as US Treasury bond yields surged to multi-year peaks, while the pound rallied following British inflation data.

A US federal appeals court on Wednesday imposed restrictions on a widely used abortion pill, but the ruling will remain on hold as the Supreme Court decides whether to hear the case.

A US federal appeals court on Wednesday imposed restrictions on a widely used abortion pill, but the ruling will remain on hold as the Supreme Court decides whether to hear the case.

Discount supermarket chain Aldi announced Wednesday a deal to purchase 400 grocery stores across the southeastern United States, expanding its footprint as inflation tests American consumers.

More than 60 people are believed to have died after a migrant boat from Senegal was found off West Africa's Cape Verde islands, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Wednesday.

India batsman Prithvi Shaw will play no further part for Northamptonshire in English domestic cricket's ongoing One-Day Cup after suffering a knee injury, the county club said Wednesday.

The death toll from an explosion that ripped through a commercial area of a town in the Dominican Republic has risen to 27, authorities said Wednesday.

The family of Leonard Bernstein has defended Bradley Cooper's controversial decision to wear a large prosthetic nose while playing the Jewish composer in a new film.

Hundreds of Muslim men set fire to churches and vandalised Christian homes during a rampage in eastern Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, after Christians were accused of blasphemy.

Manchester United said Wednesday they are working "through the final stages" of an internal investigation before deciding whether Mason Greenwood will return to playing for the club.

Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki and seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams were among those awarded US Open wildcard spots on Wednesday by the US Tennis Association.

Gregor Townsend has no plan to rest key players from Scotland's final Rugby World Cup warm-up match against Georgia despite the risk of tournament-ending injuries.

President Joe Biden will head to fire-ravaged Hawaii next week to meet with survivors and first responders still hunting for bodies, the White House said Wednesday, as the first victims of the horrific blaze were named.

Intel Corporation has terminated a $5.4 billion deal to buy Tower Semiconductor in Israel after failing to get needed regulatory approval, the US chip maker announced Wednesday.

Arsenal's Jurrien Timber said he felt "gutted" after the Premier League club announced Wednesday the Dutch defender would be sidelined with a major knee injury.

US surgeons who transplanted a genetically-modified pig kidney into a brain dead patient said Wednesday it was still working well after a record 32 days -- a significant step in the quest to close the organ donation gap.

Daniil Medvedev backed up last week's win over Lorenzo Musetti with a repeat performance on Wednesday at the ATP Cincinnati Masters.

The UK risks being left behind in the production of "green" electricity, despite having once being considered a leader in the energy transition, according to a new study.

Canada's Basketball World Cup hopes have suffered a major blow with guard Jamal Murray, who helped the Denver Nuggets win the NBA title in June, pulling out of the event, saying his body needs more time to recover.

In the Moscow region's Patriot Park, dedicated to the achievements of the Russian army, an officer wearing a green cap stood in front of a captured US MaxxPro armoured vehicle.

England are prepared to play Ben Stokes as a batsman only when they defend their 50-over men's World Cup title in India after the Test captain reversed his decision to retire from one-day internationals.

Global stocks wavered Wednesday on strong industrial production data from the US and eurozone, while concerns about the Chinese economy and a further Fed rate hike persisted.

Juventus insisted on Wednesday that there was nothing wrong with their treatment of ageing outcast Leonardo Bonucci after the Italian footballers' association said his "dignity is being trampled on".

Oetzi, the "iceman" mummy of the Alps, had darker skin than previously thought and was likely bald or almost bald when he died, the study by Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology said.

Hundreds of Muslim men set fire to churches and vandalised Christian homes during a rampage in eastern Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, after Christians were accused of blasphemy.

England captain Harry Kane said on Wednesday he made the move to Bayern Munich "to feel a new pressure of having to win titles every year".

Wall Street opened higher Wednesday on strong industrial production data while Europe remained mixed following concerns about the Chinese economy and a further Fed rate hike.

Arsenal suffered a setback on Wednesday when they announced Dutch defender Jurrien Timber would be sidelined with a major knee injury.