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Ireland's Craig Breen coasted over the snow-covered roads to emerge as surprise leader of the Rally of Sweden on Friday.

Tiger Woods said Friday he will play in next week's PGA Tour event in Los Angeles, marking his return to competitive golf after a seven-month absence as he recovers from injuries sustained in a 2021 car crash.

The United Nations rights chief called Friday for an immediate ceasefire in Syria to facilitate the delivery of aid to all victims of the region's devastating earthquake.

New York Fashion Week kicks off Friday with several big names absent from the runway but a calendar packed full of young designers and emerging labels -- increasingly the event's trademark.

Police on Friday detained a Belgian European Parliament member for questioning after searching a bank safe belonging to him as part of a probe into a bribery scandal that has rocked the EU.

Balenciaga's creative director Demna has apologised for an ad campaign that appeared to reference child abuse and vowed to drop his provocative showmanship in an interview with Vogue.

England coach Steve Borthwick has warned his side to beware the speed of Italy's backs ahead of their Six Nations clash at Twickenham on Sunday.

Amsterdam city authorities said Friday they are banning cannabis smoking in the streets of the red light district from mid-May as part of efforts to curb criminality and anti-social behaviour.

A conservative Texas judge is poised to rule on whether to impose a nationwide ban on a drug used for more than half of the abortions in the United States.

The Brazilian football federation on Friday denied it had reached an agreement with Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti to take charge of the five-time World Cup winners.

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy claimed the Premier League is now "in the hands of a few" super-rich clubs as he defended his team's level of spending in the transfer market.

Ukraine said on Friday Russia has launched a "massive" new wave of missiles and drones as President Volodymyr Zelensky called the fresh barrage a "challenge to NATO".

Artists and collectors from around the world are descending on Mexico City this week for several fairs aimed at consolidating the capital's position as a Latin American hub of modern and contemporary art.

At 37 and with a new World Tour contract freshly signed with Astana, Mark Cavendish is clear "the goal is to win" as he embarks on what is likely to be his last season.

A federal judge rejected a challenge by relatives of Boeing 737 MAX crash victims to the aviation giant's US criminal settlement, according to a ruling reviewed Friday by AFP.

Graham Potter says he understands the mounting pressure he is under to get Chelsea back on track after the club's huge spending spree.

England captain Owen Farrell has replaced the benched Marcus Smith at fly-half for Sunday's Six Nations match against Italy at Twickenham.

Wales captain Ken Owens is confident his side can quickly "right the wrongs" of a Six Nations hammering at the hands of Ireland when they face Scotland on Saturday.

Kurdish militants from the outlawed PKK group announced a temporary halt in fighting to ease recovery work in the wake of a massive earthquake that struck southeastern Turkey and parts of Syria.

Ireland scrum-half Conor Murray is "in good form" and ready to face France in their Six Nations blockbuster on Saturday despite his father suffering serious injuries in a road accident, scrum coach John Fogarty said on Friday.

For more than a century, the plinths atop a New York courthouse held statues all depicting men. Not anymore, thanks to the work of a Pakistani-American artist.

Rescuers pulled out children Friday from the rubble of the Turkey-Syria earthquake as the toll approached 23,000 and a winter freeze compounded the suffering for nearly one million people estimated to be in urgent need of food.

Acclaimed Spanish director Carlos Saura, who died on Friday, hit the global spotlight in the 1960s with critiques of Franco's dictatorship, later focusing on films about music and dance, notably flamenco.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has called for a boycott of the 2024 Paris Olympics over the possible participation of Russian athletes, said Friday their presence would be a "manifestation of violence."

Aimilia Balta's mother fled Turkey after a vicious war with Greece a century ago but it has not stopped the elderly Greek donating clothes for the thousands left homeless by the deadly earthquake there.

England captain Owen Farrell has replaced the benched Marcus Smith at fly-half for Sunday's Six Nations match against Italy at Twickenham.

Mikel Arteta says Arsenal need to earn the right to become Premier League champions, rather than rely on any possible sanctions imposed on title rivals Manchester City.

Two people including a child were killed on Friday in a car ramming attack on a bus stop in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, Israeli authorities said.

Marcus Smith has been dropped to the bench, with England captain Owen Farrell named at fly-half for Sunday's Six Nations match against Italy at Twickenham.

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest was down 61 percent in January -- Leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's first month back in the job -- compared with the same period last year, according to an official report published on Friday.

Oil contracts rebounded Friday after Russia slashed its crude output in response to a Western price cap that was imposed on exports after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

The United Nations said Friday it was rapidly exhausting the aid stocks it had in Syria before the devastating earthquake and needed quick resupply to support the millions affected.