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Former Zimbabwe captain Sean Williams is being treated for drug addiction and will not play for the country again, the national cricket board said on Tuesday.

San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish said Tuesday he will miss the entire 2026 Major League Baseball season after undergoing surgery to repair injured tendons in his elbow.

Luis Diaz scored twice and was sent off as Bayern Munich maintained their perfect record this season with a statement 2-1 win away to title-holders Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday in a glamour Champions League tie marred by a first-half injury to Achraf Hakimi.

Liverpool put a miserable run behind them with a dominant performance to end Real Madrid's perfect Champions League start with a 1-0 win at Anfield on Tuesday.

Tottenham defender Micky van de Ven got back in favour with Thomas Frank as the defender's stunning solo goal stole the show in a 4-0 rout of Copenhagen in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Juventus were held to a 1-1 draw by Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday as Luciano Spalletti's new team failed to claim a first win in this season's Champions League.

A new lawsuit alleges streaming giant Spotify turns a blind eye to vast networks of bots that inflate streaming figures to benefit megastars such as Drake at the expense of lesser-known artists.

Global stocks mostly fell Tuesday as investors weighed the recent tech rally on Wall Street against growing fears of an AI bubble and concerns over the US interest-rate outlook.

LIV Golf will abandon its abbreviated 54-hole format in favor of 72-hole tournaments in 2026, officials said Tuesday.

Novak Djokovic returned after three weeks out of action to ease past Alejandro Tabilo in straight sets at the Athens ATP tournament on Tuesday.

Borussia Dortmund midfielder Pascal Gross said Wednesday's Champions League opponents Manchester City are "more beatable" now than during his time in England.

Mikel Merino's two second-half goals helped Arsenal to a 3-0 win at Slavia Prague in the Champions League on Tuesday, the Gunners' fourth in as many games in the competition.

Novak Djokovic returned after three weeks out of action to ease past Alejandro Tabilo in straight sets at the Athens ATP tournament on Tuesday.

Napoli and Eintracht Frankfurt played out an uneventful goalless draw on Tuesday which did little for their stuttering Champions League campaigns.

Arsenalmidfielder Max Dowman became the youngest Champions League player ever after coming on as a 73rd-minute substitute at Slavia Prague on Tuesday.

Dick Cheney achieved influence unrivaled for a vice president in shaping US foreign policy, ruthlessly pursuing military might and advocating pre-emptive war to reshape the world.

Pakistan overcame a late South African fightback to win the first one-day international by two wickets in a tense last over finish in Faisalabad on Tuesday.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday called for less talk and more action ahead of UN climate talks in the Amazon, as the world struggles to curb catastrophic global warming.

Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski said Tuesday he is fit and ready to fire once more after an injury-hit start to the season.

Dan Burn has urged Newcastle to accept winning with ugly performances at times as they prepare to face Athletic Bilbao in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Iran has released from prison a French pair held for more than three years and sentenced to lengthy jail sentences on espionage charges their families always rejected, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday.

EU ministers hunkered down Tuesday in a push to seal key emissions targets before the UN's COP30 summit in Brazil -- and reassert the climate ambitions of the 27-nation bloc.

US media company Getty Images largely lost a case it brought against a British AI firm over use of its copyrighted content without permission, a court in London said on Tuesday.

Cement conglomerate Lafarge went on trial in France Tuesday, accused of paying the Islamic State group and other jihadists protection money to build its business in war-torn Syria.

A realistic-looking sculpture of Donald Trump in an orange jumpsuit and strapped to a cross has stirred discussion -- and smiles -- in Switzerland, where it went on display this week.

Pakistan paceman Haris Rauf and Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav were punished by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday for their inflammatory behaviour in September's Asia Cup.

South Africa fly-half Manie Libbok said on Tuesday that the competition for the Springboks number 10 shirt motivates all three contenders for the jersey.

Sudan's defence minister said on Tuesday that the army would press on with fighting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces after the country's security and defence council met to discuss a US proposal for a ceasefire.

Survivors of a powerful earthquake that turned homes in Afghanistan into rubble are now wondering where they can they find shelter from pouring rain and the coming winter cold.

Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed he plans to retire "soon" as the Portugal and Al Nassr star prepares for a tearful end to his glittering career.

A standing wave in a Munich stream that has been a surfing magnet for more than four decades has vanished, leaving urban surfers high and dry.

With replicas of missiles on display and effigies of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu hanging from a crane, thousands of Iranians commemorated on Tuesday the 1979 storming of the US embassy in Tehran.