Swimming: U.S. await result of King DQ appeal
USA Swimming have filed an appeal following the disqualification of Lilly King from the women’s 200 meters breaststroke heats on Thursday at the world championships...
Olympics: Tokyo 2020 medal designer basks in sudden fame
Designer Junichi Kawanishi was still coming to terms with his sudden fame on Thursday, a day after his design for the medals to be awarded...
Samoa prop Sao brings power from Savai’i
A 21-year-old prop is targeting a place in the Manu Samoa squad for this year’s Rugby World Cup. Grace Lee reports....
Puerto Rico governor resigns after weeks of mass protests
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló on Wednesday said he would resign after almost two weeks of protests calling for him to step down over a...
Billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein found injured in jail cell: media
Jeffrey Epstein, the financier facing charges of sex trafficking involving dozens of underage girls, was found unconscious in a Manhattan jail cell with injuries to...
Swimming: Coach slams Sun critics as ‘hypocrites’ amid doping furor
Sun Yang’s coach Denis Cotterell has defended the Chinese Olympic champion from doping accusations and labeled criticism from the Australian team’s swimmers as “hypocritical”....
Asian shares edge up before ECB decision, euro near two-month lows
Asian shares rose but struck a more cautious note than a tech-fueled rally on Wall Street, while the euro stayed near two-month lows as soft...
Elton John AIDS fundraiser brings in $6 million for Kenya HIV testing
Elton John on Wednesday hosted a celebrity-packed gala that raised more than $6 million to fight HIV/AIDS in Kenya, thanks partly to auctions of a...
U.S. warship sails through strategic Taiwan Strait amid China tension
The U.S. military said on Wednesday it sent a Navy warship through the Taiwan Strait, which separates Taiwan from China, a move likely to anger...
SoftBank to commit $40 billion to second Vision Fund: WSJ
Tech conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp will invest $40 billion in its forthcoming second Vision Fund, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday....