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Mahuchikh wins for Ukraine, Coleman v Jacobs set up

Mahuchikh wins for Ukraine, Coleman v Jacobs set up

Yaroslava Mahuchikh won a dramatic high jump gold for war-torn Ukraine at the World Indoor Championships on Saturday as Christian Coleman and Lamont Marcell Jacobs remained on course for a showdown in the 60m.

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Ukraine's Mahuchikh defies odds to win world indoor high jump gold

Ukraine's Mahuchikh defies odds to win world indoor high jump gold

Yaroslava Mahuchikh overcame the "total panic" of armed conflict in her native Ukraine to win gold in the high jump at the World Indoor Championships on Saturday.

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Former Pumas star Aramburu shot and killed in Paris

Former Pumas star Aramburu shot and killed in Paris

Former Argentina rugby international Federico Aramburu was killed in Paris on Saturday morning after an altercation in a bar, AFP learned from sources close to the investigation.

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Aid agencies struggle to reach Ukraine's 'besieged' cities

Aid agencies struggle to reach Ukraine's 'besieged' cities

Aid agencies are struggling to reach people trapped in Ukrainian cities ringed by Russian forces, the UN's World Food Programme said Saturday, including hundreds of thousands of women and children.

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Aid agencies struggle to reach Ukraine's 'beseiged' cities

Aid agencies struggle to reach Ukraine's 'beseiged' cities

Aid agencies are struggling to reach people trapped in Ukrainian cities ringed by Russian forces, the UN's World Food Programme said Saturday, including hundreds of thousands of women and children.

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Russia fires hypersonic missiles as Ukraine presses for peace deal

Russia fires hypersonic missiles as Ukraine presses for peace deal

Russia on Saturday admitted using advanced hypersonic missiles for the first time in the Ukraine conflict as Kyiv's embattled leader Volodymyr Zelensky called for urgent peace talks.

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Elderly Ukrainians find shelter in metro carriages

Elderly Ukrainians find shelter in metro carriages

It is not clear what makes Valentyna Katkova cry more: illness and old age, or the fact that she now lives in a Kyiv subway car, fleeing Russian bombing.

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Classy Lanning leads Australia into World Cup semi-finals

Classy Lanning leads Australia into World Cup semi-finals

A classy 97 by Meg Lanning confirmed unbeaten Australia's place in the Women's World Cup semi-finals as a record run chase saw them to victory over India on Saturday.

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Unbeaten in two years, Qatar's Invincibles lift World Cup hopes

Unbeaten in two years, Qatar's Invincibles lift World Cup hopes

When Al Sadd wrapped up a second straight Qatar title by stretching their unbeaten league run to 49 games, they were inevitably dubbed the 'Invincibles' after another team that reached the same number.

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Japan PM visits India for 'candid' talks on Ukraine

Japan PM visits India for 'candid' talks on Ukraine

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was due in India on Saturday with officials in Tokyo predicting "candid discussions" about New Delhi's unwillingness to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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