Benfica with one foot in Champions League quarters after beating Club Brugge
Benfica closed in on a place in the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League after easing to a 2-0 victory over Club Brugge in Belgium in the first leg of their last-16 tie on Wednesday.
Read moreGlobal stocks rise after strong US retail sales, better UK inflation data
Wall Street stocks shrugged off early weakness and pushed higher Wednesday as they followed European bourses upward after strong US economic data.
Read moreGirma breaks 25-year-old 3,000m world indoor record, Duplantis wins
Ethiopia's Lamecha Girma shattered the 25-year-old world indoor 3,000m record on Wednesday by more than one second at the Lievin meeting as Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis won his third successive pole vault event.
Read moreExperts deliver report into Pablo Neruda's mysterious death to Chile judge
A panel of scientific experts investigating the mysterious death of Nobel laureate poet Pablo Neruda delivered a report to a Chilean judge on Wednesday.
Read moreBenzema bags two penalties as Madrid defeat Elche
Karim Benzema netted two penalties as Real Madrid breezed to a 4-0 win over rock-bottom Elche on Wednesday to cut the gap on La Liga leaders Barcelona back to eight points.
Read moreMan City sink Arsenal to seize top spot in title race
Pep Guardiola hailed Manchester City's second half power surge as the champions knocked Arsenal off the top of the Premier League with a crucial 3-1 win on Wednesday.
Read moreDeath toll rises to five after New Zealand cyclone
A fifth person has died in New Zealand in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle, police said Thursday, amid fears the death toll could climb further.
Read moreTour changes won't 'screw' bottom half players, says McIlroy
Rory McIlroy says the PGA Tour's plans to streamline their bigger events won't harm golfers lower down the rankings.
Read moreDortmund's Adeyemi sinks Chelsea with stunning solo goal
A superb length-of-the-field goal from Borussia Dortmund forward Karim Adeyemi gave his side a 1-0 win over Chelsea at home in their Round of 16 Champions League clash on Wednesday.
Read moreRacist US shooter jailed for life as man lunges at him in court
A white supremacist who murdered 10 Black people during a live-streamed supermarket rampage in New York state last year was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday during an emotional hearing that saw a man lunge for the shooter.
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