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Botswana's Letsile Tebogo became the first African to win the Olympic 200 metres on Thursday as he -- and Covid --upstaged Noah Lyles' plans for a sprint double in Paris.

France basketball star Victor Wembanyama said Saturday's Olympic final in Paris represents a "once-in-a-lifetime" chance to win gold at home.

Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles said Thursday he tested positive two days before his bronze medal-winning performance in the men's 200m final.

Australia returned to the Olympic women's water polo gold medal match for the first time in 24 years with a dramatic and shock shoot-out win over the United States in Thursday's semi-final.

Letsile Tebogo has always said an Olympic medal would not just be for Botswana but the continent of Africa and he duly delivered on Thursday by becoming the first African to be crowned 200m Olympic champion.

US-Canadian environmental activist Paul Watson considers his detention in Greenland and Japan's extradition request to be political, his campaigning group Sea Shepherd said Thursday.

Frenchman Benjamin Thomas ignited the Olympic velodrome on Thursday by claiming a gruelling omnium title while New Zealand's Ellesse Andrews charged to a "unreal" women's keirin gold.

Kenyan police fired volleys of tear gas Thursday in the capital Nairobi, injuring several journalists, as small groups of protesters gathered on what was billed as a fresh day of action against embattled President William Ruto.

A 19-year-old Islamic State sympathiser planned a deadly suicide attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, the country's intelligence agency said on Thursday.

Alexander Zverev produced a dominating triumph in advancing to the third round of the ATP Montreal Masters on Thursday as fellow seeds went down to defeat.

Botswana's Letsile Tebogo snatched a stunning Olympic gold in the men's 200m final Thursday to deny US runner Noah Lyles the sprint double, as NBA superstar LeBron James led out the US basketball dream team in a crunch semi-final.

Botswana's Letsile Tebogo became the first African to win the Olympic 200 metres on Thursday as he upstaged Noah Lyles' plans for a sprint double in Paris.

US top-seed Coco Gauff advanced to the third round of the WTA Toronto Masters on Thursday with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over China's Wang Yafan.

Canada's Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson came from a set down to reach the final of the women's beach volleyball on Thursday as the German men's team triumphed after a match-point challenge.

Failed cryptocurrency platform FTX Trading and affiliate Alameda Research must pay $12.7 billion to compensate customers and fraud victims under a consent order, US regulators announced Thursday.

Thousands of people turned out on Thursday to give a hero's welcome to South Sudan's basketball team after their first ever appearance at an Olympic Games.

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag faces a defensive headache as injuries continue to plague his side's preparations for Saturday's Community Shield clash with rivals Manchester City.

Hosts France defeated Germany 73-69 on Thursday to reach the final of the Olympic men's basketball and will face four-time reigning champions the United States or Serbia for gold.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that Russia needed to "feel" the consequences of its war as a major Ukrainian incursion across the Russian border stretched into a third day.

The Chicago White Sox fired Pedro Grifol as manager of the Major League Baseball club on Thursday, two days after snapping a club record 21-game losing streak.

India hockey coach Craig Fulton said his team "are on the right road" for future Olympic glory after coming from behind to collect their 13th men's medal with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Spain in the bronze medal match on Thursday.

The prolific Soufiane Rahimi scored twice and captain Achraf Hakimi netted a stunning free-kick as Morocco hammered Egypt 6-0 on Thursday to take Olympic men's football bronze.

Thursday's scheduled opening round of the PGA Tour Wyndham Championship has been postponed by a day because of heavy rains from a tropical storm, organizers announced.

Apple on Thursday announced changes to its App Store after the European Union accused the iPhone maker of breaking the bloc's landmark new digital rules.

Flying can be a nerve-wracking experience for many people -- but a new study out Thursday finds commercial air travel keeps getting safer, with the risk of death halving every decade.

The African Union's health watchdog said on Thursday it was "likely" to declare a public health emergency next week over the growing mpox outbreak on the continent.

A small street in Vienna became a place of "healing" for hundreds of fans of US mega-star Taylor Swift on Thursday, after organisers cancelled her shows because the authorities had uncovered an Islamist attack plot.

Portugal veteran Pepe announced on Thursday in a video on social media he was retiring from football aged 41.

A 19-year-old Islamic State sympathiser planned a suicide attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, the country's intelligence agency said on Thursday.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus was sworn into office Thursday, vowing to lead Bangladesh back to democracy after a student-led uprising ended the 15-year rule of Sheikh Hasina.

Nelly Korda's Olympic golf title defence suffered a giant setback on Thursday when the US world number one made a quadruple bogey late in her second round as two-time medallist Lydia Ko charged into contention.

The female Red Bull employee who accused Christian Horner of inappropriate behaviour has had her appeal against the investigation which cleared the team principal dismissed, The Times reported on Thursday.