The police told Abdullah not to leave home on Monday’s anniversary of deadly ethnic violence in China’s Urumqi city, where the bustle belies continued deep racial divisions and fears of more unrest.

Rafael Nadal believes a conversation with David Beckham has provided him with the perfect inspiration ahead of his Wimbledon final showdown with Tomas Berdych on Sunday.

Defending champion Serena Williams won her fourth women’s singles title at Wimbledon on Saturday with a crushing 6-3, 6-2 victory over Russian 21st seed Vera Zvonareva in a lop-sided final.

Lionel Messi came into the World Cup with the expectation that he would light up the tournament, but the Barcelona superstar leaves empty-handed and without a goal.
It is not something the world footballer of the year and Argentina’s talisman is used to.

A towering cake vying to be the world’s biggest lasted one day outdoors in Paris, brought down not by ravenous sweets lovers but a sweltering heatwave in the French capital, organisers said on Friday.

The Netherlands’ Giovanni van Bronckhorst (left) and Wesley Sneijder celebrate after defeating Brazil 2-1 in their World Cup quarterfinal match in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on Friday.

US President Barack Obama warned Iran on Thursday it faced mounting pressure and isolation, as he signed tough new US sanctions he said would strike at Tehran’s capacity to finance its nuclear programme. The measures, on top of new UN Security Council and European sanctions, aim to choke off Iran’s access to imports of

A French general drew fire from the country’s top officer on Friday for criticising the US strategy in Afghanistan, after the American commander there was sacked for a similar reason. General Vincent Desportes was quoted by Le Monde newspaper as saying that “the situation is worse than ever” in Afghanistan, where 100 international troops were killed in June battling the Taliban.

Serena Williams admits over-confidence could be the biggest obstacle to her bid to win a fourth Wimbledon singles title in Saturday’s final against Vera Zvonareva.
Williams has swept to the final in such dominant fashion that few outside of Zvonareva’s family and friends expect anything other than a convincing victory for the defending champion at the All-England Club.s

Paraguay’s historic run to the World Cup quarterfinals is being lived and breathed by Salvador Cabanas, their star striker who had to miss the finals after being shot in the head in January.