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Jamaica's Danielle Williams reclaimed her world women's 100m hurdles crown on Thursday with a shock win in Budapest.

Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales will quit his post after being roundly condemned by the football world and beyond for forcibly kissing a Spain player on the mouth following the Women's World Cup final, several media outlets reported Thursday.

Simone Biles is chasing yet more gymnastics history at the US championships this week, where the four-time Olympic champion could become the first to win eight US national all-around titles.

Defending 200m world champion Shericka Jackson sent a message to 100m gold medallist Sha'Carri Richardson she will not give her crown up lightly, easing home in front of her in their semi-final on Thursday.

Newly-crowned world 100m champion Noah Lyles kept his quest for a first sprint double since 2015 on track Thursday despite being involved in a golf buggy crash en route to the track.

Number ten batsman Naseem Shah hit a boundary off the penultimate delivery to give Pakistan a dramatic one-wicket win over a luckless Afghanistan in the second ODI at Hambantota on Thursday.

Apple on Thursday confirmed it is endorsing passage of a California law requiring major gadget makers to enable people to fix their devices without taking them back to companies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin broke his silence on Thursday on the plane crash a day earlier that killed infamous mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin and other senior members of the Wagner paramilitary group.

The Los Angeles Lakers will pay tribute to the late Kobe Bryant with a statue of the Hall of Fame guard in front of their arena, the team said Thursday.

Manchester City signed Belgian winger Jeremy Doku from French club Rennes on a five-year deal on Thursday.

Defending champion Rory McIlroy was reportedly battling a back injury ahead of Thursday's opening round of the season-ending US PGA Tour Championship, where top-ranked Scottie Scheffler enjoyed a two-stroke lead.

The United States on Thursday imposed new sanctions on Russian officials and groups over what rights organizations call the forced transfer of thousands of Ukrainian children since Moscow's invasion.

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz could face a quarter-final rematch against Jannik Sinner at the US Open, with former champion Daniil Medvedev also in the top half of the men's draw released on Thursday.

BRICS leaders announced Thursday the "historic" admission of six new countries as it seeks to reshape the Western-led global order and expand its influence in an era of strategic competition.

By the end of century, more than one billion cows worldwide could suffer from heat stress if global warming continues unabated, threatening their fertility, milk production and lives, according to research published on Thursday.

Daniel Ricciardo's return to the Formula One fast lane after a much-needed sabbatical has left the Australian feeling like the driver he was "10 years ago".

Danish filmmaker and provocateur Lars von Trier defended himself on Thursday after a controversial social media post critical of Denmark's donation of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine caused a stir.

Police said Thursday they had arrested more than three dozen local monitors of Zimbabwe's elections as the opposition cried foul over irregularities in a poll forced by delays to stretch into an unprecedented second day.

Sean Dyche said negativity surrounding Everton is nothing new as he aims to kickstart the Toffees' season after losing their first two Premier League games.

Stocks turned lower Thursday as investors looked ahead to a gathering of central bank officials that could dash hopes a respite in interest rate hikes.

Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani won't pitch again this Major League Baseball season after being diagnosed with a torn elbow ligament.

Mauricio Pochettino said on Thursday he is worried about making a "mess for the squad" by extending Chelsea's spending spree by signing another forward.

NASA and SpaceX are preparing to launch a crew of four to the International Space Station on Friday.

A brief look at the six countries which will be admitted in January 2024 to the club of large and populous emerging economies known as the BRICS:

Indonesia's Supreme Court has overturned the acquittal of two policemen accused of negligence that led to one of the deadliest stadium disasters in football history, jailing them in a decision criticised Thursday by victims' families as too lenient.

Helpless emperor penguin chicks perished at multiple breeding grounds in West Antarctica late last year, drowning or freezing to death when sea ice eroded by global warming gave way under their tiny feet, scientists said Thursday.

Asked in a 2018 documentary if he was able to forgive people's mistakes, Vladimir Putin thought for a split second. "Yes," the Russian president replied. "But not everything."

Residents living around the Russian village of Kuzhenkino reported hearing bangs and seeing fire as a plane thought to carry Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin plummeted to Earth late on Wednesday.

The sizzling temperatures experienced by several countries in southern Europe over the past days are part of a series of brutally hot, dry summers caused by climate change.

Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan was seen outside his headquarters Thursday for the first time since fighting with paramilitaries erupted more than four months ago, army videos showed.

Russian supporters of Yevgeny Prigozhin gathered outside the Wagner headquarters in Saint Petersburg on Thursday to pay their respects to the mercenary group's boss, presumed dead after a mysterious plane crash.

Dozens of Afghan women granted scholarships to study in the United Arab Emirates have been blocked from leaving Afghanistan, one of the women told AFP on Thursday, following outcry from their Emirati sponsor.