Hong Kong's pro-Beijing leader and the city's police chief apologised Monday as they visited a mosque that was struck with blue dye from a water cannon during the latest bout of violent protests.The entrance to the Kowloon Mosque, the international hub's la

Tiger Woods said Monday his fitness was ahead of schedule after arthroscopic knee surgery, and dropped a heavy clue he might use one of his four Presidents Cup captain's picks on himself."I'm probably a week early. My season had ended a little bit earlier t

Chinese authorities have detained a Japanese man in Beijing, Tokyo confirmed Monday, following media reports that a university professor was being held on suspicion of spying."The Japanese embassy in China confirmed that a Japanese man in his 40s was detained

Sprinter Dylan Groenewegen has extended his stay with up-and-coming Dutch cycling team Jumbo-Visma intil 2023, the rider said on Monday.The 26-year-old Groenewegen has won four stages in the Tour de France, and will be just one of a plethora of big-names on th

France lock Sebastien Vahaamahina announced his international retirement on Monday 24 hours after being sent off in the Rugby World Cup quarter-final defeat to Wales.Les Bleus led 19-10 when Vahaamahina was sent off in the 49th minute in Oita for elbowing Aaro

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino accepted on Monday his job will come under scrutiny if fails to rally the flagging fortunes of last season's Champions League finalists.Spurs have endured a terrible start to the season, winning just three of their first

The threat of climate change has overtaken the prospect of nuclear war as the most pressing concern facing humanity, a former Colombian president and Nobel peace laureate warned Monday."After World War II, the world was facing a threat from a nuclear war," J

A group of Northern Irish lawmakers on Monday failed in a last-minute bid to thwart the liberalisation of abortion laws, set to come into force after being decided by London during the suspension of the Belfast executive.Dozens of Northern Irish Assembly membe

Perched on his large blue suitcase, back against a wall and staring vacantly into space, Henrry Martinez resigned himself to the wait.The 50-year-old thought he'd left civil unrest behind when he quit Venezuela's economic and political crises to seek a new l

Andy Murray has been selected for Britain's Davis Cup squad 24 hours after winning his first tournament since 2017.Former world number one Murray clinched his first ATP Tour title for over two years on Sunday when he beat Stan Wawrinka in the European Open fi

The United States on Monday began deploying a battalion of troops and dozens of tanks to Lithuania for an unprecedented six-month rotation, a move sought by the Baltic EU and NATO state to deter neighbouring Russia.Dozens of Abrams tanks and Bradley armoured v