Architect of Mexico's war on drugs on trial in US for trafficking
A once-powerful Mexican government minister who oversaw his country's war on drug trafficking goes on trial in New York on Tuesday, himself charged with facilitating the smuggling of narcotics.
Read moreFroome in spotlight as Australia's biggest cycling event returns
Chris Froome headlines a stellar cast at the Tour Down Under when road cycling's World Tour season launches in Adelaide next week.
Read moreGauff warns 'best yet to come' as she chases first Slam title
Rising teenage star Coco Gauff warned Saturday at the Australian Open that her "best is yet to come" as she goes in search of a maiden Grand Slam crown.
Read moreWarriors rout Spurs in front of record NBA crowd
The Golden State Warriors were the stars of the party in San Antonio on Friday, cruising to a 144-113 NBA victory over the Spurs before a record crowd at the Alamodome.
Read moreTsitsipas, Kyrgios hail exciting Rune but fear burnout
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Nick Kyrgios hailed Denmark's Holger Rune as a potential multiple Grand Slam winner on Saturday -- but also have fears about the "tennis-obsessed" teen burning out.
Read moreGasquet roars back to stun Norrie for 16th title
French veteran Richard Gasquet won his first ATP title in nearly five years as he fought back to stun second seed Cameron Norrie in the final of the Auckland Classic on Saturday.
Read moreOpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, casts spell on Microsoft
The hottest startup in Silicon Valley right now is OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed developer of ChatGPT, a much-hyped chatbot that can write a poem, college essay or even a line of software code.
Read moreKyrgios says stressful being an Australian Open title contender
Nick Kyrgios said on Saturday that expectations he can go far at next week's Australian Open were stressful and made it hard to focus.
Read moreNew generation unlikely to win so many tennis Slams - Nadal
Rafael Nadal cast doubt Saturday on whether the new generation of players led by fellow Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz could ever match the feats of himself, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.
Read moreGreta Thunberg joins rally to save German village
Climate activist Greta Thunberg will join a large-scale protest in Germany Saturday to stop the demolition of a village to make way for an open-cast coal mine extension.
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