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Record-setting Zarco on Silverstone pole, Espargaro 6th after crash

Record-setting Zarco on Silverstone pole, Espargaro 6th after crash

Ducati's French rider Johann Zarco clocked a new track record to grab pole for the British MotoGP in qualifying at Silverstone on Saturday as Aleix Espargaro took an honourable sixth after a high-speed crash.

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India beat England in thriller to reach Commonwealth Games cricket final

India beat England in thriller to reach Commonwealth Games cricket final

India beat hosts England by just four runs to reach the final of the women's Twenty20 cricket competition at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday.

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Spain battles northwest wildfires

Spain battles northwest wildfires

Spanish firefighters on Saturday struggled to contain wildfires that have ravaged large tracts in the northwest, as a third summer heat wave grips the country.

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Record-setting Zarco on British MotoGP pole

Record-setting Zarco on British MotoGP pole

Ducati's French rider Johann Zarco clocked a new track record to grab pole for the British MotoGP in qualifying at Silverstone on Saturday.

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Duplantis clears 6.10m to win Diamond League meet in Poland

Duplantis clears 6.10m to win Diamond League meet in Poland

Newly-crowned world champion Mondo Duplantis cleared 6.10 metres to ease to victory in the Diamond League meet in Silesia on Saturday.

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Pfizer in talks on $5 billion acquisition: media

Pfizer in talks on $5 billion acquisition: media

American drugmaker Pfizer is close to a deal to purchase Global Blood Therapeutics, which manufactures a recently approved drug against sickle-cell anemia, for $5 billion, the Wall Street Journal has reported.

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India beat England to reach Commonwealth Games cricket final

India beat England to reach Commonwealth Games cricket final

India beat hosts England by just four runs to reach the final of the women's Twenty20 cricket competition at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday.

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Austria in shock over doctor's suicide following anti-vax abuse

Austria in shock over doctor's suicide following anti-vax abuse

Austrians expressed shock and anger this week over the suicide of doctor who had been the target of a torrent of abuse and threats from anti-vaccination protesters.

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Hoare's golden roar as Australian wins shock 1500m title at Commonwealths

Hoare's golden roar as Australian wins shock 1500m title at Commonwealths

Australia's Oliver Hoare shocked world champion Jake Wightman and Kenya's Timothy Cheruiyot to win 1500m gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Saturday.

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Sudan condemns Chadian group's killing of 18

Sudan condemns Chadian group's killing of 18

Sudan's foreign ministry on Saturday condemned the killing of 18 Sudanese people during an attack by an armed group from Chad, state media reported.

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