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Los Angeles superstar LeBron James is set to miss the Lakers' NBA season-opener after the team said he will be sidelined three to four weeks with sciatica, multiple US media outlets reported Thursday.

Bukayo Saka's stunning strike and a first international goal for Morgan Rogers inspired England in a 3-0 win over Wales, but Thomas Tuchel slammed "silent" fans at Thursday's friendly.

US President Donald Trump and his Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on Thursday promoted another fringe theory about autism -- this time linking it to circumcision or to pain medication given for the procedure.

Thomas Tuchel blasted England's "silent" fans for failing to back his team loudly enough during their 3-0 friendly win over Wales at Wembley on Thursday.

Basketball Hall of Famer Paul Pierce, who won an NBA title with the Boston Celtics, was arrested this week in Los Angeles on suspicion of drink driving, the California Highway Patrol said Thursday.

Scotland stepped up their bid to qualify for the World Cup as Lewis Ferguson's first international goal paved the way for a vital 3-1 win against Greece in Glasgow on Thursday.

Scotland roared back to beat Greece 3-1 on Thursday to boost their hopes of direct qualification for the 2026 World Cup, while Cody Gakpo inspired the Netherlands to a 4-0 win in Malta.

US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Washington and NATO allies were "stepping up the pressure" to end the war in Ukraine, after his outreach to Russia's Vladimir Putin failed to achieve a ceasefire.

US President Donald Trump said he expected to travel to the Middle East on Sunday to celebrate the first phase of the Gaza peace deal and be there for the release of hostages by Hamas.

Bukayo Saka's stunning strike and a first international goal for Morgan Rogers inspired England in a comprehensive 3-0 win over out-classed Wales in Thursday's friendly.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that Washington had bought Argentine pesos and finalized a $20 billion economic support program to help prop up the South American nation's faltering finances.

Five hundred US troops deployed in the Chicago area on Thursday as courts heard challenges to the use of the National Guard as part of President Donald Trump's sweeping crime and immigration crackdown.

The Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens will look to get their faltering seasons back on track on Sunday following a string of defeats that has placed a question mark about their championship credentials.

France on Thursday awaited in suspense over who would be its next prime minister as a deadline ticked down for President Emmanuel Macron to name a new premier after Sebastien Lecornu's resignation threw the country further into political turmoil.

Argentine football fans queued up Thursday to pay their respects to one of the national game's greats, Boca Juniors deceased manager Miguel Angel Russo, at an emotional stadium send-off in Buenos Aires.

Robert Badinter, the justice minister who ended the death penalty in France in 1981, entered the country's Pantheon mausoleum of outstanding historical figures on Thursday, just hours after his grave was vandalised.

Mohamed Amoura scored twice as Algeria beat Somalia 3-0 on Thursday to become the fourth qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup from Africa after Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt.

US President Donald Trump said he would try to go to Egypt for the signing of a Gaza ceasefire deal, adding that he expected Hamas to free hostages on Monday or Tuesday under the long-sought agreement.

It began with a hastily written note and a whisper. It ended with a Gaza deal long sought by Donald Trump.

Several thousand anti-government demonstrators marched on Thursday through Madagascar's capital, several of them injured when police cracked down on the latest youth-led protest of the past two weeks.

Several thousand anti-government demonstrators marched on Thursday through Madagascar's capital, several of them injured when police cracked down on the latest youth-led protest of the past two weeks.

Serbia's president warned that US sanctions on the Russian-controlled operator of the Balkan nation's only oil refinery that took effect on Thursday put it in an "extremely serious" position.

A long-lost oil painting of Nazi-era Berlin's most notorious brothel madam, Kitty Schmidt, has been rediscovered and was presented to the public in the German capital on Thursday.

The grave of Robert Badinter, the justice minister who ended the death penalty in France in 1981, was vandalised on Thursday, just hours before his induction into the country's Pantheon mausoleum of outstanding historical figures.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed Thursday to do everything in his power to fight EU plans to ban combustion-engine car sales from 2035 after crisis talks with the struggling German car industry.

The brother of Filippo Tortu, a member of Italy's 4x100m relay team that won Olympic gold in Tokyo, was suspended for three years on Thursday by the Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL) for spying on two-time Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs.

A French appeals court Thursday handed a man a 10-year prison term for raping Gisele Pelicot, increasing his original nine-year sentence.

The French players' union (UNFP) on Thursday backed footballer Adrien Rabiot for speaking out about his concerns at UEFA's decision to allow AC Milan to play a league fixture in Australia.

The Nobel Prize for Literature was on Thursday awarded to Laszlo Krasznahorkai considered by many as Hungary's most important living author, whose works explore themes of postmodern dystopia and melancholy.

Israel said Thursday that all parties have signed the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, in a major step to end a war that has killed tens of thousands of people.

Nepalis lit candles outside the fire-damaged parliament on Thursday, marking one month since anti-corruption protests toppled the government, with fresh vows to keep up pressure ahead of elections.

Britain's Princess Catherine on Thursday hailed the importance of "human connection" in early childhood development, after her husband Prince William revealed their three children have not been given phones.