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Thomas's phone alarm buzzes at 9:30 pm -- it's time for the aspiring bodybuilder to start injecting himself in the stomach with several banned peptides.

Plans to equip US immigration enforcement agents with gloves capable of delivering debilitating electric shocks have fueled concerns over potential abuses by a force that critics say is already over-zealous and under-trained.

Eddie Jones senses Japan are on the cusp of finally winning a Test against Australia, with the wily coach confident his team can "make new history" when they meet in Townsville on Saturday.

New Zealand Football said on Friday it had withdrawn support for FIFA boss Gianni Infantino and called for an independent review into his aborted plan to sell off part of the World Cup.

Vote counting was under way early Friday after an unusual English by-election shunned by mainstream parties, pitting influential hard-right leader Nigel Farage against Count Binface, a man with a rubbish bin on his head.

Hopes faded and camps housing Colombian quake victims grew on Thursday, as the critical 72-hour window for finding people alive closed for good.

US and Mexican armed forces performed security exercises Thursday along the border near the cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez.

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday tariffs of up to 100 percent on imports of unmanned drones and their components to reduce US reliance on imports in an industry dominated by China.

Former world number one Iga Swiatek captured her first title of the year on Thursday, roaring past a weary-looking Elena Rybakina 6-2, 6-3 to win the WTA 1000 in Toronto.

Three-time major winner Jordan Spieth, trying to end a four-year victory drought, fired a seven-under par 65 to share the lead after Thursday's first round of the PGA Tour St. Jude Championship.

Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the top US priority in the Iran war was keeping oil and gasoline prices low for Americans, with preventing Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon ranking second.

A fleet of small boats evacuated about 500 tourists from beaches in northern Greece as a forest fire threatened two popular resorts.

Briton Amy Hunt claimed a memorable European sprint double after scorching to victory in the 200m in Birmingham on Thursday on a night when Germany claimed five medals, including two golds.

Novak Djokovic brings a boatload of good memories into this edition of the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters, an event he has won three times.

A beaming Vickye Giraldo holds her rescued kitten tight against her chest outside her ruined home in quake-hit Cali, Colombia.

Britain's Amy Hunt won the women's 200m in Birmingham on Thursday to seal a European sprint double, quickly vowing to continue her audacious bid for four championship golds.

Wall Street stocks advanced Thursday with the S&P 500 finishing at a fresh record as investors welcomed further signs of easing US inflation while oil prices pulled back.

Jack Draper sunk deeper into despair on Thursday as the Briton blew six set points and produced a dozen double faults fall to Martin Landaluce 6-3, 7-5 in the first round of the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters.

US basketball fans will have plenty of chances to check out LeBron James's first season in Philadelphia with the 76ers featured in 34 nationally televised games according to the full NBA season schedule released on Thursday.

England opener Emilio Gay was out for a 12-ball duck playing for a Professional County Club Select XI on the opening day of a warm-up fixture against Pakistan in Beckenham on Wednesday.

US President Donald Trump has sought to burnish his legacy by getting his name and image placed on everything, from limited edition passports to a Florida airport.

Millions of people across Europe -- particularly in France, Italy, Spain and Britain -- baked through a new wave of extreme temperatures Thursday as the continent's latest heatwave picked up.

Barcelona have agreed to sell Spain's World Cup final hero Ferran Torres to Paris Saint-Germain for almost 50 million euros ($57 million), Spanish media reported on Thursday.

French six-time Olympic medallist Florent Manaudou, who has not competed since 2024, announced on Thursday that he was retiring from swimming at the age of 35.

Romania shut down its only nuclear plant on Thursday, in a rare move due to drought that has caused the Danube river, whose waters cool the plant, to fall to record lows.

A fleet of small boats evacuated hundreds of tourists from beaches in northern Greece as a forest fire bore down on two popular resorts.

Millions of people across Europe -- particularly in France, Italy, Spain and the UK -- sweltered through another wave of extreme temperatures Thursday as the continent's latest heatwave intensified.

US-indicted Cuban leader Raul Castro received a standing ovation as he appeared in public for the first time in months Thursday, attending an event in Havana to mark the centenary of his brother Fidel's birth.

Israel officially reopened the West Bank settlement of Ganim on Thursday, more than 20 years after it withdrew from the community, in a move emblematic of the current government's policy of rapid settlement expansion.

Italian teenager Sara Curtis broke the women's 50m backstroke world record for the second time in as many days at the European swimming championships in Paris on Thursday.

Veteran hooker Codie Taylor will captain New Zealand for the first time when he makes his South African tour debut against the Bulls in Pretoria on Saturday after recovering from a calf strain.

Promoted French Top 14 rugby club Vannes on Thursday announced the signing of rugby league World Cup winner Murray Taulagi.