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Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis is suing Crystal Palace over a banner unfurled by the London club's fans depicting him holding a gun to midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White's head, according to reports on Monday.

A US judge threw out a case against Indian billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani on Monday after the Trump administration decided to drop the fraud and bribery allegations against him.

Kenyan-born American runner Jonah Koech has accepted a three-year ban for blood doping and been stripped of his 2025 US 1,500-meter title, the US Anti-Doping Agency announced on Monday.

Tim Anderson, a two-time All-Star shortstop and 2019 American League batting champion, announced his retirement from Major League Baseball on Monday at age 33, saying he no longer enjoyed playing.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen sealed a sensational comeback from achilles tendon surgery to win a record-extending seventh European championship gold in Birmingham on Monday.

Colombia declared a state of emergency on Monday after a powerful earthquake killed at least 111 people, damaged more than 1,500 buildings and left an unknown number of people buried under rubble.

A Brazilian footballer said Monday he was recovering well after an exuberant goal celebration saw him jump over a barrier and disappear into a tunnel.

Britain's Amy Hunt scorched to victory in the 100m at the European athletics championships in Birmingham on Monday.

Cory Hilliard, USA Swimming's chief financial officer, was arrested on Monday in Colorado on charges of theft, embezzlement and official misconduct during his time as a University of Colorado employee.

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday pushing for a rethink of school vaccine mandates and repeating calls for the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine to be separated into three individual shots.

President Donald Trump insisted on Monday that his relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "very good" despite the Israeli leader's rejection of a US-led Gaza plan.

Stock markets were little changed Monday, holding near record highs amid thin summer volumes, as investors awaited inflation data this week while mostly shrugging off the latest spike in oil prices.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen consolidated his place as the most successful male athlete in European history on Monday when he won the 5,000m in Birmingham for his seventh individual continental gold.

Turkish lawmakers on Monday voted through a bill offering limited amnesty for Kurdish PKK militants, a key step in the peace process that seeks to end decades of deadly violence.

Colombia on Monday declared a state of emergency following a powerful earthquake that caused at least 111 deaths and flattened dozens of buildings, trapping more victims underneath.

Dozens of Gaza students who won scholarships to universities in Italy are still waiting to be evacuated due to bureaucratic red tape, leaving qualified students in a deadly conflict zone, AFP has found.

Britain won both the men's and women's 4x200m freestyle relays on the opening day of the European swimming championships on Monday as French swim star Leon Marchand took silver with his team as he returns from injury.

A dominant Jessica Schilder of the Netherlands claimed a third successive victory in the women's shot put at the European championships in Birmingham on Monday.

Uruguay centre-back Ronald Araujo has joined Liverpool on a season-long loan from Barcelona, the Spanish champions announced on Monday.

Britain won both the men's and women's 4x200m freestyle relays on the opening day of the European swimming championships on Monday as French swim star Leon Marchand took silver with his team as he returns from injury.

The trial of a former gang leader accused of orchestrating the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur finally began on Monday, 30 years after one of America's most high-profile unresolved killings.

July 2026 marked the hottest month on record for the contiguous United States, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday, continuing a recent trend driven by human-caused climate change.

Russia's Supreme Court on Monday barred the country's only anti-war party, Yabloko, from contesting September's parliamentary elections.

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 69 people, toppling dozens of buildings and reverberating in nearby countries too.

Boeing announced an agreement Monday to divest its air taxi and two other technology ventures to Archer Aviation for a stake in the startup.

Bookmap has announced a new partnership with Plus500, bringing together advanced market visualization with institutional-grade execution infrastructure for futures traders.

Vast tracts of many of Europe's largest rivers, including the Rhine, Rhone and Danube, have slowed to a trickle never-before recorded in the month of July, data from a European climate observatory showed on Monday.

Vast tracts of many of Europe's largest rivers, including the Rhine, Rhone and Danube, have slowed to a trickle never-before recorded in the month of July, data from a European climate observatory showed on Monday.

A powerful earthquake rocked Colombia and neighboring Latin American countries on Monday, with at least 18 people confirmed dead in first reports as shocked residents surveyed destroyed buildings.

Barcelona on Monday rejected an initial offer from Paris Saint-Germain estimated at 40 million euros ($46.2 million) for Spanish World Cup winner Ferran Torres, a source within the Catalan club told AFP.

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer said Monday it expects higher profits than previously forecast in 2026 after record second-quarter revenues and an all-time high order backlog.

A powerful earthquake rocked Colombia and neighboring Latin American countries on Monday, with medical teams rushing to help victims after buildings were damaged or collapsed in several cities.