Underdogs Finland stunned 32-times champions the United States on Saturday to seal their place in the Davis Cup quarter-finals for the first time, while the Czech Republic, Canada and Australia all advanced.

Sri Lanka spinner Maheesh Theekshana will miss the Asia Cup final against India after sustaining a hamstring injury during their win over Pakistan, the country’s cricket board (SLC) said.

Lee made landfall as a post-tropical cyclone packing hurricane-force winds in a far western part of Canada’s Nova Scotia province on Saturday.

A one-year-old infant has become the latest drowning victim.

American Christian Coleman stunned world champion Noah Lyles to win the men’s 100 metres at the Diamond League final in Eugene, Oregon as Jamaican Shericka Jackson took the women’s sprint title.

Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad has praised contestants who participated at the Tebara Festival for forging unity.

Waste Recyclers Fiji Limited and Pacific Recycling Foundation Founder Amitesh Deo says people need to move away from the mindset that they will just litter as someone else picks it up.

A 28-year-old man has been charged for the alleged murder of an elderly woman in Koronivia.

Ireland lay down a marker with an eight-try win against Tonga in Pool B in Nantes.

Fourteen people on a small jet died when the plane crashed in Brazil’s northern Amazonas state on Saturday, the state’s governor said.

In the Rooster/Scoops Chicken Premier Ice Cream Battle of the Giant semi-finals, unexpected and thrilling results unfolded.

Samoa made a slow start before outclassing World Cup debutants Chile 43-10 with backline craft and forward power to get their Pool D campaign off to a winning start.