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Rory McIlroy was forced to halt his practice round at Aronimink on Tuesday ahead of the PGA Championship due to a blister on his right pinky toe.

Pep Guardiola says teams must "do better" if they want to avoid VAR controversies.

Favourites Finland made it through the first Eurovision semi-final on Tuesday alongside Israel, whose participation saw five countries boycott the world's biggest live televised music event.

Justin Rose says he feels re-energized after another difficult Masters loss, entering this week's PGA Championship with new vitality and mental sharpness.

Elon Musk was obsessed with trying to control OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company's CEO Sam Altman said Tuesday at a blockbuster trial pitting some of the world's wealthiest tech titans against each other.

Iran's chief negotiator said Tuesday that Washington must accept Tehran's latest peace plan or face failure, after US President Donald Trump warned the truce in the Middle East war was on the brink of collapse.

Honduran police on Tuesday arrested a former mayor accused of masterminding the 2024 murder of an environmental activist who opposed a strip mine in a nature reserve.

Comedian Conan O'Brien will return for the third straight time to host the Oscars in 2027, organizers announced Tuesday.

Oil prices rallied and stock markets mostly fell Tuesday as markets digested the lack of progress towards Middle East peace and awaited a US-China summit.

Top-ranked defending champion Scottie Scheffler has turned "bittersweet" feelings over three consecutive runner-up finishes into inspiration ahead of this week's PGA Championship.

The Los Angeles Lakers would be thrilled to have LeBron James back if the superstar opts to play a 24th NBA season but plan to start building around Luka Doncic, general manager Rob Pelinka said Tuesday.

Elon Musk was obsessed with trying to control OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company's CEO Sam Altman said Tuesday at a blockbuster trial pitting some of the world's wealthiest tech titans against each other.

A US federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily paused a ruling declaring President Donald Trump's global 10-percent tariffs illegal, granting a government request to suspend the decision pending appeal.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio was heading Tuesday to Beijing with President Donald Trump despite being under Chinese sanctions -- a breakthrough apparently made possible after China changed his name's transliteration.

The Eurovision semi-finals kicked off Tuesday amid blasts of dry ice and jets of flame with Israel waiting in the wings, its participation triggering the song contest's biggest-ever political boycott.

Celebrities from Demi Moore to "The Lord of the Rings" star Elijah Wood headed up the red carpet for the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, where the impact of AI and the absence of Hollywood studios are major talking points.

Top-ranked defending champion Scottie Scheffler will tee off alongside England's Justin Rose and Matt Fitzpatrick when the 108th PGA Championship begins on Thursday at Aronimink.

Donald Trump was due in Beijing Wednesday on the first visit to China by a US president in nearly a decade, as he seeks to ramp up trade despite potential friction over Taiwan and Iran.

Referees' chief Howard Webb has said disallowing what would have been a key West Ham equaliser during Sunday's 1-0 defeat by Arsenal was a "categorically" correct decision and "a good use of VAR".

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday launched a new plan to combat organized crime as he faces mounting pressure over security, five months ahead of elections.

Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke, 29, has died, the NBA team said in a statement on Tuesday.

Two-time major winner Collin Morikawa is still battling back issues as Thursday's start of the PGA Championship looms at Aronimink.

Houston is turning the Texans' NFL stadium into a natural-grass pitch, shielding its streets from punishing heat and preparing its transit police force to respond in 50 languages during the World Cup.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday his US Food and Drug Administration chief, Marty Makary, is leaving his post, a departure that follows weeks of political tumult at the powerful agency.

South Africa's Kagiso Rabada led an inspired pace attack to power Gujarat Titans to the top of the IPL table with an 82-run thrashing of Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Russia on Tuesday called for the immediate closure of the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia the day after German diplomat Christian Schmidt resigned from the post.

South Africa's Kagiso Rabada led an inspired pace attack to power Gujarat Titans to the top of the IPL table with an 82-run thrashing of Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Kevin Warsh, the incoming chair of the US Federal Reserve, will return to the central bank with an ambitious reform agenda and the looming threat of intimidation by the man who nominated him: US President Donald Trump.

Former Georgia rugby captain Merab Sharikadze has been banned for 11 years over his role in a urine-swap scheme that helped several of his national teammates to cheat anti-doping tests.

Argentina's city "at the end of the world," Ushuaia, the jump-off point for expeditions to the Antarctic, is laboring under suspicion of being the source of the deadly hantavirus outbreak that killed three cruise ship passengers.

The Pentagon said Tuesday the cost of the war with Iran had climbed to nearly $29 billion, as President Donald Trump faced mounting scrutiny over the conflict and its impact on US military readiness.

Dozens of preening peacocks looking for love have colonised a seaside village in Italy, strutting their stuff for the ladies but infuriating human residents with their spring mating season screams.