Losing power was like being “hit by a fist”, Australia’s first female prime minister Julia Gillard said Saturday, recounting the pain of being dumped by her party.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that Gareth Bale will make his long awaited debut for the club against Villarreal on Saturday night.

Test fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and three other players have been found guilty of spot fixing during the Indian Premier League (IPL) by an internal probe conducted by the national cricket board, a report said on Friday.

A judge sentenced four men to death Friday for the fatal gang rape of an Indian student on a bus last December, triggering applause inside the packed courtroom.

Washington is not prepared to trust the word of the Syrian regime alone that it will rid itself of chemical weapons, US secretary of state John Kerry said Thursday.

A 12-year-old Indian rollerskating fanatic and a skateboarding goat were among the record-breakers who made it into the 2014 edition of the Guinness World Records, released on Thursday.

Mexico are wrestling with the humiliating prospect of missing football’s World Cup finals for the first time in a quarter century with only two qualifiers left to reverse their fortunes.

World no. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia will play against the 41st-ranked Canadian Vasek Pospisil in the opening match of the Davis Cup semi-final showdown on Friday in Belgrade.

Fighting, biting, alleged cheating and an extraordinary on-pitch protest have cast a shadow over China’s National Games and prompted renewed accusations that the quest for medals in the domestic showcase is motivated mainly by greed.

Left-arm fast bowler Brian Vitori took his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket on Thursday, as Zimbabwe secured a 64-run first innings lead over Pakistan on the third day of the second Test at Harare Sports Club.