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World number one Jannik Sinner on Friday became the first Italian man to reach the US Open final by defeating an ailing Jack Draper in straight sets.

Boeing's problem-plagued Starliner left the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, bound for Earth without astronauts after NASA deemed the risk too great.

England interim manager Lee Carsley does not plan to sing the British national anthem before his first game in charge against Ireland in Dublin on Saturday.

Hundreds of revellers flocked to Vienna's Central Cemetery on Friday to attend a graveyard concert commemorating the famous site's 150th birthday, doing justice to the local expression "Death must be a Viennese".

England captain Harry Kane plans to follow Cristiano Ronaldo's example by extending his career as long as possible.

Italy recovered from conceding inside 13 seconds to fight back and beat France 3-1 in their UEFA Nations League clash in Paris on Friday, while Belgium beat Israel and Wales drew with Turkey.

Jean-Philippe Krasso was the unlikely star as Ivory Coast began their Africa Cup of Nations title defence with a 2-0 matchday one victory over Zambia in Bouake on Friday.

Kevin de Bruyne scored twice as Belgium opened their UEFA Nations League campaign with a 3-1 victory over Israel behind closed doors in Debrecen in Hungary.

Craig Bellamy's reign as Wales manager started with a frustrating 0-0 draw against 10-man Turkey in the Nations League on Friday.

A Pakistani man living in Canada has been arrested on charges of plotting to carry out an attack on Jews in New York City, the US Justice Department said Friday.

Italy recovered from conceding inside 13 seconds to fight back and beat France 3-1 in their UEFA Nations League clash in Paris on Friday, with Federico Dimarco, Davide Frattesi and Giacomo Raspadori all on target.

The United States on Friday warned businesses of growing risks operating in Hong Kong, saying that routine activities could run afoul of the financial hub's new national security regulations.

Alfie Hewett finally got his hands on a Paralympic gold medal and made history to boot as he and Gordon Reid became the first men's wheelchair doubles partnership to complete the career 'Golden Slam' on Friday.

Sentencing for Donald Trump in his New York hush money trial was delayed Friday until after November's election, a win for the Republican as he battles Democrat Kamala Harris in the knife-edge White House race.

Lee Carsley insists he is "proud" to return to Ireland as England's interim manager and has no fears about the potential hostile reception awaiting Declan Rice and Jack Grealish.

Several NFL players will take advantage of a new rule allowing an extra layer of padding to be worn over helmets in regular-season games when their clubs open the season on Sunday.

Four white coffins -- one slightly smaller than the others -- were placed into a family grave in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Friday.

Brazilian music legend Sergio Mendes, who helped catapult bossa nova onto the global stage in the 1960s with hits including "Mas Que Nada," died in Los Angeles at the age of 83, his family said Friday.

A Turkish-American woman was shot dead Friday while demonstrating against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank town of Beita, where the army acknowledged opening fire.

US First Lady Jill Biden called for the protection of "freedoms" Friday during a "get out the vote" march that opened New York Fashion Week.

Mexico's outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday warned the Supreme Court against blocking his controversial judicial reforms, saying it would be a "flagrant violation" of the constitution.

England fast bowler Mark Wood has been ruled out for the rest of the year following a right elbow injury, team management said Friday.

Hunter Woodhall, the double amputee sprinter who is one half an Olympic-Paralympic power couple, charged to gold in the 400m on Friday while British cyclist Sarah Storey won the 19th title of her career.

When Canadian writer Durga Chew-Bose was asked to pen a new film adaptation of Francoise Sagan's hit 1954 coming-of-age novel "Bonjour Tristesse," she jumped at the chance, even going beyond the page to offer costume and music advice.

Josh Inglis's record-breaking century laid the platform for Australia's 70 run-hammering of Scotland in Edinburgh on Friday as they took an unassailable 2-0 lead in a three-match Twenty20 series.

Ukraine's Lyudmyla Kichenok became a Grand Slam champion at the US Open on Friday, just two days after cancelling her wedding.

Josh Inglis struck a quickfire century as Australia hammered Scotland by 70 runs in Edinburgh on Friday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in a three-match Twenty20 series.

Estonian driver Ott Tanak led a Hyundai 1-2-3 on the first full day of the Acropolis Rally, the tenth event in the World Rally Championship, taking a 21.8 second lead over Dani Sordo on Friday.

Hunter Woodhall, the double amputee sprinter who is one half of a Paralympic-Olympic power couple, produced an inspired run to win gold in the T62 400 metres at the Paris Games on Friday.

Seventeen boys were confirmed dead and 70 missing after a fire tore through a primary school dormitory in central Kenya, officials said Friday, leaving distraught relatives desperate for news of their loved ones.

Sentencing of Donald Trump in his New York hush money trial was delayed Friday until after November's presidential election, a win for the Republican as he battles Democrat Kamala Harris in the knife-edge race.

"Definitely Maybe", the debut studio album by Oasis, topped the UK charts again on Friday, 30 years after its original release and fresh from the British music legends announcing a reunion tour.