SYDNEY (AFP) -- Colombia's run to the Women's World Cup quarterfinals may have taken many by surprise, but for coach Nelson Abadia it is the product of years of building. Colombia's defender Monica Ramos (second to the left) and teammates celebrate at the end of the Australia and New Zealand 2023...
GLASGOW (AFP) -- The teenage son of British cycling great Bradley Wiggins hopes he can forge a track career independent of his famous father. Ben Wiggins on the Champs Elyszees with his father Bradley in 2012. (AFP) Many a competitor has followed a well-known parent into the same sport but without...
TOKYO (AFP) -- Hinata Miyazawa had never been prolific for club or country before the Women's World Cup -- now she is the tournament's leading scorer and spearheading Japan's surprise title charge. Japan's midfielder Hinata Miyazawa (center) celebrates with her teammates after scoring her team's...
Kevin Tan, CEO of Alliance Global Group, parent company of Megaworld Corporation graced the opening of The Whisky Library's only branch at Newport World Resorts Whiskies, cigars, and intrigue await at the intimate ambience of The Whisky Library. Last July, Newport World Resorts’ officially...
SYDNEY, Australia - Australia could be a testing ground for US hypersonic and other long-range precision weapons under the AUKUS pact, a top Pentagon official told AFP on Wednesday. US Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth said Australia's contribution to the three-way AUKUS agreement, which...
TOKYO, Japan - Japan's second-oldest museum has raised $3.4 million through crowdfunding after reportedly being denied additional financial support to cover soaring utility bills to preserve its collection of animal and plant specimens. More than 30,000 people have donated a total of 480...
MOSCOW, Russia - An explosion at a Russian factory outside the capital Moscow on Wednesday has injured at least 52 people, the region's governor said. Officials in the city of Sergiyev Posad, some 35 miles (56 km) north-east of the capital, said the blast occurred at a plant that produced...
MOSCOW, Russia - Moscow accused Poland and Finland of threatening its security on Wednesday and vowed a response to multiplying "threats" on Russia's western frontier from NATO members. Poland, Ukraine's staunch ally and neighbour, has strengthened security on its border with Belarus after...
MADRID, Spain - Temperatures are expected to hit 44 degrees Centigrade (111 Fahrenheit) in Spain and Portugal on Wednesday as the two countries boil under their third heatwave of the summer. With huge forest fires raging across southern Portugal for the fifth successive day, Spain's weather...
AUCKLAND (AFP) -- The World Cup in Australia and New Zealand has showcased the strides made in women's football on the field in recent years -- while exposing the lack of woman coaches at all levels of the sport. England's coach Sarina Wiegman-Glotzbach looks on during the Australia and New Zealand...
It may have been short-lived, but the partnership between Alen Stajcic and the Philippine women's national football team has now become an important piece in the country's sporting history. The Australian mentor, who has decided to move back to Australia to call the shots for pro men's football...
Filipinas goalkeeper Olivia McDaniel and the rest of the team are looking forward to their Asian Games call-up following a promising World Cup debut. The job for the Philippine women's national football team this year is not even nearly over yet as it eyes to win the Asiad this September in...
