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PARIS (Reuters) -Political upheaval in France won't affect preparations for the Olympic Summer Games, IOC President Thomas Bach said on Monday after President Emmanuel Macron...

By Shrivathsa Sridhar PARIS (Reuters) -Iga Swiatek produced a ruthless performance to crush 12th seed Jasmine Paolini on Saturday and win a third straight French Open crown and...

By Michael Blake and Brad Brooks SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) -Japanese baseball great Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter pleaded guilty on Tuesday to stealing nearly $17...

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - How does it feel for Mick Jagger to be back on tour singing, dancing and strutting across stadium concert stages at 80 years old? "Like...

(Reuters) - Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ramped up preparations for a title defence at this year's Paris Games by running a world-leading time of 52.70 seconds on...

(Reuters) - Simone Biles got her bid for a record-extending ninth all-around title at the U.S. championships off to a sensational start on Friday, piling up 60.45 points to take a...

(Reuters) -Bruhat Soma, a 12-year-old from Tampa, Florida, won the 96th Scripps National Spelling Bee in a spell-off on Thursday, correctly spelling 29 words in 90 seconds...

By Frank Pingue (Reuters) -Charges against world number one golfer Scottie Scheffler stemming from his arrest before the second round of the PGA Championship in Louisville,...

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Bill Walton, a two-time NBA champion and member of the basketball Hall of Fame, whose brilliant but injury-riddled career led to a second act as a...

(Reuters) - Twice PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray's death on Saturday at the age of 30 was by suicide, his parents said on Sunday. American Murray's death came a day after he...

By Rich McKay (Reuters) -Richard Sherman, 95, a man behind famed Disney songs that delighted generations, such as "It's a Small World (After all)" and Mary Poppins' songs...

(Reuters) - Two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray died on Saturday, a day after withdrawing from the Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas, the PGA said in...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -American rapper Nicki Minaj on Saturday cancelled a show in Manchester, England, after she said she was held by police at Amsterdam Schiphol airport on...

By Miranda Murray and Hanna Rantala CANNES, France (Reuters) -"Anora," a darkly funny and touching drama about a young exotic dancer who becomes involved with a Russian oligarch's...

By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - A New Mexico judge on Friday rejected Alec Baldwin's bid to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge for the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna...

By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - On Oct. 21, 2021 a Colt Single Action Army Revolver actor Alec Baldwin was using to set up a camera shot on the movie "Rust" fired a live round that...

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Tennessee's attorney general said on Thursday that his office was investigating a company's effort to auction off Graceland, singer Elvis Presley's...

(Reuters) -The officer who arrested world number one golfer Scottie Scheffler last week has been disciplined for not activating his body-worn camera during the incident,...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Cassie Ventura, ex-girlfriend of rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, on Thursday publicly thanked the people who supported her after the...

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - The company that had intended to auction off Graceland, singer Elvis Presley's iconic mansion in Memphis, abandoned its plan on Wednesday after a...

(Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to launch inquiries...

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles homicide detectives and federal agents are investigating how "Friends" star Matthew Perry obtained the high dose of the...

By Katharine Jackson (Reuters) - Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs posted an apology to social media on Sunday, two days after the release of hotel surveillance video that appeared...

By Bill Trott (Reuters) - Dabney Coleman, a character actor who brought a glorious touch of smarm to the screen in playing comedic villains, mean-spirited bosses and outright...

By Frank Pingue (Reuters) -World number one Scottie Scheffler was arrested and charged with the assault of a police officer in what he called a "chaotic situation" before being...

By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - A New Mexico judge was expected to rule on Friday whether to throw out the involuntary manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin in the 2021 shooting...

By Eduardo Munoz NEW YORK (Reuters) - A miniature poodle named Sage was crowned "Best in Show" on Tuesday at the 148th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, fetching the grand...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Journalist Gayle King, plus-sized model Hunter McGrady and returning stars Chrissy Teigen and Kate Upton pose on separate covers unveiled on Tuesday for...

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) -Switzerland on Saturday won the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Swedish host city Malmo, beating runner-up Croatia, after...

MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Swiss artist Nemo won the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, beating 24 rivals with the song "The Code", while Israel's Eden Golan...

By Iain Axon (Reuters) - Some athletes have lost trust in world anti-doping agency WADA after the body's handling of failed drug tests in Chinese swimming, according to Team USA...

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Japanese baseball great Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges he fraudulently wired nearly $17...

By Clotaire Achi and Julien Pretot MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - The Olympic flame landed on French soil amid tight security on Wednesday, firing the starting gun on a summer...

By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) - Oscar-winning U.S. actor Kevin Spacey on Tuesday overturned a London court ruling which effectively found him liable for an alleged sexual assault...

By Ben Kellerman NEW YORK (Reuters) - Zendaya wore a dark blue gown adorned with grape clusters and Lana Del Rey donned a dramatic headpiece with tree branches, two of the...