Barcelona fell to their first defeat in La Liga under new coach Ronald Koeman as they lost 1-0 at Getafe Saturday, hours after champions Real Madrid slipped to a shock 1-0 defeat at home to promoted Cadiz. Getafe forward Jaime Mata sent Barca goalkeeper Neto the wrong way from the...

Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Mueller both scored twice as Bayern Munich banished their early-season blues with a thumping 4-1 win over Bundesliga minnows Arminia Bielefeld Saturday. Treble winners Bayern started the day in mid-table following a shock defeat to Hoffenheim last month, but...

Jacinda Ardern turned speaking from the heart and smiling through adversity into a winning formula for a blowout re-election as New Zealand’s leader on Saturday. Now Ardern, who made a name for herself by crushing COVID-19 in the country and healing the nation after a massacre of Muslims...

Global coronavirus cases rose by more than 400,000 for the first time late on Friday, a record one-day increase as much of Europe enacts new restrictions to curb the outbreak. Europe, which successfully tamped down the first surge of infections, has emerged as the new coronavirus epicentre...