late Cristiano Ronaldo free kick and a last-second Alvaro Morata goal helped Real Madrid earn a comeback 2-1 win in their 2016-17 Champions League opener against a very impressive Sporting Lisbon side on Wednesday night at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. When it looked as if Sporting would...

Israeli warplanes on Tuesday night struck several Syrian artillery batteries in ostensible retaliation for rockets fired earlier from Syrian territory into northern Israel, the Israeli military has said. In a statement, the army said Israeli warplanes had targeted artillery batteries...

Turkey appointed new administrators in two dozen Kurdish-run municipalities on Sunday after removing their elected mayors over suspected links to militants, triggering pockets of protest in its volatile southeastern region bordering Syria and Iraq. Police fired water cannon and tear gas to...

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-secretary general Jerome Valcke, already banned from soccer for ethics violations, are facing a fresh investigation over the salaries and bonuses they received in office. In a separate decision, former FIFA vice-president Jeffrey Webb was given a...