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Messi put Argentina ahead in the 35th minute with his third goal at this year's tournament and ninth in total at the World Cup.

Argentina, led by Lionel Messi, advanced to the quarterfinals, keeping its hopes of the first World Cup title since 1986 alive. The "World Cup Now" crew breaks down the chances against the Netherlands.

Australia defender Harry Souttar overcame a World Cup-threatening knee injury and ended up marking Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe at soccer's biggest tournament.

With the U.S. failing to upset the Netherlands, Lionel Messi was the star of the first day of the knockout stage. Here's everything that happened in the World Cup on Saturday.

Lionel Messi put Argentina ahead with his third goal at this year's tournament and ninth in total at the World Cup — one more than Diego Maradona.

Lionel Messi marked his 1,000th professional game with his first goal in the knockout stage of a World Cup to lead into the quarterfinals with a Argentina to a 2-1 win over Australia.

Lionel Messi was pushed into the middle of a joyous post-match huddle as Argentina’s players jumped up and down to celebrate reaching the World Cup quarterfinals. Messi delivered again for his country, marking the 1,000th game of his era-defining career with his first goal in the knockout stage of a World Cup to lead Argentina to a 2-1 win over Australia on Saturday. At the final whistle, Argentina was just as grateful for its goalkeeper as the No. 10 with magic in his boots.

The 2022 World Cup continues with Argentina taking on Australia in the Round of 16 on Saturday. Here are the top plays!

South Korea was the clear winner on the final day of World Cup group play. Here's everything that happened in the tournament on Friday and what to expect Saturday.

Here's how to bet the Argentina-Australia match, from the moneyline, draw and Over/Under total odds.

While the idea of thousands of people coming together for a naked photo shoot may spark a myriad of thoughts about its intention, this gathering on Australia’s Bondi Beach was for a worthy cause.

Defending champion France was stunned 1-0 by Tunisia, while Australia remarkably booked itself a spot in the round of 16 as it ousted European Championship semifinalist Denmark.

The 2022 FIFA World Cup continues Wednesday with Group D action, as Australia takes on Denmark. Here are the top plays!

Here's how to bet the Australia-Denmark match, from the moneyline, draw, and Over/Under total odds.

The legal aid organization that brought the court challenge hailed the ruling as a "momentous" victory for the rule of law.

This is the first time a production J-15 was seen fitted with the locally developed engines.

Canada has won its first Davis Cup tennis title, beating Australia behind victories from Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Soccer's biggest stars came up big for their teams on Saturday. Here's a recap of everything that happened, plus things to watch for on Sunday.

Felix Auger-Aliassime has led Canada to its second ever Davis Cup final after winning both his singles and doubles rubbers in a 2-1 fightback over Italy.

The 2022 FIFA World Cup is in full swing Saturday with France battling Denmark on FS1. Here are the top plays!

Spencer Tunick's latest work on Sydney's famous landmark hopes to raise awareness of skin cancer.

The 2022 FIFA World Cup is in full swing Saturday with Tunisia taking on Australia on FS1. Here are the top plays!

Here's how to bet the Tunisia-Australia match, from the moneyline, draw, and Over/Under total odds.

Underwater gardens, where coral fragments are grown, are among the efforts to help save reefs from climate change.

Here's how to bet the France-Australia match, from the moneyline, draw, Over/Under total odds and expert pick from Doug McIntyre.

Australia are facing an uphill battle to make it out of a tough group headline by France.

The world’s best vocal mimics put human talents to shame.

New research points to a surprising way to stop spillovers of Hendra virus, which is harbored by bats. It's not often that it jumps to horses, then humans, but when it does, the result are brutal.

Valuable 500 conducted a global survey of 3,500 tourists with disabilities to rank the most accessible cities in the world.

Switzerland has won the biggest prize in women’s team tennis for the first time after Belinda Bencic completed a near-perfect tournament by beating Australia’s Alja Tomljanovic in straight sets in the Billie Jean King Cup final.

France and Denmark are the favorites to make it out of Group D at the 2022 World Cup.

Wallace Lee says he feared he was going deaf before the small white object was finally removed.

The mass outbreak started to be detected on the Majestic Princess halfway through its 12-day voyage.

Changes to our planet's shine is just one of the stranger side effects of rising temperatures.

Peter Gerard Scully, known as “Australia’s worst pedophile,” was sentenced to 129 years in prison in the Philippines for child abuse cases, including the rape of an 18-month-old girl. Scully, 59, along with his girlfriend Lovely Margallo and their two accomplices Alexander Lao and Maria Durotiya Chia, entered into a plea-bargaining agreement on Nov. 3 after being charged with 60 offenses, including trafficking, child pornography, child abuse and rape. Judge Ali Joseph Ryan Lloren of the Regional Trial Court Branch 37 of Misamis Oriental found Scully guilty of child abuse, rape, attempted human trafficking, syndicated child pornography and photo and video voyeurism.

Underwater video cameras have recorded over 100 instances of gloomy octopuses hurling silt and shells at one another in Jervis Bay, Australia.

Climate protesters in Australia scrawled graffiti and glued themselves to an Andy Warhol artwork depicting Campbell’s soup cans but didn’t appear to damage the piece because it’s encased in glass

Climate protesters in Australia scrawled graffiti and glued themselves to an Andy Warhol artwork depicting Campbell’s soup cans but didn’t appear to damage the piece because it’s encased in glass.

An extortionist has threatened to make Medibank customer data public within 24 hours after Australia’s largest health insurer refused to pay a ransom for the personal records of almost 10 million current and former customers. Medibank on Monday ruled out paying ransom for the stolen data. “Based on the extensive advice we have received from cybercrime experts, we believe there is only a limited chance paying a ransom would ensure the return of our customers’ data and prevent it from being published,” Medibank CEO David Koczkar said in a statement.

“No, it can’t be,” the student thought to himself when he found the creepy critter.

This week's total lunar eclipse is the last one for three years.

“As if there wasn’t enough things to be scared of in the ocean.”

Australia’s central bank has boosted its benchmark interest rate for a seventh consecutive month to a nine-year high of 2.85%.

Hong Kong customs seized nearly 2 tons of liquid methamphetamine in the city’s biggest-ever meth bust

Some of you are thinking, Ewww, no way. But open your hearts to the truth: spiders are among the most fascinating creatures on earth, and great neighbors to boot (goodbye, mosquitos!). With climate change putting them in danger, they could use a few new friends.

The defending champion United States will face Netherlands in the group stage of the women’s soccer World Cup next summer, setting up an early rematch of the 2019 World Cup final.

Mohammed Shami snared three wickets and had a hand in a run-out in a last-over cameo that helped India to a six-run win over defending champion Australia in a practice match ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup on Monday. It wasn't an official game so the wickets won’t go on his career record, but Shami will get a confidence boost out of the effort in his return from injury. Australia was on 171-4 and needed just 16 from the last 12 balls at the Gabba to win, but lost six wickets in a late collapse to be bowled out for 180 in reply to India's 186-7.

An official has warned that 34,000 homes could be inundated or isolated in Victoria state as a flood emergency continues across parts of Australia’s southeast

Australia may have defeated Fiji in their Rugby League World Cup matchup but players from both squads joined together in song and prayer afterward.

Homes have been flooded in Melbourne and other cities in Australia’s southeast with rivers forecast to remain dangerously high for days.

Delta forecast another profit and revenue above 2019 levels for the last three months of the year.

Flood warnings have been issued, thousands of homes have lost power and a man is missing as heavy rain lashes southeast Australia

Flood warnings have been issued, hundreds of homes have been evacuated, thousands more have lost power and a man is missing as heavy rain lashes southeast Australia.

The 3.5-litre V5 Bentley failed its MOT in 1968 and has languished in a farmer's shed ever since.

DETROIT - It’s been a minute since Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker were together as blink-182. They’ve now reunited for the first time in nearly 10 years and have just announced a huge 2023 world tour. The band will kick off the tour in March for nearly a year through February 2024 with stops in Latin America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Meantime, blink-182 will drop their new single, “Edging,” this Friday. This will mark the first time in a decade the trio has been in the studio together.

The Space Force's space surveillance telescope is permanently relocated to Australia after a few years of testing in the United States.

Tobin was only unmasked after his final victim was found hidden under the floorboards of a church.

Payroll company Deel is looking to hire its first social media nomad to travel around Australia and New Zealand in a campervan.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday it was “hard to say” whether the risk of nuclear war had increased with his military's territorial gains, but he remains confident his Russian counterpart would not survive such as escalation in hostilities. Zelenskyy was addressing the Lowy Institute international think tank in Sydney via video link after Ukraine’s military retook ground illegally annexed by Russia last week. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that he won’t hesitate to use nuclear weapons to ward off Ukraine’s attempt to reclaim control of Moscow-occupied areas.

Health officials are worried about a false sense of security after two milder flu seasons due to COVID precautions.

Naomi Osaka has some life lessons she’d like to share.

Hong Kong's share benchmark has soared more than 5% as Asian shares track gains on Wall Street.

Shylah Rodden, the victim of a horrific rollercoaster accident Sunday in Australia, had walked on the track to retrieve a cell phone, a video posted to social media showed. Rodden, 26, remains in a critical condition at Royal Melbourne Hospital after she walked onto the rollercoaster track at the Royal Melbourne Show on Sunday night and was struck by the coaster. According to news.com.au, Rodden was trying to retrieve a dropped phone from beneath the track when she was struck and dragged 25 feet into the air before falling. Rodden had just learned to walk again after a horrific car crash last year. An eyewitness who unintentionally captured the moment the 26-year-old girl was struck by the rollercoaster said he “hasn’t slept since” after being left traumatized by the incident.

A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart are keenly aware of the legacy of success they are part of with the U.S. women’s basketball team.

Lauren Jackson capped her storied international basketball career with another bronze medal and scored 30 points to lead Australia to a 95-65 win over Canada in the third-place game at the women’s World Cup.

Breanna Stewart scored 17 points and the United States raced out to an early lead to put away Canada 83-43, advancing to the gold-medal game of the World Cup for the fourth consecutive tournament.

Brittney Griner anchored a dominant frontcourt that made the U.S. women’s basketball team the favorites in any international tournament.

Kelsey Plum scored 20 points, Chelsea Gray added 16 and the United States women routed Bosnia and Herzegovina 121-59 to break the team record for consecutive wins at the World Cup.

China is trying to end a 28-year medal drought at the Word Cup since finishing second in the 1994 games.

Ezi Magbegor had 16 points and five blocks to help Australia beat Canada 75-72 in the women’s World Cup.

Brionna Jones had 24 points, A’ja Wilson added 20 and the U.S. used a dominant inside effort for a record performance in a 145-69 win over South Korea in the World Cup.

Croatia and the Netherlands finished warming up for the World Cup in style by winning their last Nations League games to qualify for the Final Four tournament next year.

A’ja Wilson scored 20 points to help the U.S. beat China 77-63 in the women’s World Cup.

Nirra Fields scored 17 points and Shay Colley added 11 to help Canada beat France 59-45 in the women’s basketball World Cup.

Two more whales have died in Australia after a handful that had been refloated a day earlier stranded themselves again.

Kahleah Copper will be chronicling her journey with USA Basketball in the FIBA World Cup in Australia for The Associated Press.

Novak Djokovic is still awaiting word on whether he will be allowed to return to the Australian Open in January after missing the tournament this year because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19.

A day after 230 whales were found stranded on the wild and remote west coast of Australia’s island state of Tasmania, only 35 are still alive despite rescue efforts that were to continue Thursday.

Diamond DeShields will be chronicling her journey with USA Basketball as they prep for and play in the FIBA World Cup in Australia.

There was quite a hairy situation at the U.S. Open.

Nick Kyrgios has eliminated defending U.S. Open champion and No. 1-ranked Daniil Medvedev in the fourth round.

Nick Kyrgios was bothered by what he thought was the smell of marijuana during his match.

The U.N. weather agency is predicting the phenomenon known as La Nina is poised to last through the end of this year, a mysterious “triple dip” — the first this century — caused by three straight years of its effect on climate patterns like drought and flooding worldwide.

LIV Golf has made it official.

Chase Elliott has won the NASCAR Cup pole at Watkins Glen International, edging Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson for the top spot.

Will Power has tied Mario Andretti for the most poles in IndyCar series history.

The U.S. women’s basketball team will have a lot of new faces when the Americans play in the FIBA World Cup next month in Australia.

Airbnb says it's rolling out new technology to spot and block people who try to use the short-term rental service to throw a party.

Novak Djokovic is holding out hope that he’ll be able to compete at the U.S. Open despite not being vaccinated against the coronavirus.

The wait is almost over!

Floodwaters are receding in Sydney and its surrounding area as heavy rain threatens to inundate towns north of Australia’s largest city.

Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia's largest city in a flood emergency that was causing trouble for 50,000 people.

Thousands of residents in Sydney suburbs have been told to evacuate their homes after heavy rains caused floodwaters to rise and rivers to overflow in what authorities call life-threatening emergencies.

Nick Kyrgios capped his first-round victory at Wimbledon by spitting in the direction of a spectator he said was hassling him.

The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship is doubling the size of its purse to $9 million.

Josef Newgarden became the seventh different pole winner through seven IndyCar qualifying sessions this season when he put Team Penske at the front for Sunday’s final Detroit Grand Prix on Belle Isle.

Jin Young Ko never seems to stress.

Scientists have discovered the world's largest plant off the Australia coast — a seagrass meadow that extends underwater.

When China signed a security pact with the Solomon Islands in April it raised concerns from the U.S. and its allies that Beijing may be seeking a military outpost in the South Pacific, an area of traditional American naval dominance.

China’s foreign minister is visiting the remote Pacific nation of Kiribati, where the future of a vast fishing ground is at stake.