A French court has found 18 defendants guilty in a migrant-smuggling trial linked to the perilous English Channel route from France to the U.K. One of the ringleaders, from Iraq, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison and fined $218,000.

Lauren Betts had 18 points and four blocks as No. 5 UCLA beat No. 17 Louisville 66-59 in the second match of a season-opening doubleheader in France.

Leonardo DiCaprio is endorsing Kamala Harris for president.

Inside Bordeaux’s training complex a giant map shows every soccer club it has ever faced in European competition, including AC Milan, Bayern Munich and Juventus.

France’s government is defending its decision to bar Israeli companies supplying the wars in the Middle East from exhibiting at an upcoming trade fair outside Paris.

Hundreds have gathered in London’s Kensington Gardens to mourn Liam Payne as fans around the world grieved for the One Direction singer who died this past week.

The reigning NBA rookie of the year.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti says Kylian Mbappé “is not affected” by the Swedish media reports this week that said the France captain was the subject of a rape investigation.

Forward Trinity Rodman will miss a trio of upcoming matches for the U.S. women’s national soccer team as she continues to recover from a back injury.

Scientists now know what the head of the biggest bug to ever crawl the Earth looks like.

A rare, bright comet will be visible in October, clear skies permitting.

France’s minority government has survived a no-confidence vote, two weeks after taking office, getting over the first hurdle placed by left-wing lawmakers to bring down new conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier.

Two days after starting out seventh-ranked Taylor Fritz and 10th-ranked Grigor Dimitrov have finally completed their second-round matches at the Shanghai Masters.

Gymnastics star Simone Biles is giving the men's side of the sport a welcome boost.

Kylian Mbappé came off the bench but could not stop defending champion Real Madrid losing 1-0 at unheralded Lille in the revamped Champions League.

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier says he has postponed a provincial election in the restive Pacific territory of New Caledonia.

Stephen Curry got the question and didn’t even have to think about the answer.

Hundreds of people have marched in Paris in support of the right to abortion for women across the world.

It will be years before the European Space Agency can send one of its astronauts to the moon, but the agency says it’s time to start practicing as it opened a facility in Germany that will let astronauts train in conditions like those on the lunar surface.

The trial of dozens of men accused of raping an unconscious woman whose husband repeatedly drugged her has highlighted the difficulties that sexual violence victims can face in France.

American writers Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

The French woman who was allegedly drugged by her now ex-husband and raped by dozens of men while unconscious is becoming a symbol of the nation's fight against sexual violence.

France's counterterrorism prosecutor says authorities foiled three plots to attack the Olympic Games in Paris and other cities that hosted events this summer.

Some Paralympians live with a disability all their lives.

A person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press that star point guard Jamal Murray has agreed to a four-year, $208 million maximum contract extension with the Denver Nuggets.

France has defeated Argentina 3-2 on penalties under the lights of the Eiffel Tower for the gold medal in blind football on the penultimate day of the Paralympic Games.

United States Women’s head coach Emma Hayes says there is much work to be done before female managers are given a chance in men’s soccer.

A woman who was allegedly drugged by her now ex-husband so that she could be raped while unconscious by other men has testified in a court in France about her yearslong ordeal.

The deaths of a dozen migrants on the English Channel hasn't stopped more boats from attempting to cross from France to the U.K. Associated Press journalists watched a crowded boat make its way through the sea on Wednesday as French patrol boats monitored and crew threw life vests.

Ella Sabljak helped Australia win the bronze medal in wheelchair rugby at the Paris Paralympics then turned her thoughts to growing the sport.

Global shares are mixed in cautious trading ahead of the Labor Day holiday in the U.S. Investors also are looking ahead to the U.S. employment report set for release later this week for an indication of the strength of the American economy.

Paralympics organizers say triathlon competitions in Paris scheduled for Sunday have been postponed because of concerns about water quality in the Seine River after heavy rainfall.

Minority athletes don’t just bear their countries’ hopes for gold at the Olympics and Paralympics.

South Korean shooter Jinho Park completed a full set of Paralympic medals after winning the men’s 10-meter air rifle standing SH1 final in Paris.

After struggling to drum up interest following its Cannes Film Festival premiere, “The Apprentice,” starring Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump, has found a distributor that plans to release the film shortly before the election in November.

At the Paralympic Games in Paris, women are blazing trails in the roughest of sports — mixed-gender but male-dominated wheelchair rugby.

Concerns over water quality in the Seine River have resurfaced at the Paralympic Games with organizers changing the schedule for para triathlon races.

Stephen Curry has signed a one-year extension with the Golden State Warriors for the 2026-27 season, one in which the NBA’s all-time 3-point leader and Olympic gold medalist will earn nearly $63 million.

Over more than a decade, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram has amassed various different citizenships.

The Paralympic flag was raised into the night sky as Paris celebrated the start of its second Olympics on Wednesday.

The combo of Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner has become the face of the Phoenix Mercury over a dozen seasons.

French performer Barbara Butch carried the Paralympic torch on Sunday evening in an act of defiance after being targeted by hate speech over her appearance in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.

Armand Duplantis has broken the world record in the pole vault again.

Novak Djokovic says he understands why Jannik Sinner’s lack of a suspension despite two positive drug tests has some tennis players questioning whether there’s a double standard in the sport.

The Paris Paralympics flame has been lit in the British village of Stoke Mandeville, widely considered the birthplace of the Paralympic Games.

WNBA players would like more of a break after the All-Star Game and Olympics before league play resumes.

How old does your child have to be to board a flight unaccompanied?

Tamirat Tola and Hellen Obiri will look to defend their New York City Marathon titles this November.

The Directors Guild will pay tribute to Francis Ford Coppola at its 25th DGA Honors in October.

Polish rider Kasia Niewiadoma has done just enough in a thrilling battle with Demi Vollering on the iconic Alpe d’Huez to win the women’s Tour de France by four seconds overall.

The U.S. women’s soccer team has returned to the top of the FIFA world rankings after winning gold last weekend at the Paris Olympics.

American gymnast Jordan Chiles called an arbitration panel’s decision that she must return the bronze medal she was awarded in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics “unjust” and a “significant blow” in a message she posted on social media.

Boston will get its championship rings on Oct. 22, and the rival New York Knicks will be there for the celebration.

Police in Barcelona have detained a fourth man accused of participating in the stabbing of the father of 17-year-old Spain soccer star Lamine Yamal.

Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia says the father of 17-year-old Spain soccer star Lamine Yamal has been hospitalized after being stabbed near Barcelona.

The doping case involving U.S. sprinter Erriyon Knighton’s claims of eating contaminated meat is being appealed and will be sent to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Kylian Mbappé appears ready to make his debut for Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup against Atalanta on Wednesday.

Several Houston-area Olympians are returning home Monday at Bust Intercontinental Airport where they will be greeted by family, friends and supporters from the community.

The on-again, off-again relationship between the Olympics and baseball is heading toward another reconciliation in 2028.

Parisian singer-model Yseult was the final act to perform during the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics on Sunday.

Snoop Dogg brought out Dr. Dre, Billie Eilish and Red Hot Chili Peppers all performed from a California beachside during the handover to the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

A’ja Wilson scored 21 points and the U.S. survived the biggest challenge of its unprecedented run to eight straight gold medals with a 67-66 win over France on Sunday.

The French lawyer for Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif has filed a legal complaint in France for online harassment.

Stephen Curry had only five 3-pointers in his first four games of the Olympics combined.

A flying autonomous taxi has held a test flight over the former royal palace of Versailles to mark the last day of the Paris Olympics.

Thousands of amateur runners got a chance to run like an Olympian in Paris.

During the 2024 Olympics, crowds from Paris to Tahiti have surprised even themselves with their enthusiasm for two and a half weeks of sports.

Grant Hill will be back for another stint as managing director of the U.S. senior men's national basketball team.

Stephen Curry was thinking about this two years ago, after winning his fourth NBA title.

Rai Benjamin has held off Letsile Tebogo on the anchor leg to give the United States men gold medal and an Olympic record in the men’s 4x400-meter relay at the Paris Games.

The chocolate muffins from the bakery in the Olympic village where athletes stay have gone viral on social media.

The U.S. women’s soccer team has won its fifth Olympic gold medal by beating Brazil 1-0 in the final at the Paris Games.

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Cao Yuan has defended his title in the men’s 10-meter platform to give China an unprecedented sweep of the diving gold medals at the Paris Olympics.

Prosecutors in France say Travis Scott, the rapper, has been released from police custody a day after his arrest at a Paris hotel following an altercation with a security guard.

Crowds of women have shown up at Imane Khelif’s fights during the Paris Olympics to rally around the Algerian boxer as she faces online abuse over misconceptions about her sex.

American sprint star Sha'Carri Richardson has her first Olympic gold.

Four-time U.S. Olympians Matt Anderson and David Smith are medalists once more.

Paris Olympics organizers have issued health recommendations, but no restrictions, for dozens of athletes who tested positive for COVID-19 during the Games.

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Water quality data used by Paris Olympics organizers shows that bacteria levels in the Seine River were within acceptable levels on the days that athletes swam in the famed waterway.

It’s a game the French wanted.

French prosecutors say rapper Travis Scott has been arrested at a Paris hotel after an altercation with a security guard.

Noah Lyles said he tested positive for COVID two days before he finished third in the 200-meter final at the Paris Olympics on Thursday night.

The Netherlands has won gold in men’s field hockey after beating Germany 2-1 in a shootout in the final at the Paris Olympics.

What would it take to convince you to pack up your life in Houston and relocate to a medieval French village that even most people in France have never heard of? That’s exactly what the Willick family did when they left H-Town three years ago.

Someone is going to have a very difficult task on Saturday.

Guerschon Yabusele scored 17 points and France beat Germany 73-69 to advance to the men’s Olympic basketball gold medal game.

For the seven athletes competing for Haiti, participating in the Paris Games has always been about more than just winning gold.

Paris is getting a colorful splash of Olympic creative spirit with nearly 30 vibrant street art pieces, popping up at bustling metro stations and airports and in front of city hall.

China is trying to fight fire with fire in the face of persistent doping allegations that have dogged its swimmers at the Paris Olympics.

Sha’Carri Richardson bailed out the U.S. women out from near collapse in the Olympic 4x100 relay, overcoming a German runner in the anchor leg to help the Americans move to the gold-medal race.

Who was that masked person.

Jamaica is known for producing elite sprinters such as Usain Bolt.

Coco Gauff, Novak Djokovic and other players at the U.S. Open will be playing for a record total of $75 million in compensation at the year’s last Grand Slam tennis tournament.

Prosecutors said Wednesday that a member of the Australian Olympic field hockey team was given a criminal warning in Paris after trying to buy cocaine, allowing him to be released from custody.

Pushing and shoving and crashes on the track.

World records are getting shattered in track cycling at the Olympic velodrome.

A Chinese woman has been detained for allegedly slandering others on social media in a crackdown on what Chinese authorities see as harmful negativity during the Olympics from super-zealous fans and online fan clubs.

Olympic open water swimmers have trained in the long-polluted Seine River after Paris organizers determined it was safe to dive in.