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Oct 23, 2025, 02:34 AM ETHarry Kane’s brilliant goal-scoring form means he has beaten a particular landmark of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.Kane scored in Bayern Munich’s 4-0 win against Club Brugge in the Champions League on Wednesday night, tapping in from close range after 14 minutes.It was the England captain’s 20th goal of the season in all competitions, a tally he has now reached faster than Messi or Ronaldo ever managed.Kane has notched 20 goals in his first 12 games of this campaign for Bayern and England.Messi, three times, scored 20 goals in his first 17 games of a…

A Futures-options trader works on the floor at the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., October 17, 2025. Brendan McDermid | ReutersLONDON — European stocks had a positive start on Thursday as investors looked to earnings reports for clues on business activity and confidence in the region.The pan-European Stoxx 600 had gained 0.34% by 3 p.m. in London (10 a.m. ET). The U.K.’s FTSE 100 index added 0.65%, France’s CAC 40 advanced 0.42%, and Italy’s FTSE MIB also saw gains of 0.32%. Germany’s DAX edged lower, however.It’s a busy day…

Joey LynchCloseJoey Lynch is a Melbourne-based sports journalist and AYA cancer advocate. Primarily working on football, he has covered the Socceroos, Matildas and A-Leagues for ESPN for over a decade.Oct 23, 2025, 01:12 AM ETThe West Australian government remains adamant that Perth will host a Serie A match between AC Milan and Como next year, despite the cancellation of a planned fixture between Barcelona and Villarreal in the United States.With the San Siro set to be unavailable due to the Winter Olympics, Italy’s football federation (FIGC) gave the green light for the Rossoneri to stage its Feb. 6 clash with…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tens of millions of red crabs are making their way to the ocean as part of their annual migration on Christmas Island, where a much smaller human population uses leaf blowers and garden rakes to help them on their way.Christmas Island National Park acting manager Alexia Jankowski said Thursday there were up to 200 million of the endemic crabs, also known as Gecarcoidea natalis, on the tiny Australian island territory in the Indian Ocean. Up to 100 million were expected to make their way from their forest burrows to the shoreline where they breed.The start of…

PORTLAND —  Felipe Mora scored two first-half goals, defender Kamal Miller added another in the 82nd minute and the Portland Timbers beat Real Salt Lake 3-1 on Wednesday night in a wild-card match.Portland advances to play Western Conference regular-season champion San Diego in a best-of-three first-round playoff series.Mora opened the scoring in the 24th minute. RSL goalkeeper Rafael Cabral made the initial save of a glancing header off a free kick, but Mora was first to the rebound for shot into the upper corner.It was Mora’s first goal during MLS play since May 3 against San Jose, snapping a 23-game scoreless run.Photo by Soobum Im/Getty ImagesMora made it 2-0 in…

BEELITZ, Germany (AP) — The Klaistow farm near Berlin is hosting its 22nd annual pumpkin festival, where more than 100,000 pumpkins in 500 varieties are displayed across the grounds. The event features giant pumpkin sculptures representing this year’s theme of “powerful women,” paying tribute to inspiring women like Frida Kahlo, Cleopatra and Joan of Arc. ___ A pumpkin sculpture depicting a female symbol associated with strength and unity, is displayed at Klaistow farm’s annual pumpkin festival, which this year celebrates “powerful women,” in Beelitz near Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) A pumpkin sculpture depicting a female…

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian police said Thursday they arrested 57 South Korean nationals over alleged links to an online scam organization in the Southeast Asian country.The arrests happened on Wednesday as police raided a building on the outskirts of the capital, Phnom Penh. Police found 86 people working at the complex, including 57 South Koreans and 29 Chinese, according to a statement Thursday by Cambodia’s Secretariat of the Commission for Combating Online Scams.A visiting group of South Korean lawmakers accompanied the raid. The delegation, led by Kim Seok-ki, arrived in Cambodia on Tuesday as part of an on-site…

BEELITZ, Germany (AP) — The pumpkin is the undisputed star of the show at the Klaistow farm near Berlin.Over 100,000 pumpkins in various shapes and colors are laid out across the farm and on shelves along its winding paths — 500 different varieties from around the world, each labeled with its name and origin. The huge pumpkin festival on the farm 56 kilometers (35 miles) southwest of the German capital, which is now taking place for the 22nd time, has become so popular that it draws up to 12,000 visitors on weekend days and more than 5,000 on weekdays.This year…

Trading on Wall Street was modestly mixed ahead of the opening bell Thursday while crude prices jumped more than 5% after U.S. President Donald Trump announced sanctions on Russian oil giants. Futures for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were each up less than 0.1%, while futures for the Dow Jones industrials inched down about 0.1%.The sanctions against Rosneft and Lukoil are intended to drive Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and help end Moscow’s brutal war on Ukraine. Meanwhile, European Union leaders were holding a summit Thursday, aiming to greenlight still more sanctions against Russia and press ahead…

Oct 22, 2025, 09:04 PM ETThe UEFA Champions League returned with a bang this midweek as Matchday 3 offered plenty to talk about.We had big wins for Arsenal (4-0 vs. Atlético Madrid), Paris Saint-Germain (7-2 at Bayer Leverkusen), PSV Eindhoven (6-2 vs. Napoli), Barcelona (6-1 vs. Olympiacos), Chelsea (5-1 vs. Ajax Amsterdam) and Liverpool (5-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt).We also got drama with Real Madrid squeaking past Juventus 1-0 thanks to a Jude Bellingham winner, and several other big clubs — including Manchester City and Internazionale — collected victories to give the top end of the table a rather predictable look.So,…