Dominic Martin, who had surrendered to police claiming responsibility for the blasts at a Christian prayer meet three days ago, was described as a 'brilliant mind' by investigating officers.
American Todd Martin announced his retirement after losing to Fabrice Santoro of France in the first round of the U.S. Open on Monday.
Germany forward Deniz Undav scored two first-half goals in six minutes to guide them to a 2-1 victory over Bosnia on Friday and keep them top of their Nations League group.
Formula One world champion Max Verstappen took pole position for a third straight year at the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday, with Sergio Perez qualifying a close second to ensure a Red Bull front-row lockout.
Jude Bellingham rescued England from crashing out of Euro 2024 against Slovakia on Sunday with a stunning 95th-minute equaliser before Harry Kane's early extra-time winner sent the sub-par pre-tournament favourites into the quarter-finals.
Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia won the season-ending Valencia Grand Prix on Sunday to claim a second straight MotoGP World Championship after closest contender Jorge Martin crashed out following a collision with Marc Marquez.
IMAGES from the Champions League matches played on Tuesday.
A brilliantly-worked goal by Ryan Christie and a Justin Kluivert penalty gave Bournemouth shock 2-0 Premier League win at home to 10-man Arsenal.
Verstappen took pole position for the Saudi Arabian Formula One Grand Prix on Friday with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc qualifying alongside on the front row.
Belgium came close again when a goalmouth scramble ended with substitute Johan Bakayoko shooting for what seemed a certain goal, only for Slovakia defender David Hancko to clear the ball off the line.
Rafael Nadal last appeared in a semi-final at Wimbledon in 2022.
Two goals from Luis Diaz and one from Mohamed Salah helped Liverpool stroll to a 3-0 victory at Manchester United.
'Competing for Britain has been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and I'm extremely proud to get to do it one final time'
A first-half penalty earned Lille a shock 1-0 home victory over holders Real Madrid in the Champions League group phase on Wednesday.
Greece beat England for the first time as striker Vangelis Pavlidis's double earned the visitors a richly-deserved 2-1 victory.
Fifties from Heinrich Klassen, Abhishek Sharma, and Travis Head tore the Mumbai Indians bowling attack apart as SunRisers Hyderabad registered the highest score in IPL history.
Real Madrid fought back from two goals down as Vinicius Jr grabbed a hat-trick in a thrilling 5-2 win over visitors Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League.
Rich tributes were paid to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr across the United States on Monday even as there were protests over the deaths of unarmed black men and boys at the hands of police around the country.
Formula One outfit Red Bull and British luxury carmaker Aston Martin have announced a technology partnership to build an Aston Martin-branded supercar. Red Bull's chief designer Adrian Newey will work with Aston Martin's design boss Marek Reichman on the car, dubbed Project AM-RB-001, Red Bull said on Thursday. "This is a very exciting project for everyone at Red Bull Racing," team principal Christian Horner said in a statement
Lewis Hamilton shed pent-up tears of joy after ending a 945-day wait for a win with a record ninth British Grand Prix victory in front of his home fans on Sunday.
Cricket, time travel, artificial intelligence, haunted homes, World War II -- it's all there on OTT this week.
A look at the pictures.
The 35-year-old is judo's most decorated athlete at the Olympics with six medals.
New Zealand fast bowler Chris Martin, the third highest wicket taker for the country in Tests, has retired from all forms of cricket at the age of 38.
Sift shot 452.9 and missed silver by an agonising 0.1 to China's Han Jiayu, the reigning air rifle women's world champion.
Lando Norris put McLaren on pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday
Roundup of the matches being held across major football leagues in Europe on Sunday
Aseem Chhabra's Top 10 Films/ Series from TIFF 2024 includes films that he watched for the first time in Toronto. The films were impressive due to their rigor, passion, unique storytelling style and sometimes exploring the vulnerable sides of big name stars.
Spain's Pablo Martin took his second European Tour victory when he defeated South African Charl Schwartzel by one stroke to win the Alfred Dunhill Championship on Sunday.
The former Miss Universe wrote a heartfelt note cherishing the good times.
Robert Lewandowski's brace earned depleted Barcelona a 2-1 comeback win at Valencia
'You have to tear it all down if you want to build something new tomorrow.'
George Russell led Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes front-row lockout in qualifying for the British Grand Prix on Saturday with McLaren's Lando Norris completing a rare one-two-three of home drivers.
kshdeep Singh and Priyanka Goswami qualified for Paris Olympics by virtue of their 18th place finish at the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's goal of making India a high-income economy by 2047 is unlikely to be achieved, but the country should become an upper middle-income nation by then, Financial Times chief economics commentator Martin Wolf said on Friday. Wolf further said that India would also become a superpower by 2047. "India wishes to become a high-income country by 2047.
Red Bull are concerned about their constructors' title defence being weakened at a time when McLaren are emerging as a threat
Ducati's Enea Bastianini claimed his first race victory of the season when he won the Malaysian Grand Prix ahead of Gresini's Alex Marquez on Sunday, while Jorge Martin failed to close the gap on championship leader Francesco Bagnaia.
Barcelona made a disappointing start to their Champions League campaign by losing 2-1 to AS Monaco on Thursday.
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