- Chad hunts attackers after 40 killed in Boko Haram raid
- Oil prices tumble, global stocks rise as Iran fears ease
- Verstappen controversy, Hamilton happy - Mexico Grand Prix talking points
- Boeing announces stock offering expected to raise up to $19 billion
- UK far-right figurehead Tommy Robinson jailed for 18 months
- Sexual assault trial of French screen legend Depardieu opens without him
- X suspends new account posting on behalf of Iran leader Khamenei
- Lithuania's centre left starts coalition talks after election win
- Manchester United sack manager Ten Hag
- Michelin-starred Thai street food cook hints at retirement
- Crisis-hit VW mulls closing at least three German plants
- Middle East aid workers say rules of war being flouted
- Taijul vows Bangladesh to bounce back in second South Africa Test
- Ship with suspected toxic waste returns to Albania
- Saka regrets Arsenal not showing 'our best selves' against Liverpool
- Global stocks diverge, oil prices tumble as Iran fears ease
- Afghanistan morality ministry spreads 'living things' images ban
- Spanish PM in India seeking to bolster trade ties
- Israel presses Gaza and Lebanon assaults as Egypt touts truce plan
- Carbon cuts 'miles short' of 2030 goal: UN
- Crisis-hit VW eyeing plant closures, deep pay cuts: report
- What next after Japanese election
- Trump, Harris lean on traditional bases eight days before US vote
- Still no snow on Japan's Mount Fuji, breaking record
- Philips lowers sales outlook on drop in China orders
- French screen legend Depardieu asks for delay to sexual assault trial
- Paris show spotlights Afghan women who 'lost hope'
- Climate change-worsened floods wreak havoc in Africa
- French screen legend Depardieu faces sexual assault trial
- Japan PM vows to stay on despite election debacle
- Record number of women win seats in Japan election
- Vinicius favourite for Ballon d'Or in post-Messi/Ronaldo era
- Milan and Inter back on long road towards a new San Siro
- Oil prices tumble as Iran fears ease, yen weakens after Japan polls
- Olympus CEO resigns over alleged illegal drugs purchase
- After disastrous election, what happens to Japan's new PM?
- Bangladesh immunity order sparks fears of justice denied
- North Korea says probe 'proved' Seoul to blame for drones
- Wallabies return to Perth and Townsville for 2025 Tests
- Left, center-right candidates to duel in Uruguay presidential runoff
- Australia rest Test stars for Pakistan T20 series
- New storm bears down on Philippines after deadly Trami
- 'Wiped off the face of the Earth': How Russia erased a Ukrainian city
- Teacher vs veterinarian: Uruguay's presidential frontrunners
- Down to the wire: Trump, Harris in final week push
- NFL Chiefs stay unbeaten as Commanders win on miracle catch
- Trump's New York rally attacks Harris, draws criticism
- Maxey scores 45 points to propel 76ers over Pacers
- Left, center-right candidates to duel in Uruguay presidential runoff: estimates
- Debutant Sears shines as US women rally to beat Iceland
Zhang, Kim, Yin and Ciganda share lead at LPGA Match Play
South Korea's Kim Sei-young, Spain's Carlota Ciganda and Americans Angel Yin and Rose Zhang shared the lead after Thursday's second day of stroke play at the LPGA Match Play tournament.
A revamped format for this year's event at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas features three rounds of stroke play with the top eight advancing to weekend match play.
Ciganda fired a bogey-free five-under par 67 to seize a share of the lead with Yin, who shot 68; Zhang, who fired a 73, and day one leader Kim, who fired a 74.
"I've been hitting lots of greens and that's key in Shadow Creek," Ciganda said. "If you can hit fairways and greens and avoid those bogeys, those mistakes, I think it's big. And my putting was working. I made some good putts, five birdies, no bogeys so very happy."
Ireland's Leona Maguire and Japan's Minami Katsu each fired 69 to share fifth on 141 while Japan's Yuka Saso and England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff were on 143.
Together, they were the eight players set to compete in the match play quarter-finals on Saturday, although a host of rivals hoped to overtake them Friday for a place in the weekend.
"Tomorrow is going to be really tough," Yin said. "I almost think it's tougher than the match play itself. Only eight people get to go on and you could be out there playing in a playoff with 10 people."
Leading those trying to break into the top eight in Friday's last stroke-play round were Canada's Brooke Henderson, Sweden's Maja Stark, South Korea's An Na-rin and Stephanie Meadow of Northern Ireland on 144.
World number one Nelly Korda, seeking a fourth consecutive victory, and France's third-ranked Celine Boutier, were in a pack on 146 in a share of 20th.
Yin stumbled late with a bogey at 15 but answered with birdies at the par-5 16th and 18th to claim her share of the lead.
"Putting really worked," Yin said. "I'm playing really well. Just need to stick to my game plan and see how far it takes me."
Zhang, who played in the afternoon with brisk winds, owned a two-stroke lead but closed with back-to-back bogeys to bring her down into a pack.
"I knew today was going to be a grind and it proved to be," Zhang said. "I've played in difficult conditions before, but this definitely was up there in terms of difficulty."
Zhang, 20, won her pro debut last June at the LPGA Americas Open, the first player to win her pro debut at an LPGA event since Beverly Hanson in 1951.
Kim made her only birdies of the day on the closing two holes to lift herself into a share of the lead.
"It was a very tough day," Kim said. "I'm very happy it was just 2-over."
Kim, ranked 39th, has won 12 LPGA titles but none since the November 2020 Pelican Championship, which came a month after her lone major win at the Women's PGA Championship.
Y.Nakamura--AMWN