Greece drafts NBA superstar Antetokounmpo to woo tourists

ATHENS (Reuters) - "I'm Giannis Antetokounmpo. Visit my beautiful country, Greece," the NBA All-Star beams, standing before a row of classical Greek columns in Greece's latest push to attract...

What's in a name Brazil? No more Peles and Zicos

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - The biggest change for Brazil at this World Cup is not on the field, or on the training ground, or even in the dressing-room. It's on the team sheet.

A bucket of red please: revellers battle it out with wine in Spain

HARO, Spain (Reuters) - Revellers poured buckets of wine over each other in northern Spain on Friday in an annual wine battle in the country's Rioja producing-region.

Tattoo this: England superfan gets '2018 World Cup Winners' on his belly

LEEDS, England (Reuters) - When England captain Harry Kane scored his second penalty against Panama in their group stage clash on Sunday, super fan Jamie Richardson was left in no doubt that manager...

Messi gets face-saving Kazan mural to match Ronaldo's

KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - Kazan artists worked through the night on Friday painting a mural of Argentina's Lionel Messi to match one of Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo on a building opposite, saving the...

For Russia's smallest World Cup city, moment of fame over too soon

SARANSK, Russia (Reuters) - Saransk, the smallest of Russia's World Cup venues, is adjusting to life without world-class football and the joie de vivre of enthusiastic foreign fans, after hosting its...

Trump's pop star associate features Trump lookalike in music video

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian pop star who befriended Donald Trump at a beauty pageant in Moscow has made a music video featuring a lookalike of Trump cavorting on a bed with pageant contestants in...

Amputee soccer team a game changer for Gaza wounded

GAZA (Reuters) - A soccer team made up of Palestinians who lost limbs to Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip is giving its players new purpose.

Baghdad book market turns the page on a new Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - When Maher Abu Hissam started his Baghdad bookshop two decades ago he was selling up to 40 books a day, such was the hunger for literature in the days of Saddam Hussein, even...

Saudi woman designs abayas for freer lifestyles

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - When Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving ended on Sunday, fashion designer Eman Joharjy and her friends drove to Jeddah's seafront where they exchanged their car for...

Fancy a Margherita? Robot serves up pizzas in France

PARIS (Reuters) - For many people, the smell of a pizza fresh from the oven and lovingly crafted is a culinary delight that's hard to beat. But now that hand-crafted pizza has a rival: pizza made by...

The stomach prevails: France wins at World Cup on Russian cheese

DUBROVSKOYE, Russia (Reuters) - Russian businessman Oleg Sirota thinks he knows why the French soccer team got off to a winning start at the World Cup: he is supplying their hotel with cheese and...

Meghan's father: If Queen Elizabeth meets Trump, she should meet me too

LONDON (Reuters) - Thomas Markle, whose daughter Meghan married Britain's Prince Harry last month, said that if Queen Elizabeth meets U.S. President Donald Trump next month, she should also make time...