WAZ

Germany's rugby league team lost an international match against Malta in Hattingen, in the Ruhr region. Local newspaper WAZ covered the game and published a photo gallery of the best images from the match. The defeat of the national side in a smaller-code international is drawing local attention in the area.

Pakistan cricketer Hasan Nawaz has said that Pakistan's defeat to India in the Asian Games final continues to haunt the team. The loss to their arch-rivals in the title match remains a painful memory, and Nawaz's comments have reignited discussion among fans about the rivalry and Pakistan's inability to get past India in a major final.

Yemen's Houthi-run armed forces say their fighters carried out nine armed Shawaz fibre-optic FPV drone strikes against vehicles, bases, bunkers and surveillance equipment of Saudi-backed fighters. In three cases a second drone reportedly filmed the attacks for battle damage assessment. The claims come as fighting continues between the Houthis, also known as Ansarallah, and forces aligned with Saudi Arabia, with no independent verification of the reported strikes.