Ross Brawn says he is not planning an immediate departure from the Mercedes Formula One team despite speculation he will be on the move at the end of the season.

Reports after last weekend's Korean Grand Prix suggested Brawn had informed the team's non-executive chairman Niki Lauda that he would be leaving at the end of the season.

The Italian gymnastics federation condemned racism on Thursday after offensive comments made by one of its athletes.

Vanessa Ferrari and teammate Carlotta Ferlito finished fourth and fifth on the balance beam on Sunday at the world championships in Belgium, just behind bronze medalist Simone Biles, who is African-American. Ferlito said, with a laugh, that she told Ferrari: "Next time we'll have our skin black also so we can win, too."

Organizers of Miss Universe extended their "deepest apologies" to India over a photo shoot at the Taj Mahal that triggered a police case and accusations that she disrespected the famed monument to love.

Reigning Miss Universe Olivia Culpo, a 21-year-old American from Rhode Island, visited the Islamic mausoleum on Sunday during a 10-day tour of India.

Vincent van Gogh's various versions of some of his well-known paintings are featured in the first major exhibit of his artwork in Washington in 15 years at The Phillips Collection.

"Van Gogh Repetitions" opens Saturday to examine some of the artist's familiar paintings, looking at how he repeated certain compositions during his 10-year career. It was organized with the Cleveland Museum of Art, which will host the exhibit in March.

Three U.S.-based scientists won a Nobel Prize on Wednesday for developing a powerful new way to do chemistry on a computer.

They pioneered highly sophisticated computer simulations of complex chemical processes, giving researchers tools they are now using for a wide variety of tasks, such as designing new drugs and solar cells.

Egyptian officials say a suicide bomber has rammed his explosives-laden car into a checkpoint outside a coastal city in volatile Sinai Peninsula, killing three soldiers and a policeman.

The security officials say the attack happened on Thursday outside the city of al-Arish.

Pressure in football takes a toll on managers in different ways. For Arsene Wenger, it's meant less time for the prayers that were such a big part of his childhood.

The Arsenal manager is currently trying to end a trophy drought stretching back to 2005 that has sorely tested the patience of the club's fans. Although the task has not shaken his religious beliefs, it's not been without its consequences either.

Alex Tagliani will replace three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti in the October 19 season-ending IndyCar race at Fontana.

Franchitti remains hospitalized with two fractured vertebrae, a broken ankle and a concussion suffered in a last-lap accident Sunday at the Grand Prix of Houston.

Italian gymnast Carlotta Ferlito has apologized for making a racist comment aimed at an American rival.

Vanessa Ferrari and teammate Ferlito finished fourth and fifth, respectively, on the balance beam Sunday at the world championships in Antwerp, Belgium — just behind bronze medalist Simone Biles, who is African-American.

England midfielder Jack Wilshere has stirred a debate about foreign-born players in football, declaring that only "English people" should be eligible to represent the national team.

Wilshere's stance was immediately described as "too extreme" by the head of the English Football Association.