• Rookie was drafted No 55 overall by Lakers
• Guard will play alongside father LeBron this season

Bronny James took his place in the starting lineup for Los Angeles and his professional career is formally underway after his Lakers debut on Saturday.

He wore the No 9 jersey, not to be confused with the No 6 uniform his father, and now teammate, LeBron James sported before switching to No 23.

Emergency services were called to a home in Lalor Park at 1am on Sunday

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Three children are dead and a man is in custody after a house fire in Sydney’s west.

Emergency services were called to the home in Lalor Park at 1am on Sunday.

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Police say people had gathered at home in Florence for birthday party of 21-year-old son of homeowner

Four people were killed and three others were wounded in an early Saturday shooting at a home in northern Kentucky, police said.

The shooting suspect later died after fleeing the home and leading police on a vehicle pursuit that ended with the suspect’s car falling into a ditch, police said.

Witnesses say two young women, aged 17 and 18, went into rough seas during a storm

Two teenagers died while swimming at Coney Island beach in New York, police said.

Police received an emergency call for a water rescue in the area of Stillwell Avenue and Boardwalk West at 8.10pm on Friday, the New York police department said.

Pope Francis critic and conspiracy theorist Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò found guilty of schism

The Vatican has excommunicated its former ambassador to the US, after finding him guilty of schism, an inevitable end for the firebrand conservative who became one of Pope Francis’ most ardent critics.

The Vatican’s doctrine office imposed the penalty on Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò after a meeting of its members on Thursday and informed him of its decision on Friday, a press statement said.

Indictment, which includes embezzlement and criminal association charges, stems from a gift from Saudi Arabia

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro faces possible charges for money laundering, embezzlement and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds the far-right leader received from Saudi Arabia during his time in office, local media has reported.

Brazil’s supreme court has yet to receive the police report with the indictment. Once it does, the country’s prosecutor-general, Paulo Gonet, will analyze the document and decide whether to file charges and force Bolsonaro to stand trial.

Officers raided 33-year-old’s home and allegedly seized statue along with 24 suspected stolen drivers’ licences and prescription medication

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A man who handed himself in to police has been charged over the alleged theft of a gorilla statue from a retirement village in Melbourne’s north.

The gorilla, a 1.5-metre garden ornament named Garry, disappeared from Leith Park retirement village at St Helena on 6 June.

• Quarter-final: Argentina 1-1 Ecuador (4-2 pens)
• Lionel Messi missed Panenka at start of shootout

Argentina advanced to the Copa América semi-finals, beating Ecuador 4-2 on penalty kicks following a 1-1 draw in Texas.

Lionel Messi missed Argentina’s first penalty but was reprieved by goalkeeper Emi Martínez, who saved Ecuador’s first two efforts. Lisandro Martínez had given Argentina the lead 10 minutes before half-time, but Kevin Rodríguez equalised with a superb header in injury time at the end of the second half. Ecuador’s captain Enner Valencia had earlier hit the post from the penalty spot after a handball by Rodrigo De Paul.

Convicted financier Raffaele Mincione is seeking to clear his name over Vatican’s €350m London investment

Pope Francis’s chief of staff has become one of the highest-ranking Holy See officials to testify in a foreign court, giving a British tribunal a detailed explanation of the negotiations at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century”.

Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra was called to testify on Thursday on behalf of the Vatican secretariat of state in a British civil proceeding brought against the Vatican by an Italian-British financier who was involved in the transactions over a London property.

• Australian No 1 beat Spain’s Jaume Munar in straight sets
• Women’s challenge ends in defeat to 18th seed Marta Kostyuk

Alex de Minaur has disposed of a familiar opponent to rattle into the last 32 of Wimbledon in the sunshine, before reaffirming his desire to “go deep” into the tournament.

But there was only heartbreak for his fellow national No 1 Daria Saville, who saw a match point for one of her best grand slam wins disappear, before losing 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 to 18th seed Marta Kostyuk.

• Former employee makes allegations about NWSL club
• Club says claims are ‘inaccurate and defamatory’

The San Diego Wave called accusations made by a former employee on social media “inaccurate and defamatory” in a statement on Wednesday.

Brittany Alvarado, who says she is a former video and creative manager for the team, called on the NWSL to remove the team’s president, Jill Ellis, who is also a former coach of the US women’s national team.