Virat Kohli hit an unbeaten 69 as defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru thrashed Sunrisers Hyderabad by six wickets in the IPL season opener on Saturday, after a tribute in memory of the 11 fans who died in a stampede last year.
Two tries from scrum-half Paul Graou helped champions Toulouse extend their lead at the Top 14 summit to 12 points with an enthralling 45-29 victory over Montpellier on Saturday.
Jonas Vingegaard blazed to stage six victory at the Tour of Catalonia on Saturday and tightened his grip on the overall lead.
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Senegal on Saturday paraded the Africa Cup of Nations trophy they have been ordered to return ahead of a friendly against Peru at the Stade de France in Paris.
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Federico Dimarco insisted on Saturday that Italy respect Bosnia and Herzegovina, after he and team-mates were caught on camera celebrating when their opponents reached the World Cup qualifying final by beating Wales.
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Senegal may still possess the Africa Cup of Nations trophy and have launched a legal battle against the decision to strip them of it, but as far as new champions Morocco are concerned, the case is closed.
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Twenty-two migrants hoping to reach Europe from North Africa have died off the coast of Greece after six days at sea in a rubber boat, survivors told the Greek coastguard Saturday.
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England midfielder Jordan Henderson pledged to support Ben White after the Arsenal defender was booed during Friday's friendly against Uruguay.
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Claudia Hollingsworth upset recently-crowned world indoor 1500m champion Georgia Hunter Bell in Melbourne on Saturday while Paris Olympic pole vault gold medallist Nina Kennedy made a triumphant return from injury.
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The Iran men's national team wore black armbands and posed with school rucksacks as the national anthem played before a match with Nigeria to remember the victims of a strike on a primary school in Iran on the first day of the Middle East war.
The ability of Israel's highly sophisticated air defences to keep intercepting Iranian attacks is coming under scrutiny as the Middle East war drags on into a second month.
A huge shipment of Nestle's crunchy KitKat chocolate bars was stolen in Europe, the brand said, warning that the heist risked causing shortages in stores right before Easter.
Yemen's Houthi rebels announced their entry into the Middle East war on Saturday by launching a ballistic missile towards Israel, as the world struggled to contain the economic damage of a conflict now entering its second month.
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Kimi Antonelli took pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix ahead of Mercedes team-mate George Russell on Saturday as Max Verstappen suffered another qualifying nightmare.
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Gulf countries and Israel came under missile fire and Israeli forces struck Iran on Saturday, as the war raged into its second month with Washington expressing hopes for progress in talks with Tehran.
The International Olympic Committee's new policy on gender testing could be seen as "smart positioning" given the current US political climate but a former IOC marketing executive has told AFP he did not believe it was the "driving factor".
The world's largest energy conference wrapped up in Houston on Friday with the crisis caused by the US-Israel war on Iran dominating discussions -- but with little to show for it beyond a prevailing sense of uncertainty.
A US appeals court on Friday overturned a $16.1 billion judgment against Argentina for nationalizing the oil company YPF in 2012.
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