For a moment Tehran resembled a city at peace, with birdsong, joggers and tranquil views of the snow-capped Alborz mountains in the distance. Then the sound of another explosion ripped through the air.
Atletico Madrid sporting director Mateu Alemany said striker Antoine Griezmann will be staying at the club despite strong links to Major League Soccer's Orlando City.
Lion-emblazoned flags of pre-revolution Iran fluttered in cities across the world on Saturday as demonstrators took to the streets a week after the start of the war in the Middle East.
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US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged Latin American nations to use military power against the "cancer" of drug cartels and offered to support them with US missile strikes targeting narco kingpins.
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Shohei Ohtani hit his second home run of the World Baseball Classic as defending champions Japan edged South Korea 8-6 in a nail-biter in Tokyo on Saturday.
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Hinata Miyazawa and Riko Ueki both hit hat-tricks as Japan powered to the cusp of the Women's Asian Cup quarter-finals with a statement 11-0 demolition of an outclassed India on Saturday.
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President Donald Trump threatened to escalate the bombing of Iran on Saturday as Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed that he would never surrender, despite a fresh blitz of US and Israeli air strikes that set a Tehran airport ablaze.
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Italian skier Laura Pirovano, winless in World Cup racing before triumphing in Friday's downhill at Val di Fassa, backed it up by taking a second victory in Saturday's downhill in the Dolomites.
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Russia fired a volley of missiles and drones across Ukraine overnight on Friday to Saturday, killing 11 people and wounding more than a dozen, including children.
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Nepal's rapper-turned-mayor Balendra Shah won a dramatic parliamentary contest on Saturday, defeating veteran leader KP Sharma Oli in the former prime minister's own constituency after staking his political future on the challenge.
Italian skier Laura Pirovano, winless in World Cup racing before triumphing in Friday's downhill at Val di Fassa, backed it up by taking a second victory in Saturday's downhill in the Dolomites.
Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah unseated former Nepal prime minister KP Sharma Oli in his own constituency, Election Commission data showed Saturday, with his party also seemingly headed for a landslide victory nationally.
Wales coach Steve Tandy said despite a brave display in the 27–17 loss to Ireland, it did not give his team a "God-given right" to beat Italy next Saturday and end their 15‑match Six Nations losing run.
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Sri Lanka will treat Iranian sailors rescued from a torpedoed frigate according to international law, a minister said Saturday, following reports Washington was pressuring Colombo to not repatriate them.
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New Zealand will "not mind breaking a few hearts" in the T20 World Cup final against defending champions and hosts India, captain Mitchell Santner said on Saturday.
Ireland coach Andy Farrell said he and his team would gladly "take" the bonus-point win they secured over a dogged Welsh side that kept alive their slim hopes of the Six Nations title.
Russia fired a volley of missiles and drones across Ukraine overnight on Friday to Saturday, killing nine and wounding more than a dozen, including children, and destroying an apartment block in Kharkiv.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed Saturday that his country would never surrender, as Israel announced a fresh blitz led by 80 fighter jets which set one of Tehran's main airports on fire.
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