Aston Villa boss Unai Emery blasted a VAR intervention to rule out a goal for his side as Sunday's 1-0 home defeat to 10-man Brentford dented their dreams of winning the Premier League title.
Serhou Guirassy scored twice in the second half as Borussia Dortmund came from behind to beat bottom club Heidenheim 3-2 on Sunday and move six points behind Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich.
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu on Sunday paid tribute to Afrobeat king Fela Kuti after his posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys, the first African artist to be honoured this way.
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US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he was hopeful of agreeing a deal with Iran after the country's supreme leader warned that any US attack on the Islamic republic would trigger a regional war.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo's government said on Sunday it feared "at least 200 dead" in a "massive" landslide that struck a militia-held mine in the country's east.
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IOC president Kirsty Coventry said on Sunday it was "sad" that the presence of ICE agents and the inclusion of the Los Angeles Games chief in the Epstein files had become distractions ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
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Lyon continued their excellent run of form with a 1-0 win over Lille in Ligue 1 on Sunday making it 10 straight victories in all competitions to further boost their chances of a return to the Champions League.
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Manchester United interim manager Michael Carrick extended his perfect start as Benjamin Sesko's stoppage-time strike sealed a pulsating 3-2 win over Fulham on Sunday.
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Dutch cycling giant Mathieu van der Poel won a record eighth world cyclo-cross title at Hulst in the Netherlands on Sunday.
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Kylian Mbappe stayed calm to roll home a 100th-minute penalty and claim Real Madrid a 2-1 win over nine-man Rayo Vallecano on Sunday in a spicy La Liga derby clash.
Saim Ayub and Babar Azam hit half-centuries and Mohammad Nawaz took five wickets as Pakistan thrashed Australia by 111 runs to sweep the T20 series 3-0 on Sunday.
Fiji produced a stirring second-half comeback to overcome a 12-point deficit and beat France in the men's final at the world sevens tournament in Singapore on Sunday.
Carlos Alcaraz swept past Novak Djokovic to win his first Australian Open on Sunday and become the youngest man to complete a career Grand Slam, denying the Serbian great an unprecedented 25th major.
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A teenager injured in the fire that engulfed a Swiss bar during New Year celebrations has died in hospital, taking the death toll to 41, it was announced Sunday.
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Carlos Alcaraz said having Rafael Nadal watching in the crowd helped drive him to a maiden Australian Open title on Sunday and made the win "even more special".
Pakistan forces hunted on Sunday for the separatists behind a string of coordinated attacks in restive Balochistan province, with the government vowing to retaliate after more than 190 people were killed in two days.
A second round of talks between Russian, Ukrainian and US officials on a US-drafted plan to end the nearly four-year Ukraine war will begin on Wednesday, instead of on Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Novak Djokovic said it had been "a great ride" and "God knows what happens tomorrow" after losing Sunday's Australian Open final.
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