Players and fans arrived Sunday for the biggest event in American sports as the New England Patriots face the Seattle Seahawks at the Super Bowl, where Bad Bunny will perform the half-time show in a tense political climate.
US President Donald Trump has said he will host Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House late this year, as the world's top two economies look to reset ties marred by a roiling trade war.
Kylian Mbappe scored his 23rd goal of the season in La Liga to help Real Madrid claim a battling 2-0 win at Valencia on Sunday and close the gap to leaders Barcelona to one point.
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Alvaro Carreras and Kylian Mbappe's goals earned Real Madrid a battling 2-0 win at Valencia on Sunday to close the gap to La Liga leaders Barcelona to one point.
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Japan kept the pressure on the United States in the Olympic figure skating team event on Sunday with Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara pulling out their career-best pairs free skating performance.
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Liverpool boss Arne Slot insisted that his side are improving, even if results do not show it, after a dramatic 2-1 defeat to Manchester City dealt another blow to their hopes of Champions League qualification.
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Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was savouring an election triumph on Monday, with her ruling coalition projected to have won a two-thirds majority in the powerful lower house.
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An opposition figure close to Venezuela's Nobel peace laureate Maria Corina Machado was freed from jail on Sunday, one month after authorities began releasing political prisoners following the ouster of Nicolas Maduro.
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Federico Dimarco provided three assists as Inter Milan thumped Sassuolo 5-0 on Sunday to take their unbeaten Serie A run to 12 matches, including 11 wins.
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Manchester City captain Bernardo Silva said anything other than victory at Liverpool would have meant that the Premier League title race was all but over after Pep Guardiola's men snatched a dramatic 2-1 win at Anfield.
Czech snowboarder Zuzana Maderova arrived at the Winter Olympics without a major career victory and in the shadow of compatriot Ester Ledecka. But she leaves as a gold medallist.
Erling Haaland's stoppage-time penalty earned Manchester City a dramatic 2-1 win at Liverpool on Sunday to reduce Arsenal's lead at the top of the Premier League back to six points.
Lindsey Vonn's Winter Olympic dream ended with a broken leg after she dramatically crashed out of Sunday's downhill won by her American teammate Breezy Johnson.
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Luis Diaz hit a hat-trick as Bayern Munich thrashed 10-man Hoffenheim 5-1 on Sunday to restore their six-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga.
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When the next mission to the International Space Station blasts off from Florida next week, a special keepsake will be hitching a ride: a small stuffed rabbit.
Israel's President Isaac Herzog starts a tightly secured visit to Australia on Monday to honour the victims of an antisemitic gun attack on Sydney's Bondi Beach that killed 15 people.
Turkish center Alperen Sengun of the Houston Rockets was named to replace injured Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on the World Team for next week's NBA All-Star tournament, the league announced on Sunday.
The presidents of Argentina and Romania said Sunday they have been invited to attend the inaugural meeting of US President Donald Trump's controversial "Board of Peace" in Washington on February 19.
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