Iranian authorities have said they are considering "gradually" restoring internet access after imposing an unprecedented communications shutdown 10 days ago, which rights groups say masked a violent protest crackdown that killed thousands.
Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips struck counter-attacking centuries as New Zealand posted 337-8 against India in their third and deciding one-day international on Sunday.
Struggling Eintracht Frankfurt fired coach Dino Toppmoeller on Sunday after a poor run of results has left them down in seventh in the Bundesliga and in danger of failing to progress to the Champions League play-offs.
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Lindsey Vonn continued her remarkable form in the lead up to the Winter Olympics with her seventh World Cup podium of the season in Sunday's super-G in Tarvisio won by Emma Aicher.
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Alexander Zverev overcame a shaky start before reaching the second round on Sunday's first day of the Australian Open, as top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka get set to enter the fray.
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Briton Arthur Fery did his tennis-mad mum proud Sunday after she jetted over from Europe when he came through qualifying at the Australian Open to witness him upset 20th seed Flavio Cobolli.
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World number three Alexander Zverev dropped a set before reaching the Australian Open second round Sunday in a shaky start to his bid to make another final at the season-opening Grand Slam.
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Rescuers on Sunday found the debris from a small plane that went missing in eastern Indonesia, but have yet to locate the 10 passengers who were on board, officials said.
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Victor Wembanyama scored 39 points as the San Antonio Spurs overcame a magical career-high 55-point display from Anthony Edwards to defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves 126-123 in the NBA on Saturday.
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A tearful Josh Allen took the blame as his Buffalo Bills' latest bid to capture their first ever Super Bowl ended in an agonizing 33-30 playoff defeat to the Denver Broncos in overtime on Saturday.
British qualifier Arthur Fery scored a major upset Sunday at the Australian Open by taking down 20th seed Flavio Cobolli on his maiden main draw debut in Melbourne.
Jasmine Paolini powered into the Australian Open second round with a straight-sets demolition to kickstart the action in a hot and sunny Melbourne on Sunday.
Portugal votes on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election in which a far-right candidate could for the first time make it to a run-off ballot, but with the final result hard to predict.
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Denver Broncos kicker Wil Lutz slotted the winning field goal in overtime as the Buffalo Bills' latest bid to capture their first ever Super Bowl ended in an agonizing 33-30 playoff defeat on Saturday.
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French swim star Leon Marchand out-dueled Denis Petrashov to win the 200m breaststroke at the Austin Pro Swim Series on Saturday, closing out the meeting with his third victory of the week.
Former US Open champion Emma Raducanu has criticised the scheduling at the Australian Open starting Sunday, saying "it does not make sense".
Australian Test cricket great Damien Martyn has revealed he was only given a 50 percent chance of surviving after being put in an induced coma with meningitis last month.
Carlos Alcaraz will launch his bid for tennis history while women's world number one Aryna Sabalenka is also in action on the first day of the Australian Open on Sunday.
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