Jumping down from her uncle's shoulders, seven-year-old Dona ran grinning to her mother after Pope Leo XIV waved at her on his way past on a famed Paris avenue.
France captain Kylian Mbappe suffered a hyperextension of his left knee playing for France, his club Real Madrid said Saturday but could be ready to play again when La Liga resumes.
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday rode along the Champs Elysees in the popemobile and held an open-air mass in front of hundreds of thousands in Paris, before flying to the holy pilgrimage site of Lourdes in southern France.
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Europe Saturday of "doing everything" to thwart talks to resolve the conflict between Moscow and Kyiv, in an outspoken UN speech in which he vowed his country would achieve its Ukraine aims.
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Leylah Fernandez reached her first WTA final of the year after the Canadian recovered from a poor start to beat Poland's Maja Chwalinska in the Singapore Tennis Open on Saturday.
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Victorious George Russell said he "has rediscovered himself" and will seek to win every race and pile pressure on his championship-leading Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli.
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A giant clay sculpture of Pope Leo XIV's head takes shape in a workshop in Peru's capital, as the Andean nation prepares for the pontiff's visit in November.
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South Korea found their composure when it mattered most to win the women's basketball gold at the Asian Games, surviving a huge scare to beat hosts Japan 75-70 in Saturday's final.
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Elina Svitolina and Anhelina Kalinina secured a historic first appearance for Ukraine in the Billie Jean King Cup final by knocking out two-time defending champions Italy in dominant style in Shenzhen, China, on Saturday.
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George Russell resisted a late charge from Max Verstappen to claim his first lights-to-flag victory with a composed drive for Mercedes in Saturday's thrilling Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday celebrated an open-air mass in front of hundreds of thousands of faithful in Paris after riding in the popemobile along the iconic Champs Elysees to the cheers of vast crowds clutching French and Vatican flags.
George Russell held off Max Verstappen by one-tenth of a second to win a crash-filled Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku on Saturday and cut team-mate Kimi Antonelli's championship lead.
Munich was on Saturday selected ahead of the Cologne/Rhine-Ruhr region by the German Olympic Committee (DOSB) as part of a bid to host the 2036, 2040 or 2044 Summer Games.
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Virat Kohli said Saturday that next year's ODI World Cup will be his last, with the India batting great determined to lift the trophy one more time.
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Former France international Willy Sagnol has been sacked as Georgia coach, the country's football federation announced Saturday.
Pope Leo XIV rode down the French capital's iconic Champs-Elysees avenue in his popemobile on Saturday to the cheers of huge crowds of faithful, ahead of a giant open-air mass.
Former Manchester City chairman David Bernstein said the club could face potentially "drastic" sanctions after reportedly being found guilty on all but one of 115 charges for breaching Premier League financial rules.
Alexia Putellas may be known as the 'Queen' of Spanish football but after 14 trophy-laden years at Barcelona, she decided this summer to head off in search of a new challenge.
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