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Napoli joined AC Milan at the top of Serie A on Sunday after winning 1-0 at title rivals Roma, as Inter Milan kept pace with the leading pair by beating Pisa 2-0.

American star Mikaela Shiffrin maintained her unbeaten start to the slalom season on Sunday with a dominant victory at the alpine skiing World Cup meeting in Copper Mountain, Colorado.

Disney's feel-good animated sequel "Zootopia 2" ruled the Thanksgiving box office in North America, taking in $156 million over the five-day holiday weekend, industry estimates showed Sunday.

Mikel Arteta insisted Arsenal deserved respect after the Premier League leaders battled to a bruising 1-1 draw with title rivals Chelsea at the end of a gruelling week.

Swedish pole vault star Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis and US track sensation Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone were named athletes of the year by World Athletics in Monaco on Sunday.

The United States and Ukraine on Sunday hailed "productive" talks on Washington's plan to halt Russia's war with its neighbor, but both sides also cautioned that the high-stakes negotiations were far from over.

McLaren team chief Andrea Stella admitted his team made a costly strategic blunder on Sunday that cost his title-chasing drivers a victory and a podium finish at the Qatar Grand Prix.

West Ham midfielder Lucas Paqueta criticised the Football Association for a lack of support in a remarkable outburst after he was sent off against Liverpool on Sunday.

Mikel Merino rescued Arsenal as the Premier League leaders battled to a 1-1 draw against 10-man Chelsea in a heavyweight title clash, while Alexander Isak finally scored his first top-flight goal for troubled Liverpool in a 2-0 win at West Ham on Sunday.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa accused the United States late on Sunday of peddling "blatant misinformation" by claiming his country was killing white people.

Max Verstappen paid tribute to his Red Bull team and chief strategist Hannah Schmitz on Sunday after his stunning triumph at the Qatar Grand Prix catapulted him back into title contention.

Bath boss Johann van Graan compared Henry Arundell to South Africa great Bryan Habana after the England wing scored two key tries for the reigning Prem champions in a come-from-behind 36-29 win away to Saracens on Sunday that took them three points clear at the top of the table.

Mikel Merino rescued Arsenal as the Premier League leaders battled to a 1-1 draw against 10-man Chelsea in a heavyweight title clash, while Alexander Isak finally scored his first top-flight goal for troubled Liverpool in a 2-0 win at West Ham on Sunday.

Arne Slot agreed Alexander Isak's first Premier League goal for Liverpool was important for both the striker and the reigning English champions as they stopped the rot with a 2-0 win away to West Ham on Sunday.

Mikel Merino rescued Arsenal as the Premier League leaders battled to a 1-1 draw against 10-man Chelsea in a bad-tempered London derby on Sunday.

Florian Thauvin scored a brace to fire Lens to the top of the French Ligue 1 table with a 2-1 victory at Angers on Sunday.

Visiting Pope Leo XIV urged the Lebanese people on Sunday to embrace reconciliation and remain in their crisis-hit country, while calling on its leaders to put themselves fully at the service of their citizens.

Max Verstappen boosted his late bid for a fifth successive drivers' world championship on Sunday when he took full advantage of a McLaren strategic blunder to complete a sensational hat-trick of victories at the Qatar Grand Prix.

Henry Arundell scored the winning try as Bath came from behind to complete a 36-29 win away to Saracens on Sunday that took the reigning English champions three points clear at the top of the Prem table.

Alberto Moleiro helped Villarreal rise to joint second in La Liga on Sunday with a stoppage time winner in a 3-2 victory at Real Sociedad.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on trial facing corruption charges, announced Sunday he had submitted a pardon request, saying the long-running cases were tearing the country apart.

Max Verstappen won the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday to set up a final race title showdown with McLaren duo Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.

The Afghan suspect in the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington may have been radicalized after entering the US, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said when questioned about his motive on Sunday talk shows.

Armed men have kidnapped 26 people including a pastor and a bride in two separate raids in Nigeria, the latest in a string of mass abductions to rock the west African country.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio kicked off high stakes talks with a Ukrainian delegation in Florida on Sunday, as the United States pushes to end Russia's war against its neighbor.

OPEC nations and oil-producing allies reaffirmed Sunday plans to keep current oil output levels unchanged until March, and agreed a mechanism to assess members' maximum production capacity, without giving any details.

Star batsman Virat Kohli hit a record-extending 52nd one-day century to set up India's 17-run win over a spirited South Africa in the first match on Sunday.

A long-lost painting by 17th-century Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens sold at auction in France on Sunday for almost three million euros -- well beyond its asking price.

Ruben Amorim said stealing set-piece routines played a key role in Manchester United's fightback to win 2-1 at Crystal Palace on Sunday.

Alexander Isak finally scored his first Premier League goal for troubled Liverpool to inspire a much-needed 2-0 win against West Ham on Sunday.

The death toll from floods and landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah rose sharply to 334 on Sunday, Sri Lanka's disaster agency said on Sunday, with many more still missing.

Lautaro Martinez fired Inter Milan to within a point of the Serie A summit with both goals in Sunday's 2-0 win at promoted Pisa, ahead of Napoli's clash at Scudetto rivals Roma.