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La Liga leaders Real Madrid were left frustrated in a 0-0 draw at Rayo Vallecano on Sunday, giving champions Barcelona a chance to close in on them.

As he fled the Sudanese city of El-Fasher in terror, Hassan Osman said he saw ethnic attacks by paramilitary forces, with civilians targeted for their tribe and skin colour.

Nottingham Forest beat relegation rivals Leeds 3-1 to secure the first Premier League victory of Sean Dyche's reign, while Manchester City prepared for their crucial clash with Liverpool on Sunday.

Air travel in the United States could soon "slow to a trickle," authorities warned Sunday as thousands more flights were cancelled or delayed and passengers faced chaos triggered by the federal government shutdown.

World No.2 Carlos Alcaraz made a solid start to the ATP Finals in Turin on Sunday with a 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 win over Alex de Minaur.

Dozens of protesters rallied in New Delhi on Sunday to demand government action on toxic air, as a thick haze containing dangerous microparticles shrouded the Indian capital.

Aaron Rai showed nerves of steel as he returned from a break to get married and beat Tommy Fleetwood on the first extra hole to win the Abu Dhabi Championship on Sunday.

Two cruise ships tower imposingly over a sleepy port in the Brazilian Amazon where some 50,000 people are gathering for a UN climate conference.

Randal Kolo Muani will miss two World Cup qualifiers this month after suffering a broken jaw and has been replaced in the squad by Florian Thauvin, the French Football Federation said on Sunday.

Israel said it had received on Sunday the remains of a hostage that Hamas said were those of Israeli officer Hadar Goldin, killed more than a decade ago in the 2014 Gaza war.

Aprilia rider Marco Bezzecchi produced the perfect ride on a testing Algarve International Circuit to win the Portuguese MotoGP on Sunday.

Super Typhoon Fung-wong slammed into the Philippines' eastern seaboard on Sunday, the national weather service said, after killing at least two people and forcing more than a million to evacuate.

Aaron Rai showed nerves of steel to beat Tommy Fleetwood on the first extra hole and win the Abu Dhabi Championship on Sunday.

Scotland face a nervous wait to discover if star player Finn Russell will be fit to face Argentina in Edinburgh next weekend.

South Korean giants T1, headlined by star player Faker, made history on Sunday winning their third consecutive League of Legends World Championship crown in Chengdu, beating KT Rolsters in a nail-biting final.

Ott Tanak, the 2019 world champion, will retire from the world rally championship at the end of the current campaign, his Hyundai team announced on Sunday.

Ukraine was scrambling to turn lights and heating back on Sunday after Russian attacks targeting energy infrastructure, which had crippled some of the country's power generation.

More than a million people have been evacuated and at least two people killed as floodwaters rose in the Philippines on Sunday before Super Typhoon Fung-wong's expected landfall on the east coast.

South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus has long been lauded for revolutionising rugby with original strategic moves but Saturday's epic comeback win over France highlighted his abilities as the world's leading tactician.

Yosuke Asaji sank a six-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole Sunday to become the first player from Japan to win the Singapore Open since 1976.

Former Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard said he was finally back to his best following last year's horrific crash, after finishing his season on Sunday with victory at Japan's Saitama Criterium.

More than a million people have been evacuated and at least one person killed as floodwaters rose in the Philippines on Sunday before Typhoon Fung-wong's expected landfall on the east coast.

Sebastien Ogier took the World Rally Championship battle to the final event of the season after winning Rally Japan on Sunday and slashing Elfyn Evans' lead in the standings to three points.

Their lives changed forever on November 13, 2015, when coordinated jihadist attacks killed 130 people in Paris.

Standing in the centre of rainy Kaliningrad, the isolated Russian exclave surrounded by NATO countries, Russian factory worker Alexander felt confident.

Nearly a million people have been evacuated and floodwaters were rising in the Philippines on Sunday before Typhoon Fung-wong's expected late-night landfall on the east coast.

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in the United States on Saturday for a landmark official visit, his country's state news agency reported, a day after Washington removed him from a terrorism blacklist.

Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, the White Stripes and Soundgarden were among this year's inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday, adding their names to the pantheon of music's most esteemed and beloved acts.

De'Aaron Fox celebrated his NBA season-debut with a sparkling 24-point performance in the San Antonio Spurs' 126-119 victory over New Orleans on Saturday as the Los Angeles Lakers' five-game winning streak ended in a sloppy loss in Atlanta.

Seamer Kyle Jamieson held his nerve in the final over for a second straight game to seal a nine-run victory for New Zealand over the West Indies in a tense finale to the third T20 international on Sunday.

Lionel Messi scored two goals and assisted on two by Tadeo Allende to spark Inter Miami in a 4-0 rout of Nashville on Saturday to advance in the MLS Cup playoffs.

Ukraine was scrambling to turn lights and heating back on Sunday after Russian attacks targeting energy infrastructure reduced the country's power generating capacity to "zero".