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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Sri Lanka's 11th-hour call to draft in Kamindu Mendis proved a masterstroke as the all-rounder produced a match turning cameo to set up a 20-run win over Ireland in their T20 World Cup opener at Colombo’s R. Premadasa Stadium on Sunday.
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Thailand's conservative prime minister was heading for a victory in the country's general election Sunday, television stations projected, with his party set to be by far the largest in parliament after riding a wave of nationalism.
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Lindsey Vonn crashed out of the Winter Olympics downhill on Sunday, brutally ending the American skiing great's improbable dream of winning a medal despite competing with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.
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Newly-crowned Olympic downhill champion Breezy Johnson said her heart ached for Lindsey Vonn after witnessing her American teammate crash heavily out of alpine skiing's blue riband event on Sunday.
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was on course for a thumping victory in snap elections on Sunday, a result that could however rile China and worry financial markets.
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Steve Tandy has ruled out out making wholesale changes to his Wales side after a 48-7 rout by England in their Six Nations opener.
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Sanae Takaichi, a staunch conservative who admires Margaret Thatcher, entrenched her leadership on Sunday four months after becoming Japan's first woman prime minister, but she has shown little appetite for framing it around gender.
England clung on to beat Nepal by four runs in a last-ball thriller in Mumbai on Sunday and avoid one of the biggest upsets in the history of the T20 World Cup.
Veteran Austrian snowboarder Benjamin Karl defended his Olympic men's parallel giant slalom crown in thrilling style on Sunday, powering back to beat South Korea's Kim Sang-kyum.
Brightly coloured kites soared through the skies over Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore this weekend, marking the return of a festival after a 19-year ban that had been imposed over safety concerns.
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England clung on to beat Nepal by four runs in a last-ball thriller in Mumbai on Sunday and avoid one of the biggest upsets in the history of the T20 World Cup.
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The UK foreign ministry said on Sunday it was reviewing an exit payment to former US envoy Peter Mandelson, who was sacked over links to convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Henry Arundell revealed how he had been inspired by South Africa hero Cheslin Kolbe in his quest to become a better rugby player after marking his first England start since the 2023 World Cup with a hat-trick of tries against a hapless Wales.
Czech snowboard star Ester Ledecka crashed out of the women's parallel giant slalom on Sunday, ending her hopes of a historic third straight gold in the sport.
Lindsey Vonn's Winter Olympic dream ended in screams of pain on Sunday after she crashed out of the women's downhill won by her American teammate Breezy Johnson.
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