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Banbridge foils French to land King George VI Chase for Ireland

Man City pay penalty for Haaland miss in Everton draw

Paterson takes five wickets as Pakistan bowled out for 211

India's Kohli fined for Konstas shoulder bump during fourth Test

Kremlin cautions on 'hypotheses' over plane crash

Turkey lowers interest rate to 47.5 percent

Syria authorities launch operation in Assad stronghold

Kohli called out over shoulder bump with Konstas during fourth Test

Rural communities urged to flee east Australia bushfire

Sri Lanka train memorial honours tsunami tragedy

Australia's top order fires to take charge of 4th Test against India

Salah's Egypt target revenge in World Cup play-off after AFCON defeat

Mohamed Salah's Egypt are hoping to avenge their Africa Cup of Nations final defeat at the hands of Senegal when the countries meet again in a decisive two-legged World Cup play-off next month.

AFC stars stretch NFL Pro Bowl win streak to five games

Justin Herbert threw two touchdown passes and Mac Jones tossed another as the American Conference (AFC) defeated the National Conference (NFC) 41-35 in Sunday's NFL Pro Bowl all-star game.

Mane scores winning kick as Senegal beat Egypt in Cup of Nations final shoot-out

Sadio Mane made up for missing from the spot in normal time to score the decisive penalty as Senegal overcame Mohamed Salah's Egypt 4-2 in a shoot-out to win their first Africa Cup of Nations title after Sunday's final finished goalless at the end of extra time.

Barca go fourth after beating Atletico, Real Madrid sneak past Granada

Jordi Alba scored an extraordinary volley and Dani Alves was sent off as Barcelona delivered a major boost to their hopes of finishing in La Liga's top four on Sunday by winning a six-goal thriller against Atletico Madrid 4-2.

End of the road in Colombia for Escobar's 'cocaine' hippos?

More than 100 African hippos descended from fewer than a handful imported as exotic pets by drug lord Pablo Escobar, face an uncertain future in Colombia.

New boys fire Juve into top four, Napoli on Inter's heels

Dusan Vlahovic and Denis Zakaria enjoyed dream Juventus debuts on Sunday with a goal each in a 2-0 win over Verona which puts their new team in Serie A's Champions League places, while Napoli are hot on leaders Inter Milan's heels after seeing off Venezia.

Messi, Mbappe on target as PSG thrash sorry Lille

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe both scored as Paris Saint-Germain stretched their mammoth lead at the top of Ligue 1 to 13 points with a 5-1 thrashing of defending champions Lille on Sunday.

Fan arrested after attack on Forest players

Police said a man has been arrested after a fan ran on to the pitch and attacked Nottingham Forest players celebrating a goal during their 4-1 FA Cup win against Leicester.

Forest stun FA Cup holders Leicester, non-league Boreham Wood into last 16

Nottingham Forest knocked holders Leicester out of the FA Cup as the Championship side powered to a shock 4-1 win, while non-league Boreham Wood upset second tier Bournemouth with a 1-0 victory on Sunday.

Iraq presidential vote in question after boycotts, court ruling

Doubts hung Sunday over a scheduled parliamentary vote for Iraq's president after the Supreme Court temporarily suspended former foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari, a frontrunner for the post, and leading parliamentary factions announced a boycott.

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