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Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova reached the quarter-finals of the US Open on Sunday, edging Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk in three sets.

Letting out cries of joy and jumping into the air, supporters of Germany's far-right AfD celebrated as they realised the scale of their election triumph in an ex-communist eastern state on Sunday.

Xabi Alonso urged Chelsea to use their 2-1 defeat at Arsenal on Sunday as a valuable lesson in the race to catch the Premier League champions.

War with Russia "at the moment" looked likely to continue into winter, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday, after holding talks with US envoys visiting Kyiv.

World number one Aryna Sabalenka led the way into the US Open quarter-finals, subduing American Taylor Townsend in straight sets on Sunday to keep her bid for a rare three-peat on track.

Arsenal delivered an emphatic response to Chelsea's emergence as potential Premier League title contenders with a 2-1 win that ended their rivals' unbeaten start on Sunday.

Bavarian minnows Augsburg came from a goal down to a 4-1 win at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga on Sunday, while a dominant Mainz put five goals past Hamburg.

Charles Leclerc admitted his opening-lap scrap with Ferrari team-mate Lewis Hamilton went "too far" before crashing out of Sunday's Italian Grand Prix, leaving a vast scarlet-clad crowd disappointed.

Lamine Yamal struck twice for Barcelona as they demolished Valencia 5-0 on Sunday to maintain their 100 percent start in La Liga.

World number one Aryna Sabalenka charged into the US Open quarter-finals on Sunday, beating American Taylor Townsend 6-4, 6-3 to keep her bid for a rare US Open three-peat alive.

Kimi Antonelli had every reason to pinch himself on Sunday after his spectacular triumph for Mercedes from 19th on the grid gave the Monza fans a first home winner of the Italian Grand Prix for 60 years.

When a news magazine recently branded him "Germany's most dangerous man", the far-right AfD's Ulrich Siegmund mocked the weekly by handing out signed copies of the publication to his fans.

Daryz rubber-stamped his status as favourite to become only the ninth horse to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe twice, as he eased to victory in the Prix Foy at Longchamp on Sunday.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun urged Washington and the international community to help stop Israeli attacks, which killed at least seven people on Sunday despite a truce and a framework deal aimed at halting the violence.

Strasbourg thumped Troyes 6-2 away in Ligue 1 on Sunday as English winger Sam Amo-Ameyaw scored twice as a late substitute.

Lamine Yamal struck twice for Barcelona as they demolished Valencia 5-0 on Sunday to maintain their 100 percent start in La Liga.

Germany's far-right AfD won a landslide victory in a key regional election Sunday in the ex-communist east, taking at least 44 percent of the vote according to exit polls by two public broadcasters.

An apartment building has just collapsed in an Israeli airstrike, hundreds are likely dead, and a cameraman runs towards the smoke and rubble in the opening scene of the Gaza documentary "Citizen Osama".

Michael Carrick said Manchester United's start to the Premier League season has not been "that bad" despite conceding twice late on to draw 2-2 at Everton on Sunday.

Championship leader Kimi Antonelli delivered one of the most sensational triumphs in the long history of the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday when he became the first home winner in 60 years after starting from 19th on the grid.

Fighting between Yemeni government forces and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in southwest Yemen killed more than 140 combatants between midday Saturday and early Sunday morning, military sources said.

US actress Susan Sarandon said Sunday she was still having roles "taken away" from her in Hollywood because of her outspoken criticism of Israel's war in Gaza.

Wout van Aert won a sprint from a small breakaway group to claim stage 15 of the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday, which was shortened because of extreme heat conditions in the south of Spain.

US envoy Steve Witkoff said he and fellow emissary Jared Kushner held "important" talks Sunday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on ending the war with Russia -- but offered no sign of a breakthrough.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles marked his Everton debut with a superb strike with virtually the last kick of the game to snatch a 2-2 draw for the Toffees against Manchester United.

Kimi Antonelli produced a dazzling drive from the back of the grid to see off Mercedes teammate George Russell and win the Italian Grand Prix at Monza on Sunday.

Gianni Infantino will stand in next March's FIFA presidential election, despite the backlash over his now-abandoned plan to bring private investment into the World Cup, football's global governing body announced Sunday.

Championship strugglers Burnley signed former Leicester striker Jamie Vardy on a one-year contract on Sunday.

The United Nations chief in Nepal issued an emotional plea for aid on Sunday, saying survivors of the catastrophic flooding had seen their lives transformed in just "one to two minutes".

Gianni Infantino will stand in next March's FIFA presidential election, despite the backlash over his now-abandoned plan to bring private investment into the World Cup, football's global governing body announced Sunday.

The Italian Grand Prix at Monza was halted after just two laps in Sunday after Ferrari's Charles Leclerc slid off the track and smashed into barriers.

Palestinian sports commentator Khalil Jadallah has spent the past three years mourning the athletes killed in the Gaza war. As Palestinian football officially resumed this week, his return to the stadium proved bittersweet.