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World champion Tadej Pogacar won a third straight Liege-Bastogne-Liege on Sunday after a thrilling battle with teenage French sensation Paul Seixas.

Iran's foreign minister returned to Islamabad for more consultations on Sunday, as international mediators tried to keep peace talks on track despite US President Donald Trump calling off his envoys' planned trip.

South Africa's Kagiso Rabada led a disciplined attack with figures of 3-25 to help Gujarat Titans hammer Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets in the IPL on Sunday.

World champion Tadej Pogacar won a third straight Liege-Bastogne-Liege on Sunday after a thrilling battle with teenage French sensation Paul Seixas.

Investigators on Sunday said the gunman who tried to storm a gala dinner attended by US President Donald Trump planned to target top government officials, as scrutiny grew over the event's security.

Alex Marquez claimed a comfortable victory in the Spanish MotoGP on Sunday, ending overall leader Marco Bezzecchi's winning streak of five consecutive triumphs.

Kenya's Sabastian Sawe on Sunday shattered one of the most elusive barriers in athletics, becoming the first man to dip below the two-hour mark in the marathon.

Coco Gauff became the latest victim of the stomach virus that has been sweeping through the draw at the Madrid Open but the ailing American still found a way to beat Sorana Cirstea 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 on Sunday and reach the round of 16.

Mali's defence minister died after an attack on his house, his family said Sunday, as the army fought a second day of battles with jihadist fighters and separatist rebels near the capital Bamako and other cities, putting the Sahel nation's ruling junta under severe pressure.

Sabastian Sawe broke the two-hour mark for the first time in history on Sunday in winning the London Marathon as Tigst Assefa smashed her own women's-only world record.

Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa defended her London Marathon crown on Sunday, breaking her own women's-only world record.

Hong Kong's superstar galloper Ka Ying Rising stretched his phenomenal winning streak to 20 with a dominant victory in a track-record time in Sunday's Group 1 Chairman's Sprint Prize at Shatin.

Austria's Bernd Wiesberger beat Adrian Otaegui by three shots to win the China Open on Sunday for his first DP World Tour title in five years.

Iran's foreign minister was due to return to Pakistan on Sunday as international mediators try to keep peace talks on track despite US President Donald Trump calling off his envoys' planned trip.

Australia's Pat Cummins says Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is his "new favourite player" after the 15-year-old sensation became the youngest and fastest to score 1,000 T20 runs in a 36-ball century in the IPL.

Fresh fighting erupted Sunday in the key Malian town of Kidal between Tuareg rebels backed by jihadists and government forces supported by Russian mercenaries, a day after insurgents launched coordinated strikes across the restive Sahel nation.

Slavutych was built as a Soviet paradise for refugees from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster but now it is being born again as a haven for people escaping Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

World leaders expressed shock after a shooter charged a glitzy media gala in Washington on Saturday night attended by US President Donald Trump -- and relief that there were no casualties.

President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of "nuclear terrorism" on Sunday, as Ukraine marked the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster amid deadly new drone attacks.

Moana Pasifika coach Tana Umaga said Sunday he doesn't know if there's a genuine buyer ready to rescue the financially stricken Super Rugby team -- but won't give up hope as the clock ticks down.

US President Donald Trump struck a philosophical tone Saturday after a shooter rushed a media gala in Washington, the latest in a series of incidents to target the Republican leader.

US President Donald Trump and other attendees were evacuated Saturday night after gunshots were fired at a glitzy media gala in Washington.

Al Ahli had to "suffer" in becoming the first club in more than two decades to win back-to-back Asian Champions League titles, their relieved coach said.

India has ramped up purchases of Russian oil and revived alternate supplies from Africa, Iran and Venezuela to blunt a sharp crude shortfall from the crisis-ridden Middle East, analysts say.

US Secret Service agents bundled Donald Trump from the stage as shots rang out Saturday evening at a media gala, in what the president later described as an attack by a "would-be assassin."

It was meant to be a glitzy night with President Donald Trump addressing journalists at a Washington ballroom. But the glamor was shattered by gunshots that left guests diving to the floor and the US leader bundled out by security personnel.

The Minnesota Timberwolves lost All-Star Anthony Edwards and fellow starting guard Donte DiVincenzo to first-half injuries on Saturday to take the shine off their 112-96 NBA playoff victory over Denver.

Minnesota's Ayo Dosunmu scored 43 points off the bench on Saturday as the Timberwolves shook off two potentially devastating injuries to beat Denver 112-96 and take a 3-1 lead in their NBA playoff series.

Machida Zelvia's former high-school coach said his team "faced a lot of mental pressure" after the Japanese upstarts suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the Asian Champions League final.

The US central bank is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged at its policy meeting next week, as energy prices stay high and supply chains snarled due to war in the Middle East.

US Secret Service agents bundled Donald Trump from the stage as shots rang out Saturday evening at a media gala, in what the president later described as an attack by a "would-be assassin."

Tibetans outside Chinese control vote on Sunday for a government-in-exile, an election of heightened significance as they brace for an inevitable, eventual, future without their revered spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.