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Luka Modric scored a brilliant goal from long range to help Real Madrid secure a 2-0 win against Girona on Sunday which took them back level with Barcelona at the top of La Liga.

France got their Six Nations campaign firmly back on track with an 11-try masterclass in a 73-24 thrashing of Italy on Sunday to stay in touch with tournament leaders Ireland.

Star batsman Virat Kohli struck an unbeaten 100 to lead India to a six-wicket win over arch-rivals Pakistan on Sunday and push the title holders to the brink of elimination from the Champions Trophy.

Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday -- the eve of the third anniversary of Russia's invasion -- that he was ready to quit as Ukraine's president if it meant Kyiv would be admitted to the NATO military alliance.

Mikaela Shiffrin's 100th World Cup victory on Sunday cemented her place as the best alpine skier ever, the American vowing there was more to come in her iconic career.

Pope Francis spent his tenth day in hospital Sunday as Catholics around the world prayed for his recovery, the day after the Vatican warned the 88-year-old's condition was "critical".

Newcastle blew Nottingham Forest away with four goals in 11 minutes as Alexander Isak's double inspired a vital 4-3 win in the race to finish in the Premier League's top four.

Manchester City will be without top scorer Erling Haaland for Sunday's Premier League clash against leaders Liverpool due to a knee injury.

Marseille president Pablo Longoria faces likely punishment from the French footballing authorities after an outburst on Saturday in which he claimed his club were the victims of "corruption" following a 3-0 Ligue 1 loss to Auxerre.

Hezbollah's leader vowed "resistance" was not over as tens of thousands mourned slain chief Hassan Nasrallah Sunday at his Beirut funeral, demonstrating continued support for the group after a devastating war with Israel.

Former Arsenal and Manchester United striker Robin van Persie has been appointed head coach of his formative club Feyenoord, the Dutch outfit announced on Sunday.

Germans went to the polls Sunday in a pivotal election, with the conservatives the strong favourites after a campaign rocked by a far-right surge and the dramatic return of US President Donald Trump.

Athletic Bilbao hammered bottom side Real Valladolid 7-1 on Sunday in La Liga to stay on track for Champions League football next season.

Former Germany, Real Madrid and Arsenal star Mesut Ozil, who retired in 2023, was elected Sunday to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) party of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the party announced.

Mikaela Shiffrin, who on Sunday became the first skier to score 100 World Cup wins, admitted that she had questioned her decision to return to competitive skiing so soon after a serious crash in November.

American Angel Yin matched the all-time low LPGA tournament record on Saturday to win the Honda Open in Thailand with a score of 28-under-par, one shot ahead of Japan's Akie Iwai.

Tadej Pogacar rounded off his overall victory of the UAE Tour with a solo stage win on the Jabel Hafeet mountain on Sunday.

Napoli conceded top spot in Serie A to Inter Milan ahead of next weekend's title showdown in Naples after falling to a shock 2-1 defeat at promoted Como on Sunday.

Saud Shakeel and skipper Mohammad Rizwan hit gritty knocks to help Pakistan to 241 all out against arch-rivals India in a key Champions Trophy clash on Sunday in Dubai.

Mikaela Shiffrin became the first skier, male or female, to record 100 World Cup victories when she won the slalom in Sestriere on Sunday.

Tens of thousands of black-clad mourners vowed support for Hezbollah at the Beirut funeral of slain leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday, after the group was dealt major blows in its last round of hostilities with Israel.

Pope Francis's ninth night in hospital passed peacefully after a respiratory attack that sparked alarm, the Vatican said Sunday, although the 88-year-old is still using oxygen through a tube to the nostrils.

Israel on Sunday said troops would stay in West Bank refugee camps for the coming year, announcing expanded military operations including tank deployments, after the displacement of tens of thousands of Palestinians.

Marco Odermatt, who won the super-G crown at this month's world championships, provided further evidence of his dominance in the discipline with a victory in the World Cup event at Crans-Montana on Sunday.

The Kremlin on Sunday hailed dialogue between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin -- two "extraordinary" presidents -- as "promising", and vowed it would "never" give up territory seized in eastern Ukraine.

Tens of thousands of mourners dressed in black vowed support for Hezbollah at the Beirut funeral of slain leader Hassan Nasrallah Sunday, after the group was dealt major blows in its last round of hostilities with Israel.

James Bond in the hands of an American company: shock horror! Amazon's takeover of Britain's iconic Bond franchise has Her Majesty's subjects worried, with some wondering whether 007 still has a future.

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and its allies have agreed to form a parallel government, they said Sunday, despite warnings such a move could further fragment the war-ravaged country.

Hamas on Sunday said Israel has gravely endangered a five-week-old Gaza truce by delaying the release of Palestinian prisoners under the deal because of the manner it has freed Israeli hostages.

Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra apologised Sunday over the deaths of scores of Muslim protesters who suffocated in army trucks two decades ago in the country's south.

French police have made several arrests since a man went on a stabbing rampage, killing one and wounding several others in what President Emmanuel Macron called an "Islamist terrorist act", anti-terror prosecutors told AFP Sunday.

Mikaela Shiffrin will fight for a historic 100th World Cup win on Sunday after topping the times in the first run of the Sestriere slalom, with world champion Camille Rast crashing out.