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Arsenal ignored their injury woes to close the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool as Mikel Merino inspired a 2-0 win against Leicester, while Omar Marmoush's hat-trick fired Manchester City's 4-0 rout of top four rivals Newcastle on Saturday.

Omar Marmoush scored his first Manchester City goals with a first-half hat-trick to beat Newcastle 4-0 and fire Pep Guardiola's men back into the Premier League's top four on Saturday.

Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through central London to the United States embassy on Saturday to protest against President Donald Trump's proposal that the US "take over" Gaza.

Elfyn Evans tightened his icy grip on snowy Rally Sweden on Saturday as he won two stages to end the day six seconds ahead of Toyota teammate Takamoto Katsuta.

Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham was sent off for apparent dissent during the first half of the La Liga leaders' match at Osasuna on Saturday.

Few heads of diplomacy can boast the longevity of Djibouti's Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, foreign minister since 2005, who was elected Saturday to head the African Union's executive commission.

Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz pledged a stronger role for Berlin in the EU and muscular support for Ukraine as he outlined his foreign policy vision at the Munich Security Conference.

England's prospects for the Champions Trophy received a boost on Saturday when opening batsman Ben Duckett was passed fit for the one-day international tournament.

Mikaela Shiffrin might have missed out on a medal that would have made her the most decorated alpine skier ever, but the US star was buoyant after what she dubbed her "miraculous" fifth place in the slalom on Saturday.

Mikel Merino said his vital double in Arsenal's 2-0 win at Leicester on Saturday was a belated Valentine's Day present for his wife after he forgot to buy her a proper gift.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Saturday for the creation of a European army, as he insisted Kyiv and its backers on the continent must be listened to in peace talks with Russia.

Arsenal ignored their injury woes to close the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool to four points as Mikel Merino came off the bench to clinch a 2-0 win against Leicester on Saturday.

The UK government on Saturday named two Britons detained in Iran as Craig and Lindsay Foreman, with their family saying they are determined to ensure the pair's "safe return".

US star Mikaela Shiffrin finished fifth to miss out on a historic world medal as Switzerland's Camille Rast won the women's slalom in Saalbach on Saturday.

A bus carrying a group of Palestinian prisoners released Saturday by Israel under the Gaza ceasefire deal arrived to a cheering crowd in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, according to an AFP journalist.

Jannik Sinner's reserved public persona belies a mature and steely 23-year-old who showed supreme mental strength to put aside his doping scandal and win the last two tennis majors.

Palestinian militants released three Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian inmates freed by Israel, completing the latest swap despite fears the Gaza truce deal was near collapse.

Jannik Sinner's long doping saga came to an end on Saturday after he agreed to a three-month ban from tennis, the world number one admitting "partial responsibility" for team mistakes which led to him twice testing positive for traces of clostebol in March last year.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday warned the United States not to strike a deal with Russia "behind our backs", as he urged Europe to stand up and make its voice heard.

Lebanese authorities said Saturday that more than 25 people had been arrested following an attack on a United Nations convoy the day before that wounded two peacekeepers, including the force's outgoing deputy commander.

Their voices monotone and their faces staring mostly ahead, three Israeli hostages spoke in Hebrew on a Gaza stage before walking to freedom on Saturday, after more than 16 months of captivity in the Palestinian territory.

Jannik Sinner's long doping saga came to an end on Saturday after he agreed to a three-month ban from tennis, the world number admitting "partial responsibility" for team mistakes which led to him twice testing positive for traces of clostebol in March last year.

Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen's tilt at defending his men's slalom title at the World Ski Championships in Saalbach on Sunday depends on bagging a rare victory on Austrian snow.

US star Mikaela Shiffrin remained on course to become the most decorated alpine World Ski Championships racer in history after safely negotiating the first run of the women's slalom in Saalbach on Saturday.

Interplanetary space travel and the vanities of tech billionaires like Elon Musk are the subject of acclaimed South Korean director Bong Joon Ho's satirical new film "Mickey 17" which will be shown at the Berlin film festival on Saturday.

Palestinian militants handed three Israeli hostages over to the Red Cross on Saturday, while buses carrying freed Palestinian prisoners rolled out of two Israeli jails in the latest exchange under an ongoing Gaza truce deal.

Jannik Sinner has accepted a three-month ban from tennis after the world number one admitted team mistakes led to him twice testing positive for traces of banned substance clostebol in March last year.

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday demanded that the Democratic Republic of Congo's "territorial integrity" be respected and a regional war avoided, at an African summit the day after Rwandan-backed fighters seized a second DRC provincial capital.

Their voices monotone and their faces staring mostly ahead, three Israeli hostages spoke in Hebrew on a Gaza stage before walking to freedom on Saturday, after more than 16 months of captivity in the Palestinian territory.

Damian McKenzie scored two tries as his Waikato Chiefs beat the Auckland Blues 25-14 on Saturday to extract a measure of revenge for last year's Super Rugby Pacific final defeat.

Gaza militants handed three Israeli hostages over to the Red Cross on Saturday in an exchange that is also set to see the release of 369 Palestinians from Israeli custody, the latest such swap under an ongoing truce deal.

A Myanmar ethnic militia said on Saturday it was preparing to deport 10,000 people linked to cyber scams in the area it controls to Thailand as part of a crackdown on the illicit compounds.