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Andy Farrell said for "little old Ireland" to be in "the same bracket" as their Rugby World Cup quarter-final opponents New Zealand shows how far the Irish have come as a rugby nation.

Ireland ripped apart Scotland in an impressive 36-14 win to finish top of their group at the Rugby World Cup on Saturday while England survived a scare to beat Samoa by a point.

South Korean Kim Hyo-joo birdied three of the last six holes and stretched her lead to five strokes after Saturday's third round of The Ascendant LPGA.

Christian Pulisic fired AC Milan top of Serie A on Saturday after a 1-0 win at Genoa decided in a wild final few minutes in which Olivier Giroud slipped on his goalkeeping gloves and saved the day.

Max Verstappen said his third consecutive drivers' world title triumph, achieved in Saturday's sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix, was "the one I am most proud of – the best."

Ireland ripped apart Scotland in an impressive 36-14 win to finish top of their group at the Rugby World Cup on Saturday while England survived a scare to beat Samoa by a point.

Josh Jung homered and Jonah Heim snuffed out a rally in the ninth inning as Texas beat Baltimore 3-2 on Saturday to open their Major League Baseball second-round playoff series.

After more than a century living with a macabre mystery, the US town of Reading, Pennsylvania closed the casket Saturday on its oddest-ever resident -- a mummified man who was finally buried.

Folarin Balogun and Wissam Ben Yedder scored as Monaco defeated Reims 3-1 on Saturday to keep hold of top spot in Ligue 1 ahead of Cote d'Azur rivals Nice.

Christian Pulisic shot AC Milan top of Serie A with a late goal in Saturday's dramatic 1-0 win at Genoa in which both teams had their goalkeeper sent off in stoppage time, after Inter Milan threw away a two-goal lead in their 2-2 draw with Bologna.

Ireland cruised into the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals by demolishing Scotland 36-14 in a clinical performance in their final Pool B match at the Stade de France on Saturday.

The United States on Saturday condemned the attacks by "Hamas terrorists" against Israel and vowed to ensure the key US ally has the means to defend itself.

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner hailed newly-crowned three-time world champion Max Verstappen as "the most competitive driver I've ever seen" on Saturday after he clinched his third title at the Qatar Grand Prix.

The United States on Saturday condemned the attacks by "Hamas terrorists" against Israel and vowed to ensure the key US ally has the means to defend itself.

South Africa's Aiden Markram confidently expects his record-breaking century, as well as his team's all-time tournament best total, to be broken before this World Cup is over.

With its surprise attack against Israel, Hamas has violently shifted the world's eyes back to the Palestinians and dealt a severe blow to momentum to secure a landmark US-brokered deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia.

England head coach Steve Borthwick paid credit to a "brilliant" Samoa after Saturda's narrow 18-17 Rugby World Cup win.

England survived a huge scare in the Rugby World Cup on Saturday, coming from behind courtesy of a late Danny Care try to beat Samoa 18-17.

Max Verstappen clinched his third consecutive world title on Saturday when he finished second behind rookie Oscar Piastri in an incident-filled sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix.

Samoa head coach Seilala Mapusua said on Saturday lower-ranked nations suffered from an "unconscious bias" from referees after the narrow 18-17 loss to England in the Rugby World Cup.

Max Verstappen is a natural born racer, his raw speed and precocious ability plain for all to see from the moment he first clambered into a go-kart aged four and a half.

England captain Owen Farrell said his were "scrappy" as they came back to edge Samoa 18-17 in the Rugby World Cup on Saturday after trailing by nine points with half an hour to play.

Max Verstappen secured a third world Formula One title during the sprint race of the Qatar Grand Prix.

US superstar Simone Biles was denied another title on the penultimate day of the world gymnastics championships in Antwerp on Saturday taking silver on the vault behind Brazil's Rebeca Andrade and finishing fifth on the uneven bars.

England came back to edge Samoa 18-17 in the Rugby World Cup on Saturday after trailing by nine points with half an hour to play.

Juventus moved to within two points of Serie A leaders Inter Milan after Saturday's 2-0 derby victory over local rivals Torino.

Mauricio Pochettino has urged Raheem Sterling to prove England boss Gareth Southgate wrong after the Chelsea forward inspired Saturday's 4-1 rout of Burnley.

Erik ten Hag said Scott McTominay's stoppage time double to ease Manchester United's crisis by beating Brentford 2-1 has to be a turning point in a troubled season.

Rival armed groups have clashed in DR Congo's east killing five civilians and forcing more than 50,000 to flee, the United Nations said Saturday, after a six-month lull in fighting.

A seventh Colombian suspected in the August assassination of Ecuador presidential candidate and anti-corruption crusader Fernando Villavicencio has died in prison, officials said Saturday.

The death toll from a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in western Afghanistan on Saturday has risen to "about 120", disaster relief authorities said, with more than 1,000 others being treated for injuries.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said nobody expected Jude Bellingham to be so explosive in front of goal after the midfielder hit a brace to send Madrid back top of La Liga on Saturday with a 4-0 win over Osasuna.