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Mateo Carreras scored a hat-trick of tries as Argentina beat Japan 39-27 in a thriller in Nantes on Sunday to set up a World Cup quarter-final against Wales.

Ravindra Jadeja led India's spin charge with figures of 3-28 to bowl out Australia for 199 in a key clash of the ODI World Cup on Sunday.

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson will miss Monday's World Cup clash against the Netherlands but is expected to return to the team later in the week, said coach Gary Stead on Sunday.

Right-wing officials in Spain joined a mass rally in Barcelona on Sunday to protest plans to grant Catalan separatists an amnesty in exchange for their political support for a new left-wing government.

A pitch invader breached heavy security and fencing to break onto the field at the Cricket World Cup game between India and Australia on Sunday, getting to within touching distance of players including superstar Virat Kohli.

England defence coach Kevin Sinfield said on Sunday Sam Underhill was a "Test match animal" after the flanker was called into their Rugby World Cup squad.

Ireland are probably in the best position they have ever been to break through the glass ceiling and reach the Rugby World Cup semi-finals after a ruthless 36-14 demolition of Scotland on Saturday.

Flanker Sam Underhill has replaced the injured Tom Willis in England's Rugby World Cup squad, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) said on Sunday.

Hosts China finished with a record 201 gold medals as the curtain comes down on two weeks of triumphs and tears at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sunday.

Hong Kong issued its third-highest storm warning signal on Sunday, prompting the closure of some transport services and schools, as Typhoon Koinu skirted the financial hub, bringing rains and powerful gusts.

Wales coach Warren Gatland might have described his team's victory over Georgia as "ugly and messy", but that assessment did not include Louis Rees-Zammit's individual brilliance in scoring a hat-trick of tries.

England came into the Rugby World Cup on a subdued note after losing to Fiji for the first time in August.

The death toll from a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan rose sharply again on Sunday to more than 2,000, with nearly 10,000 injured, as rescue workers dug through razed villages for vanishing signs of life.

Australia opener David Warner on Sunday snatched Sachin Tendulkar's record for the fastest to reach 1,000 World Cup runs during the clash against India.

The president of the upcoming COP28 climate talks in Dubai called on Sunday for governments to abandon "fantasies" such as hastily ditching existing energy infrastructure in pursuit of climate goals.

Germans began voting in two key state elections on Sunday in a test for Chancellor Olaf Scholz's fractious coalition halfway through its term, while the resurgent far right may get another boost.

Israeli forces battled holdout Hamas fighters and pounded targets in the Gaza Strip Sunday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned of a "long and difficult" war ahead sparked by the Palestinian militant group's massive surprise attack.

Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur admits he knows Sri Lanka's "strengths and weaknesses" inside out having spent two years at the helm of his Asian rivals.

Hosts China finished with a record-breaking 201 gold medals as the curtain comes down on two weeks of triumphs and tears at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sunday.

Defending champion Daniil Medvedev was knocked out of the Shanghai Masters Sunday after his shock 7-6 (10/8), 6-2 defeat at the hands of 26th-ranked Sebastian Korda.

The death toll from a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan rose sharply again Sunday to more than 2,000 as rescuers scrabbled for survivors among the ruins of razed villages.

At least 77 people are confirmed dead in the floods that hit India's northeast, authorities said Sunday, with destroyed roads and bridges leaving thousands more still cut off despite waters receding.

The Asian Games wrapped up on Sunday after two weeks of thrilling sporting highs and lows in Hangzhou.

The Asian Games in Hangzhou witnessed some world-class performances over two weeks of action in 40 sports.

Japan is looking to its young talent to impress at next year's Paris Olympics after finishing a distant second in the Asian Games medals table to hosts China.

The air was dry and warm and the skies over Dushanbe were grey without a hint of sun during another recent toxic sand storm that enveloped the capital of Tajikistan.

"Punish me, grab my hair, tell me what you want," sang Bulgaria's raunchy folk-pop star Diona as she entertained a cheering crowd of mostly teenagers at a gig in the country's south.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan planned Sunday to inaugurate the first church built with government backing in overwhelmingly Muslim Turkey's 100-year history as a post-Ottoman state.

The death toll from a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan rose sharply Sunday to more than 1,000 as rescuers scrabbled for survivors among the ruins of villages razed to the ground.

Hosts China finished top of the Asian Games medals table with a record 201 golds, as Taiwan's Gu Shiau-shuang won the final event in Hangzhou on Sunday

Desperate rescuers scrabbled through the night searching for survivors of an earthquake that flattened homes in western Afghanistan, with the death toll of 120 expected to rise Sunday as the extent of the disaster becomes clear.

More than 13,000 spectators flocked to the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio on Saturday to watch Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs play an intra-squad training game in preparation for the NBA season.