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Thomas Tuchel insisted he will stay at Chelsea "until the end of the season", but the Blues boss wouldn't commit his future to the troubled club beyond that point.

Russians were relishing their final moments scrolling through Instagram on Sunday, while bloggers and small businesses that rely heavily on the platform scrambled to lure followers elsewhere online.

Three fans breached security at Bangalore's M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday to take a selfie with India's superstar cricketer Virat Kohli and one returned successful.

Teenage Germany midfielder Florian Wirtz was stretchered off with a suspected knee injury Sunday as Bayer Leverkusen lost 1-0 at home to Cologne in the Rhine derby.

Victor Osimhen ensured that Napoli stayed on the heels of Serie A leaders AC Milan on Sunday with both goals in an eventful 2-1 win at Verona which moved his team second.

Chelsea shrugged off uncertainty over the club's future to beat Newcastle 1-0 thanks to Kai Havertz's late goal at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, while Ukrainian international Andriy Yarmolenko broke down in tears after scoring in West Ham's 2-1 victory over Aston Villa.

Primoz Roglic won cycling's eight-day Paris-Nice race on Sunday, crossing the finish line third on a rainy French Riviera seafront for a narrow, tense victory.

Half-centuries from Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant combined with inspired bowling on Sunday's day two helped India eye a big win in the pink ball Test against Sri Lanka.

Victor Osimhen ensured that Napoli stayed on the heels of Serie A leaders AC Milan on Sunday with both goals in an eventful 2-1 win at Verona which moved his team second.

Russia widened its targets in Ukraine on Sunday with strikes on a military base near the Polish border, as Kyiv said the toll from one of its most besieged cities had topped 2,000.

Kai Havertz eased Chelsea's gloom over Roman Abramovich's sanctions as his late goal sealed a 1-0 win against Newcastle in the first home game since the Blues were plunged into crisis by the damaging restrictions.

A US journalist was shot dead and another wounded on Sunday in Irpin, a frontline suburb of Kyiv that has witnessed some of the fiercest fighting since Russia invaded Ukraine.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in cities across Germany on Sunday to call for peace and protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, police and organisers said.

Sevilla's fading La Liga title challenge could be over after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Rayo Vallecano on Sunday, giving Real Madrid the chance to move 10 points clear at the top of the table.

Paris Saint-Germain beat Ligue 1 strugglers Bordeaux 3-0 on Sunday amid incessant whistles directed at stars including Lionel Messi and Neymar from home fans furious at another European exit.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held talks in Istanbul on Sunday, seeking a rapprochement between the neighbouring NATO members to the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Tadej Pogacar won the Tirreno-Adriatico seven-day cycling race on Sunday to notch up another triumph in a dominant start to the Slovenian's season.

Barcelona’s women’s team won the Primera Division in the best way possible on Sunday by thrashing Real Madrid 5-0 to be crowned champions for a third season in a row.

Iran claimed responsibility for a missile strike Sunday on the northern Iraqi city of Arbil, saying it targeted an Israeli "strategic centre" and warning of more attacks.

Princess Charlene of Monaco has returned to the principality after months-long medical treatment abroad and will continue her recovery alongside her husband and children, according to her palace.

Colombians went to the polls Sunday to draw up a shortlist of candidates for presidential elections that may yield the country's first-ever leftist leader.

Here are the latest developments in Russia's war in Ukraine:

Wicketkeeper Alex Carey hoped cracks on the pitch would help spinners take 20 wickets after Australia piled up 505-8 on the second day of the second Test against Pakistan in Karachi on Sunday.

With Chelsea plunged into turmoil after the sanctions on their Russian owner Roman Abramovich, the sombre mood of fans ahead of Sunday's game against Newcastle reflected the mounting crisis at Stamford Bridge.

Tadej Pogacar won the Tirreno-Adriatico on Sunday to crown yet another triumph in a dominant start to the Slovenian's season, while Phil Bauhaus took the final sprint.

Chelsea's technical and performance advisor Petr Cech said the club are having to live "day-by-day" in the wake of sweeping economic sanctions placed on owner Roman Abramovich by the UK government.

Jack Nowell was happy to bolster England's pack as an emergency measure but has no intention of moving off the wing and into the forwards on a permanent basis following a scrum stint against Ireland.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant hit a quickfire half-ton as India extended its second innings lead to a mammoth 342 on day two of the pink ball Test on Sunday.

The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine since the Russian invasion launched by President Vladimir Putin on February 24 is now nearly 2.7 million, the UN said on Sunday.

Beijing's Winter Paralympics closed Sunday following a ban on Russian and Belarusian competitors as well as stellar performances from the host nation and athletes from war-torn Ukraine.

Ireland's victory over England proved to be an extra special day for Finlay Bealham as the try-scoring prop was reunited with his parents for the first time in over two years.

Henrik Kristoffersen won a second giant slalom in two days in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on Sunday, while Marco Odermatt closed in on the overall World Cup title.