Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar won the toss and elected to field first against Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League final in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Paris prepared a hero's welcome for Paris Saint-Germain players who won their second consecutive Champions League title with celebrations planned in the capital under heavy security after a night of revelry marred by unrest.
World number one Aryna Sabalenka will take on fellow four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka in the first women's French Open night-session match since 2023 on Monday.
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Japan scored a late goal through substitute Koki Ogawa to beat Iceland 1-0 in Tokyo on Sunday in their final friendly before the World Cup.
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Zac Purton became the first jockey to ride 2,000 winners in Hong Kong when he guided Rising World to victory at the city's Sha Tin racecourse on Sunday.
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Britain's Elfyn Evans increased his lead at the top of the World Rally Championship on Sunday after winning in Japan for his second victory of the season.
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Efforts to boost soccer in the United States rest heavily on the national team's success at the World Cup -- but their Group D opponents Australia have every intention of crashing the co-hosts' party.
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At a plant near Frankfurt, in Germany, hydrogen and CO2 sourced from a chlorine factory and a biogas facility nearby are piped into a reactor and -- after a few more steps -- turned into jet fuel.
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Malta was to begin counting votes Sunday in an election expected to deliver a historic fourth term for the Labour government, despite concerns over rampant overdevelopment and systemic corruption.
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US President Donald Trump said he had secured guarantees from Iran that it would not develop nuclear weapons, as reports emerged he had sent a tougher peace proposal back to Tehran.
Son Heung-min ended his goal drought with a double as South Korea warmed up for the World Cup by hammering Trinidad and Tobago 5-0 in a friendly on Saturday.
Harwati clasped her hands and offered a prayer on the edge of a sludge lake on the Indonesian island of Java, as dozen of residents gathered to mark two decades since mud volcano eruptions began displacing thousands.
Victor Wembanyama is within sight of realizing a lifelong dream after helping the San Antonio Spurs battle past the Oklahoma City Thunder to set up an NBA Finals showdown with the New York Knicks on Saturday.
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World Cup co-hosts Mexico warmed up with a scrappy 1-0 friendly win over Australia in front of nearly 80,000 El Tri fans at the Rose Bowl outside Los Angeles on Saturday.
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Hundreds of people marched in the streets of Peruvian capital Lima on Saturday in protest against right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, eight days before a runoff vote in the South American country.
Rising fuel prices triggered by the Middle East war are driving a sharp increase in carpooling, with a ride-sharing platform reporting a surge in new users seeking cheaper ways to travel.
The San Antonio Spurs, sparked by superstar Victor Wembanyama, advanced to the NBA Finals by dethroning defending champion Oklahoma City 111-103 on Saturday, booking a championship showdown against New York.
Deportivo Toluca defeated fellow Mexican side Tigres UANL on penalties to lift the CONCACAF Champions Cup for a third time on Saturday.
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