South Africa fly-half Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu scored seven points as the Stormers beat Leicester 39-26 on Saturday to seal their place in the Champions Cup last 16 from Pool 3.
Hundreds of people on Saturday rallied in London against Beijing's controversial new "mega" embassy, days ahead of a decision on the plan.
Michael Carrick's Manchester United beat Manchester City 2-0 on Saturday, dealing a huge blow to their neighbours' title hopes, as sorry Tottenham slipped to defeat against relegation-threatened West Ham.
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Lautaro Martinez made sure that Inter Milan put pressure on their Serie A title rivals with the only goal in Saturday's 1-0 win at Udinese which extended his team's league lead to six points.
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Barcelona coach Hansi Flick showed his disappointment on Saturday after reports that talented teenager Dro Fernandez is poised to leave the club and said youngsters needed to "live for" the club's colours.
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Senegal coach Pape Thiaw on Saturday said he hoped the Africa Cup of Nations final against Morocco would not be Sadio Mane's last ever game at the tournament, insisting the former Liverpool star could not consider walking away from the team.
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Edoardo Bove has agreed to terminate his contract with Roma after a harrowing heart scare which is set to take the midfielder to England.
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French investigators remain determined to find the imperial jewels stolen from the Louvre in October, a prosecutor has told AFP.
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Thousands of people took to the streets of Denmark's capital on Saturday to protest at US President Donald Trump's push to take over Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory.
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Italy's Nicol Delago won her first ever World Cup race on Saturday with victory in the Tarvisio downhill, as Lindsey Vonn claimed another podium with the Winter Olympics homing into view.
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said Saturday that he had escaped a police raid on his home and was in hiding as the country braced for the results of a fraught election held under an internet blackout.
Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah secured his sixth Dakar Rally car title in Saudi Arabia on Saturday with Luciano Benavides scraping home by two seconds to claim the bike title.
Ukrainian negotiators arrived in the US Saturday for talks with President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff, son-in-law Jared Kushner and army secretary Dan Driscoll on ending almost four years of war with Russia.
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Argentina's Luciano Benavides won the Dakar Rally bike title by a mere two seconds in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
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Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was cut off from communications on Saturday after a police raid on his home, his party said, with the security forces determined to prevent unrest ahead of imminent election results.
Wallabies skipper Harry Wilson is set to miss the early rounds of the Super Rugby season after undergoing minor knee surgery, his club Queensland Reds said on Saturday.
Novak Djokovic said Saturday he still gets a "drug-like" adrenaline rush from tennis and is not thinking about retiring anytime soon.
Novak Djokovic said Saturday he likes his chances at the Australian Open despite "missing a bit of juice" in the legs, declaring he can still beat anyone on his day.
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