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Mads Pedersen sprinted to Vuelta stage 15 victory on Sunday as pro-Palestinian protestors again made an impact on the race.

Rory McIlroy won the Irish Open in a thrilling play-off against Joakim Lagergren on Sunday for his first tournament triumph since his Masters success in April.

Teenage rising star Braxton Sorensen-McGee grabbed a hat-trick of tries as reigning champions New Zealand secured top spot in Pool C of the Women's Rugby World Cup with an emphatic 40-0 rout of Ireland in Brighton.

Max Verstappen won an Italian Grand Prix typically full of drama and incident, with record-breaking speed and nearly another setback for the unfortunate Lando Norris.

Russia fired its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine early Sunday, killing four people and setting government offices in Kyiv ablaze, an attack President Volodymyr Zelensky warned would prolong the war.

"The Conjuring: Last Rites," the latest in the popular horror film franchise about a couple of real-life paranormal investigators, debuted atop the North American box office with a whopping $83 million in ticket sales, industry estimates showed Sunday.

Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani, who died aged 91, will be buried on Monday in a private family ceremony in a village near Milan, local officials said.

South Africa suffered the heaviest loss in ODI history as England dismissed the tourists for just 72 in a 342-run victory inspired by Jofra Archer's blistering bowling and Jacob Bethell's maiden hundred on Sunday.

Russia fired its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine early Sunday, killing four people and setting government offices in Kyiv ablaze, an attack President Volodymyr Zelensky warned would prolong the war.

Mads Pedersen sprinted to Vuelta stage 15 victory on Sunday as pro-Palestinian protestors continued making an impact on the race.

Geraint Thomas brought down the curtain on his storied career as his last race, the Tour of Britain, finished in his home town on Sunday and then celebrated with a party at Cardiff Castle.

Max Verstappen slowed McLaren's Formula One dominance on Sunday with a phenomenal display of driving on his way to victory at the Italian Grand Prix, the fastest ever race in the sports history.

Eight key members of the OPEC+ alliance said Sunday they have agreed to again boost oil production, in a strategy analysts saw as a bid to gain a bigger market share of crude sales.

On a summer evening in San Francisco, JT Mason went to dinner with five complete strangers, confident he would have a good time thanks to careful guest selection by a new type of app for meeting people.

Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday criticised the "serious and avoidable" injuries suffered by Ousmane Dembele and Desire Doue while on international duty with the France national team.

From donning a prosthetic penis to simulating bizarre sex work in a steamy motel room, Sydney Sweeney was "up for anything" while filming her Oscar-tipped role in boxing drama "Christy," her director has told AFP.

Japan overturned a nine-point deficit at half-time to beat Spain 29-21 in the teams' final match of the Women's Rugby World Cup on Sunday.

President Donald Trump is to attend the US Open men's final on Sunday, adding the Grand Slam tennis tournament to a list of high-profile sport outings since beginning his new term.

A total of 890 people were arrested in London during a protest this weekend in support of the banned group Palestine Action, the capital's Metropolitan Police said Sunday.

Alex Marquez comfortably held off his brother Marc to claim the Catalunya MotoGP on Sunday, snapping his older sibling's winning streak of seven straight victories.

Greece's prime minister said Sunday that alleged fraud of EU agricultural subsidies was "a chronic problem" in his country's farm sector that started before his government's mandate.

Kirsty Coventry, the new International Olympic Committee (IOC) president, is following up on her promise "to protect the female category" by setting up a working group on women's sport.

Russia fired its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine early Sunday, killing two people and setting the seat of the Ukrainian government in Kyiv ablaze in an attack President Volodymyr Zelensky warned would prolong the war.

Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty-gritty of policy and geeky pursuit of making military models, but his dream job as Japanese prime minister crumbled Sunday.

Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Vatican on Sunday as Pope Leo XIV proclaimed the Catholic Church's first millennial saint, an Italian teenager dubbed "God's Influencer" for his efforts to spread the faith online.

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Sunday he would step down after less than a year in power, during which he lost his majority in both houses of parliament.

Seoul said Sunday that negotiations with the United States to secure the release of South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid have been "concluded" and they would soon be freed and flown home.

Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Vatican on Sunday for the canonisation of an Italian teenager dubbed "God's Influencer" for his efforts to spread the Catholic faith online.

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has decided to step down, local media reported on Sunday, as members of his ruling party seek to hold a new leadership race following disastrous upper house elections.

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro will test his political strength Sunday with demonstrations in the country's main cities, days before the Supreme Court decides whether he is guilty of attempting a coup.

Russia fired its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine early Sunday, killing at least two people and setting the seat of the Ukrainian government in Kyiv ablaze, authorities said.

Experienced New Zealand hooker Codie Taylor was on Sunday ruled out of the second Rugby Championship Test against South Africa while unlucky wing Emoni Narawa is a major doubt.

Australian biologists said Sunday a great white shark measuring up to 3.6 metres (12 foot) likely killed a 57-year-old surfer off Sydney this weekend, as authorities stepped up surveillance for the predators.

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger.

Celebrities, politicians and conservationists took turns to announce names for 40 infant gorillas in a glamorous ceremony in Rwanda, where the endangered creatures face a deadly threat from overcrowding.

Thai tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul took office as prime minister on Sunday, with the cannabis-championing conservative ousting the nation's dominant political dynasty and setting course for elections early next year.

Japan and Mexico drew 0-0 on Saturday in a friendly at Oakland Coliseum as both countries prepare for the 2026 World Cup.

Pensioner Shizue Kato didn't fancy the new "Demon Slayer" anime blockbuster and instead watched "Kokuho", a rare live action cinema hit in Japan, where animation rules.

Prince Harry returns to London on Monday for a children's charity gala. But the question on everyone's lips is whether after years of tensions and hurt he will meet his father, King Charles III.