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Jonathan Taylor ran 32 times for 244 yards and three touchdowns, including the game winner in overtime, to spark the NFL-best Indianapolis Colts over Atlanta 31-25 on Sunday.

Anders Dreyer and Amahl Pellegrino scored two goals apiece to lift San Diego FC to a 4-0 victory over Portland Timbers on Sunday and into the second round of the MLS Cup playoffs.

Indonesia added former president Suharto to a list of national heroes during a ceremony on Monday, despite objections from activists and academics over the deceased military dictator's human rights record.

The fourth Twenty20 international between New Zealand and the West Indies was abandoned because of rain on Monday after less than seven overs of play.

Namnyak, a Maasai herder in north Tanzania, fears a carbon credit scheme linked to Volkswagen -- dismissed by NGOs as "greenwashing" -- could destroy her community's way of life.

She lived a life of luxury that earned her the nickname "goddess of wealth", but Chinese businesswoman Zhimin Qian now faces a long jail sentence after police made the UK's largest-ever cryptocurrency seizure of Bitcoin worth over $6 billion.

Equities rallied Monday on hopes that the US government shutdown could be nearing an end after reports said lawmakers had reached a deal to break the record-breaking 40-day impasse.

An odor of oil hung over last year's UN climate conference in Baku, capital of fossil fuel-rich Azerbaijan.

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa is to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday for unprecedented talks just days after Washington removed him from a terrorism blacklist.

In a fitness studio in Saudi Arabia, dozens of women sway to Arabic music as they practise belly dancing -- an activity that many feel compelled to keep secret.

In the race for AI dominance, American tech giants have the money and the chips, but their ambitions have hit a new obstacle: electric power.

Long, blond, wavy hair, heavy makeup and cosmetic injections: like many women in Donald Trump's orbit, political consultant Melissa Rein Lively wears her support for the US president on her face.

The NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder erased a 19-point first-half deficit to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 114-100 on Sunday and improve their league-best record to 10-1.

US senators reached a bipartisan deal Sunday that would resume federal funding and end a shutdown which has stretched to a record 40 days and forced many government operations to grind to a halt.

A weakening Typhoon Fung-wong departed the Philippines over the South China Sea on Monday morning, after its driving winds and heavy rain killed at least two people and forced more than a million to evacuate.

NBA great Lenny Wilkens, a Hall of Famer as both a player and a coach, has died at the age of 88, his family said Sunday.

World number 12 Ben Griffin fired a nine-under par 63 on Sunday to win the World Wide Technology Championship by two strokes for his third US PGA Tour title of the year.

When Indianapolis Colts kicker Michael Badgley kicked a last-gasp field goal to send Sunday's NFL match to overtime, the Berlin crowd understood the significance, even if many were watching live for the first time.

Robert Lewandowski hit a hat-trick to help Barcelona beat Celta Vigo 4-2 on Sunday in La Liga and cut Real Madrid's lead down to three points.

Jamie George has urged England to play the team rather than the reputation when they face rugby superpower New Zealand at Twickenham.

Robert Lewandowski hit a hat-trick to help Barcelona beat Celta Vigo 4-2 on Sunday in La Liga and cut Real Madrid's lead down to three points.

Joao Neves' late winner returned Paris Saint-Germain to the top of Ligue 1 as they beat Lyon 3-2 on Sunday, while Emanuel Emegha netted a brace as Strasbourg beat Lille.

Italian champions Napoli came unstuck at Bologna on Sunday, losing 2-0 to cede the Serie A summit to Inter Milan who downed Lazio by the same scoreline.

Blue Origin, the space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, was forced Sunday to postpone the anticipated launch of its New Glenn rocket due to unfavorable weather conditions.

Lewis Hamilton did his best to stay upbeat for the future on Sunday after yet another wretched weekend in what he described as a "nightmare" year with Ferrari.

Jonathan Taylor ran 32 times for 244 yards and three touchdowns, including the game winner in overtime, to spark the NFL-best Indianapolis Colts over Atlanta 31-25 on Sunday.

Carlos Alcaraz made a solid start to the ATP Finals on Sunday with a 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 win over Alex de Minaur, while former champion Alexander Zverev got underway with a straight-sets win over Ben Shelton.

The opening of a contested museum in Nigeria, meant to display west African art, has been postponed after protesters disrupted a private visit on Sunday, officials said.

A brace from Germany striker Deniz Undav lifted Stuttgart to a 3-2 come-from-behind home win over Augsburg in the Bundesliga on Sunday, while Eintracht Frankfurt beat Mainz.

Italian champions Napoli came unstuck at Bologna on Sunday, losing 2-0 to cede the Serie A summit to Roma who beat Udinese by the same scoreline.

Virgil van Dijk said Liverpool will fight back after a demoralising 3-0 defeat to Manchester City, but manager Arne Slot conceded the English champions cannot look at the Premier League title race right now.

Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were indicted Sunday in New York on federal charges involving rigged bets on individual pitches in Major League Baseball games.

Wales captain Jac Morgan is expected to miss the remainder of the Autumn Nations Series after suffering a suspected dislocated shoulder in a 52-28 defeat by Argentina in Cardiff on Sunday.

Max Verstappen was "realistic" about his slim title chance after producing one of his greatest drives to go from a pit-lane start to the podium at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix on Sunday.

Air travel in the United States could soon "slow to a trickle," authorities warned Sunday as thousands more flights were cancelled or delayed and passengers faced chaos triggered by the federal government shutdown.

Reigning champions Celtic reduced the gap to Scottish Premiership leaders Hearts to seven points with a 4-0 victory over Kilmarnock on Sunday.

The director general of the BBC announced his resignation Sunday following a row over the editing of a documentary about US President Donald Trump.

Lando Norris extended his lead in the drivers’ world championship to 24 points ahead of McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri with a well-judged victory in Sunday's dramatic Sao Paulo Grand Prix – but Red Bull’s Max Verstappen stole the show by racing from a pit-lane start to finish third.

Lando Norris won the Sao Paulo Grand Prix on Sunday to extend his lead over his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in the drivers' title battle.