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Noah Lyles says his priority is "medals first, records second" as he bids to become only the fifth man to achieve the 100/200 metres double at the World Athletics Championships.

Former US president Donald Trump said Sunday he will petition to have a different judge oversee his historic criminal trial and for the case to be moved out of Washington.

Mikel Arteta believes Arsenal's Community Shield victory against Manchester City proves they can go toe to toe with the treble winners in the Premier League title race.

Cambodia's king on Monday will appoint Hun Manet the country's new leader after his father Hun Sen calls time on nearly four decades of hardline rule.

Elon Musk said Sunday that the "cage match" he and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg have seemingly agreed to as a fund-raiser will be carried live on X, formerly known as Twitter, which he owns.

US teen star Coco Gauff captured her fourth career WTA title on Sunday, defeating Greece's Maria Sakkari 6-2, 6-3 to win the Washington Open.

The 'big three' South African clubs had mixed results as the league season began this weekend with title-holders Mamelodi Sundowns winning, Kaizer Chiefs drawing and Orlando Pirates losing.

Jailed Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, on hunger strike since shortly after his arrest last month, was admitted to hospital in Dakar Sunday, his lawyer and supporters said.

World number six Holger Rune said on Sunday he hopes to partner in mixed doubles at next year's Paris Olympics with fellow Dane Caroline Wozniacki.

France's only national Sunday newspaper this weekend published its first edition under the leadership of a controversial far-right editor, whose appointment had prompted an unprecedented and lengthy staff walkout.

Hollywood's pink wave has yet to crest as Warner Bros.' "Barbie" dominated for a third straight weekend in North American theaters, pushing the film's global haul past $1 billion in a first for a woman director, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday.

A brilliant 67 from Nicholas Pooran eclipsed a maiden international half-cnetury from Tilak Varma as West Indies edged their way to a dramatic two-wicket win over India in the second T20I against West Indies in Guyana on Sunday.

American Kyle Kirkwood held off New Zealand's Scott McLaughlin after a restart with four laps remaining on Sunday to win the IndyCar Music City Grand Prix for his second career title.

Tilak Varma struck his first international half-century but it was not enough to prevent India from slipping to a dramatic two-wicket defeat in the second T20I against West Indies in Guyana on Sunday.

Bryson DeChambeau, the 2020 US Open champion, fired the lowest round in LIV Golf history on Sunday, shooting a 12-under par 58 to win the LIV Golf Greenbrier title.

Austria's Mona Mitterwallner and Brazil's Henrique Avancini won the mountain bike cross country marathon world titles in Scotland on Sunday.

Mathieu van der Poel won the men's road race world championship in Glasgow on Sunday with a late solo escape, hailing his victory as "revenge" for his controversial absence from the 2022 event.

Arsenal lifted the Community Shield to end Manchester City's silverware streak with a 4-1 penalty shoot-out victory after a 1-1 draw against the treble winners on Sunday.

An enormous blue whale, considered the largest animal on Earth, has washed up onto a beach in southern Chile, probably after dying at sea, local authorities said Sunday.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou told Bayern Munich only one deadline mattered in their bid to sign Harry Kane after the England captain scored four goals in a 5-1 pre-season friendly win at home to Shakhtar Donetsk on Sunday.

Three-time NHL top defenseman Erik Karlsson was traded from the San Jose Sharks to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday in a major three-team deal also involving the Montreal Canadiens.

Thai golfer Nitithorn Thippong clinched the Mandiri Indonesia Open on Sunday, rediscovering the form that made him emerge as one of the brightest young regional talents last year to win his third Asian Tour title.

In Cite Soleil, the largest slum in Haiti's gang-infested capital, the early days of August have brought a grim flow of sometimes skeletally malnourished children to the Fontaine Hospital Center.

Tilak Varma struck his first international half-century as India struggled to 152-7 after winning the toss and batting first in the second T20I against West Indies in Guyana on Sunday.

Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel won the men's road race world championship in Glasgow on Sunday with a late solo escape after a 271km run that began in Edinburgh.

Harry Kane scored four goals in Tottenham Hotspur's 5-1 pre-season friendly win at home to Shakhtar Donetsk on Sunday as speculation over the England captain's future intensified.

World number one Carlos Alcaraz is aiming to make amends as he plays an ATP Masters 1000 event in Canada for only the second time in his career.

At least 30 migrants are missing following two shipwrecks off the Italian island of Lampedusa, according to survivor testimony, as rescuers on Sunday winched to safety 34 others stranded on the rocks by rough seas.

Megan Rapinoe called it "a sick joke" after missing her penalty in the shootout in her farewell Women's World Cup as holders the United States were turfed out in the last 16 by Sweden on Sunday.

Russia carried out several waves of attacks on Ukraine overnight, while Kyiv hit bridges in occupied territories on Sunday.

Lewis Ludlam hopes he will be exposed to the "pressure" of Rugby World Cup competition again when England coach Steve Borthwick names his 33-man squad for next month's tournament in France on Monday.

Aleix Espargaro won a classic British MotoGP with a last-lap lunge to deny world champion Francesco Bagnaia at Silverstone on Sunday.