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'Five Nights at Freddy's' sequel slashes to top of box office

Palace sink Fulham to reach fourth place, Rutter rescues Brighton

Dortmund beat Hoffenheim to cement third spot

Capuozzo grabs hat-trick as Toulouse win Champions Cup opener

Emotional Norris triumph prompts widespread affection and respect

Louvre says hundreds of works damaged by water leak

UN calls on Taliban to lift ban on Afghan women in its offices

Rutter rescues Brighton in West Ham draw

England trained 'too much' prior to Ashes collapse, says McCullum

How Lando Norris won the F1 title

Tearful Norris completes 'long journey' to become F1 world champion

Verstappen outguns McLarens to take key pole in Abu Dhabi

Max Verstappen grabbed pole position and a key advantage for Sunday's decisive season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with a scorching late lap to beat title rivals Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in Saturday's tense qualifying session.

Verstappen takes pole position for season-ending Abu Dhabi GP

Red Bull's Max Verstappen outgunned his two title rivals from McLaren to take pole position for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and strengthen his bid for a fifth successive title.

Jaiswal hits ton as India thrash S. Africa to clinch ODI series

Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal hit his maiden one-day international century as India clinched the three-match series 2-1 with a crushing nine-wicket win over South Africa on Saturday.

Saracens kick off European campaign by crushing Clermont

Saracens opened their European Champions campaign by routing visiting Clermont 47-10 in North London on Saturday.

Arsenal rocked by Villa as Buendia ends leaders' unbeaten run

Emiliano Buendia shattered Arsenal's 18-match unbeaten run with the last-gasp strike that sealed Aston Villa's dramatic 2-1 win over the Premier League leaders on Saturday.

Kidnapping fears strain family bonds in Nigeria

Abubakar Abdullahi has not seen his wife and five children in almost three months because he is too afraid to visit his home town for fear of being kidnapped by criminal gangs roaming Nigeria's countryside.

'Chosen' Mbappe on way to making Real Madrid history like Ronaldo: Alonso

French superstar Kylian Mbappe is close to making history at Real Madrid like his idol Cristiano Ronaldo, said his coach Xabi Alonso on Saturday.

Olympic favourite Malinin pulls off stunning GP Final win

Ilia Malinin showed why he is red-hot favourite for Olympic gold by winning the Grand Prix Final with a world-record free skate score after landing an incredible seven quads.

Russell tops practice times to outpace title-chasing trio

George Russell on Saturday threw a spanner into the best-laid plans of the three protagonists for the drivers' title with a scorching lap to top the times in final practice for this weekend's decisive season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

India bowl out South Africa for 270 after De Kock ton

India bowled out South Africa for 270 after opener Quinton de Kock hit a sparkling century in the third and deciding one-day international on Saturday.

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