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Surprise package Lens ensured they will emerge from the weekend as French Ligue 1 leaders with a 2-1 win at Nantes on Saturday.

Thomas Frank said he was "very happy" to end Tottenham's troubled spell after a 2-0 win over his old club Brentford eased the pressure on the under-fire Dane.

England will open their 2026 World Cup bid against Croatia in Dallas on June 17, while the latest meeting of Brazil and Scotland at the tournament will take place in Miami, FIFA confirmed on Saturday.

Winger Louis Bielle-Biarrey scored twice as holders Bordeaux-Begles began the defence of their Champions Cup title with a 46-33 comeback win over the Bulls in South Africa.

Max Verstappen said he needs a slice of luck to go with his supreme pace and pole position on Sunday if he is to deliver one of Formula One's greatest comebacks.

Harry Kane came off the bench to score a hat-trick as Bayern Munich thrashed Stuttgart 5-0 on a day of late drama in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

Virat Kohli on Saturday said a free mind helped him push limits after his stellar batting led India to a 2-1 ODI series victory over South Africa on Saturday.

Aston Villa ended Arsenal's 18-match unbeaten run to blow the Premier League title race wide open on Saturday as Manchester City beat Sunderland 3-0 to close within two points of the leaders.

The worst season of Lewis Hamilton’s Formula One career reached a new low on Saturday when he became the first Ferrari driver to be eliminated from Q1 at three consecutive Grands Prix.

Lando Norris will be sleepless, consumed by nerves and barely able to eat going into Sunday's title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, says former world champion Nico Rosberg.

Mikel Arteta insisted Premier League leaders Arsenal will recover from the frustration of a dramatic 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa that blew the title race wide open on Saturday.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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 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.

Australia are on the brink of grabbing a 2-0 lead in the Ashes series after dominating a feeble England on a pivotal third day of the day-night second Test in Brisbane on Saturday.

It took Egyptian actor Mona Zaki more than a year's preparation to take on the hardest role of her career -- the iconic singer Umm Kulthum, a legend in the Arab world.

Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States won the ice dance title at the Grand Prix Final in Nagoya on Saturday to burnish their credentials for Olympic gold.

The CEO of the 2026 Winter Olympics organising committee admitted on Saturday that there was still plenty to do to complete the venues as the Milan-Cortina Games' torch relay began in Rome.

England openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett got the visitors off to a rapid start to their second innings in the day-night Ashes Test in Brisbane on Saturday after nemesis Mitchell Starc scored a superb 77 to put Australia firmly on top.

India finally won an ODI toss after losing 20 in a row as stand-in skipper KL Rahul broke the scarcely believable jinx against South Africa on Saturday.

Europe's embattled auto industry and its backers are ramping up pressure on the EU to relax its planned 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel car sales -- hoping for a decision by year end.

Mitchell Starc frustrated England with an unbeaten 46 to put Australia firmly in charge at tea on the third day of the day-night second Ashes Test in Brisbane on Saturday.

A banana skin derailed Rory McIlroy's charge at the Australian Open on Saturday with the world number two nine behind rock-solid Dane Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen who heads a stacked field by two shots.

An epic 202 not out by Justin Greaves and a stubborn support role by Kemar Roach saw the West Indies salvage a valiant draw in the first Test against New Zealand in Christchurch on Saturday.

The NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder powered to their 14th straight victory on Friday, beating the Dallas Mavericks 132-111 to push their record to an impressive 22-1.

The third film in the Avatar series, which will hit cinemas this month, is hoping to extend the success of one of the highest-grossing franchises in history with another environment-themed visual thriller.

The path to glory at the 2026 World Cup has now been laid out after the contenders discovered their tournament fate at Friday's draw ceremony in Washington which was dominated by Donald Trump.

Centuries from Justin Greaves and Shai Hope ensured the first Test between New Zealand and the West Indies will go down to the wire on the final day in Christchurch on Saturday.

World record-holder Gretchen Walsh clocked 55.60sec to win the 100m butterfly on Friday at the US Open in Austin, Texas, where swim stars Summer McIntosh and Leon Marchand again tested themselves in unfamiliar events.

New Zealand sensed victory in the first Test against the West Indies with a two-wicket strike, including century-maker Shai Hope, as the tourists reached 295-6 at lunch in Christchurch on Saturday.

NBA legend Michael Jordan appeared in a North Carolina court room on Friday, testifying that he wanted to "push NASCAR to be better" through his anti-trust lawsuit against the popular US auto racing series.

Key reactions from coaches after the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington on Friday:

Glasgow earned a bonus-point 26-21 victory away to Sale as the Scots opened their Champions Cup campaign in style on Friday as Stormers won 26-17 in Bayonne.