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'Surprise package' Lazio crush Juve to keep pace with Serie A leaders Inter

Mbappe hits two as Real Madrid rout Sevilla

China growth expected to miss official target in third quarter

Browns edge Ravens for division lead, Texans beat Jags

Lazio crush Juventus to move level with Serie A leaders Inter

Lyon go top of Ligue 1 as Monaco fall to first defeat of the season

Leeds draw feels like 'fresh start' for Man Utd's Carrick

Venezuela opposition alliance reaffirms Nobel laureate Machado as leader

Macron denounces 'unbridled' violence as France hit by new clashes

'Street Fighter' wins N. America box office, buzzy doc stuns in 2nd

Hurzeler lauds 'hard worker' Gomez after Brighton goal from halfway line

NFL: Paris game to go ahead despite protests in France

Toulouse hold off Exeter, Northampton save English Champions Cup blushes

Arteta hails Arsenal 'finishers' after Madueke fells Forest

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Pope's vigil in Portugal draws 1.5 million pilgrims

A sea of 1.5 million pilgrims packed a riverside park near Lisbon on Saturday for a vigil held by Pope Francis as part of a global Catholic youth festival.

Biles will open on uneven bars in return to competition

Four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles will open on the uneven bars when she returns to competition on Saturday night at the US Classic, her first gymnastics meet since the Tokyo Olympics.

Firefighters contain wildfire near Spanish-French border

Firefighters from Spain and France succeeded on Saturday in containing a wildfire near the countries' shared Mediterranean coastal border, after winds dropped enough to allow water bomber planes to fly.

Russia hits Ukraine aeronautics group after Black Sea strikes

Moscow hit back with missiles Saturday after Ukraine carried out a drone strike overnight on a Russian tanker in the Kerch Strait, a day after another of its ships was hit in the Black Sea.

Ex-aide of Israel far-right MP held over Palestinian's murder: media

A former aide of a lawmaker from Israel's hard-right governing coalition was among two settlers arrested Saturday over the killing of a 19-year-old Palestinian in the occupied West Bank, Israeli media reported.

Celtic mark Rodgers' return with flying start, Rangers rocked

Champions Celtic marked Brendan Rodgers' return as manager with a 4-2 victory over Ross County, while Rangers crashed to a shock 1-0 defeat at Kilmarnock in the opening weekend of the Scottish Premiership season on Saturday.

German city deploys snowploughs after summer storm

A Germany city had to deploy snowploughs at the height of northern hemisphere summer after a violent storm dumped huge quantities of hail in the streets.

Wales down England in Rugby World Cup warm-up opener

Wales launched their Rugby World Cup warm-up campaign with a 20-9 win against England in Cardiff on Saturday.

Crowd gathers for pope vigil in Portugal

Tens of thousands of people gathered at riverside park near Lisbon on Saturday ahead of a vigil held by Pope Francis as part of a major Catholic youth festival.