Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone said Saturday it makes "no sense" to play La Liga matches this weekend after deadly flooding in the east of Spain while Barcelona boss Hansi Flick suggested the entire weekend programme should have been cancelled.
Paris Saint-Germain opened up a six-point gap over second-placed Monaco in Ligue 1 with a 1-0 home win over Lens on Saturday.
Lando Norris trimmed three points off Max Verstappen's lead in the world championship on Saturday after claiming victory ahead of his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri in the sprint race at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
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Manchester City's 32-match unbeaten run in the Premier League came to an end in a 2-1 defeat at Bournemouth on Saturday, that saw the English champions usurped by Liverpool at the top of the table.
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Hundreds of Catholic devotees walked solemnly among candlelit white tombs at an All Saints' Day ceremony in Myanmar on Saturday, a rare religious gathering since the military takeover.
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Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone said Saturday it makes "no sense" to play La Liga matches this weekend after deadly flooding in the east of Spain.
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Ruud van Nistelrooy says he wants to give Manchester United's fans the "joy of winning games" again as he prepares for his second game as interim manager, against Chelsea on Sunday.
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Air pollution in Pakistan's second biggest city Lahore soared on Saturday, with an official calling it a record high for the smog-choked mega city.
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Iran's supreme leader on Saturday vowed retaliation for attacks by Israel and its US ally, as a pro-Iran coalition in Iraq claimed a drone strike on Israel's resort of Eilat.
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New Zealand lead by 143 runs in their second innings after Indian spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin triggered an opposition collapse in a keenly fought third Test on Saturday.
The UK's battle-scarred Conservatives on Saturday elected "anti-woke" candidate Kemi Badenoch as its new leader, replacing Rishi Sunak, who quit after the party's disastrous showing in the July general election.
Spain will deploy 10,000 more troops and police officers to the eastern Valencia region devastated by historic floods that have killed 211 people, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday.
Israel on Saturday again carried out deadly air strikes on north Gaza, where the UN calls conditions "apocalyptic", as Lebanon's Hezbollah intensified rocket fire near Israel's commercial hub of Tel Aviv, on Israel's second front.
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Japan's Olympic medallist race walker Koki Ikeda said Saturday he was "completely bewildered" and pleaded his innocence after being provisionally suspended for alleged doping.
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Cycling great Mark Cavendish refused to discuss his future amid hints that he could reverse his decision to retire, after finishing third behind Biniam Girmay at Saturday's Tour de France Saitama Criterium in Japan.
Rescuers resumed a grim search for bodies on Saturday as Spain scrambled to organise aid to stricken citizens following devastating floods that have killed more than 200 people.
Spinner Ajaz Patel claimed five wickets as New Zealand bowled out India for 263, with the hosts taking a lead of 28 on day two of a keenly fought third Test on Saturday.
Jorge Martin took a major step towards his first MotoGP world title as he won the sprint race in Malaysia on Saturday and rival Francesco Bagnaia crashed out.
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