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Ruben Amorim said his Manchester United players have been stretched to "their limit" despite continuing an upwards trajectory with a comfortable 3-0 win at Leicester on Sunday.

Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso said Sunday's last-gasp 4-3 win over Stuttgart would inspire his side's bid to chase down league leaders Bayern Munich.

Rory McIlroy clung to a one-stroke lead as final-round play resumed on Sunday at the PGA Tour Players Championship following a four-hour thunderstorm delay.

Chelsea's challenge for a place in next season's Champions League faltered in a toothless 1-0 defeat at Arsenal on Sunday as Manchester United continued their upward trend with a 3-0 win at Leicester.

An injury-time header from Patrik Schick helped Bayer Leverkusen to a come-from-behind 4-3 win at Stuttgart on Sunday, taking the defending Bundesliga champions to within six points of leaders Bayern Munich.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he was seeking to dismiss the head of Israel's internal security agency, who swiftly called the move political and said the premier expected "personal loyalty".

Russian 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva toppled world number one Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday to capture her second WTA 1000 title at Indian Wells.

Arne Slot was defiant after his Liverpool side ended a miserable week with defeat to Newcastle in the League Cup final on Sunday, switching the focus to the team's Premier League charge.

Dan Burn said Newcastle's historic League Cup final triumph against Liverpool felt like a dream as the defender capped an incredible week by scoring in the 2-1 win at Wembley on Sunday.

Paolo Banchero scored 24 points as the Orlando Magic overturned a 13-point deficit to end the Cleveland Cavaliers' 16-game unbeaten streak with a gutsy 108-103 road victory on Sunday.

Relebohile Mofokeng scored twice inside the first five minutes to give Orlando Pirates a 2-1 win over leaders Mamelodi Sundowns on Sunday in a South African Premiership top-of-the-table clash.

Marc Marquez thwarted his younger brother Alex once again to land the Argentina MotoGP on Sunday and maintain his perfect start to the season.

Eddie Howe hailed his Newcastle history makers as they ended 56 "years of hurt" with a 2-1 win against Liverpool in the League Cup final on Sunday.

The Vatican released the first photograph of Pope Francis on Sunday since his hospitalisation over a month ago, showing the pontiff celebrating mass earlier in the day from the chapel in his hospital suite.

The French Ligue 1 clash between relegation battlers Montpellier and Saint-Etienne on Sunday was abandoned in the second half after flares were thrown by supporters, briefly causing a fire to break out in the stands.

England newcomer Henry Pollock forecast he would score his first Test try on the wing and even planned his celebration the night before, according to team-mate Tommy Freeman.

Napoli missed the chance to go top of Serie A on Sunday after only managing a goalless draw at lowly Venezia as Juventus slumped deeper into crisis with a 3-0 thumping at the hands of rivals Fiorentina.

Power was slowly being restored across most of Cuba on Sunday, after nearly 40 hours without electricity, in the island's fourth major blackout in six months.

Eintracht Frankfurt beat Bochum 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday, boosting their chances of a first top-four finish in the Champions League era.

Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen said Sunday they attacked a US aircraft carrier group in the Red Sea a day after a wave of air strikes the White House said killed senior rebel leaders.

Newcastle ended their 56-year trophy drought in stunning style as Dan Burn and Alexander Isak sealed a 2-1 win against Liverpool in the League Cup final on Sunday.

Olympic women's badminton champion An Se-young came from behind to beat China's Wang Zhiyi 13-21, 21-18, 21-18 in a classic All England Open final on Sunday as top seed Shi Yuqi lifted the men's crown.

"Novocaine," an action-comedy starring Jack Quaid as a banker who cannot feel pain, topped the North American box office in its debut weekend, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday, but ticket sales overall were brutally slow.

Israel said its negotiating team was discussing the hostage issue with Egyptian mediators on Sunday, as deep divisions persist between Israel and Hamas over the terms of a fragile ceasefire in Gaza.

Rory McIlroy seized a one-stroke lead before a thunderstorm halted final-round play on Sunday at the PGA Tour Players Championship.

Eintracht Frankfurt beat Bochum 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday, boosting their chances of a first top-four finish in the Champions League era.

France should take back the Statue of Liberty because the US no longer represents the values that led France to offer the statue, a French Euro-deputy said Sunday.

Greece is riding a weather "rollercoaster", with weekend temperatures spiking to a record high for March, just ahead of a forecast bout of snow and frost, meteorologists said on Sunday.

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused of backing an attempted coup, told a demonstration in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday that a ban on him seeking re-election next year amounted to a "denial of democracy."

China's badminton world number one Shi Yuqi delivered a composed performance to see off Taiwan's Lee Chia-hao 21-17, 21-19 on Sunday, sealing his second men's singles title at the All England Open.

Matteo Jorgenson won the eight-day Paris-Nice race on Sunday, crossing the finish line on the French Riviera in second place as another American, Magnus Sheffield, won the stage from a solo attack.

Pope Francis acknowledged being fragile and "facing a period of trial", as he thanked well-wishers Sunday for prayers in a message from hospital, where he has been slowly recovering from pneumonia.