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Novak Djokovic needed five match points and nearly four hours to pull off a gritty victory over Carlos Alcaraz and claim a third ATP Cincinnati Open title on Sunday.

"Get down to the floor! The party begins!" Shouting in English, Jan-Erik Olsson walked into a Stockholm bank on August 23, 1973, high on drugs, agitated and waving a submachine gun.

President Joe Biden was heading to Hawaii on Monday to view the widespread damage from the recent Maui wildfires, meet with survivors and fend off political criticism that his government was too slow to respond to the disaster.

With its lakes, mountains and endless rows of pine trees covered in a thick haze, the Canadian town of West Kelowna was on edge Sunday as residents either evacuated or prepared to do so.

Guatemalans voted Sunday in a presidential runoff marred by efforts to disqualify a surprise frontrunner whose anti-corruption crusade has fired up voters and shaken those in power.

England went into the Women's World Cup final dreaming of global domination but their 1-0 loss to Spain -- and the nature of it -- was a reality check that will haunt them and Sarina Wiegman.

Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams withdrew from next week's WTA tournament in Cleveland due to a knee injury, she said on Sunday in a video on tournament social media.

Norway's Viktor Hovland birdied seven of the last nine holes to fire a course-record 61 on Sunday and win the PGA Tour's BMW Championship, the penultimate FedEx Cup playoff event.

Pedri and Ferran Torres' late strikes earned La Liga champions Barcelona a 2-0 win over Cadiz in their first competitive home game away from Camp Nou on Sunday.

Lens presented club record signing Elye Wahi ahead of their 1-1 draw with Rennes in Ligue 1 on Sunday, while Takumi Minamino scored twice and grabbed an assist in Monaco's 3-0 win over Strasbourg.

Heavily-armed security officers kept watch Sunday as Ecuadorans voted in a presidential election marked by the murder of a top candidate and despair over the lawlessness that has engulfed the once-peaceful nation.

Heavy rain lashed California on Sunday as Tropical Storm Hilary approached from Mexico, bringing warnings of potentially life-threatening flooding in the typically arid southwestern United States.

Juventus got their Serie A season off to a perfect start with Sunday's 3-0 stroll at Udinese which suggested they will be in the title mix, while Lecce struck twice late to beat last year's runners-up Lazio 2-1.

Guatemalans voted Sunday in a presidential runoff tainted by efforts to disqualify the surprise frontrunner, who has fired up voters with his promises to end corruption.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson wept tears of joy as the Briton regained her heptathlon world title in Budapest on Sunday, finally returning to her best after putting a series of serious injuries behind her.

Coco Gauff captured the biggest title of her career on Sunday, powering past Karolina Muchova 6-3, 6-4 to win the WTA Cincinnati Open.

At least seven people died and 27 others were hospitalized Sunday in southeastern Brazil when a driver lost control of a bus carrying football fans on a mountainous road, fire officials said.

Noah Lyles takes pride in how he has battled his way "out of hospital and out of school" due to a racking cough and struggles with ADHD -- and now sheer talent has taken the American to the top of the sprinting world.

Pedri and Ferran Torres' late strikes earned La Liga champions Barcelona a 2-0 win over Cadiz in their first competitive home game away from Camp Nou on Sunday.

Anthony Edwards, Austin Reaves and Tyrese Haliburton inspired a remarkable United States comeback against Germany in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, to ensure the Americans wrapped up their five-game series of World Cup tune-ups with a perfect winning record.

Takumi Minamino scored twice and grabbed an assist as Monaco eased to a 3-0 win over Strasbourg in Ligue 1 on Sunday, while Lille finished with 10 men as they held on to beat Nantes.

Andrea Belotti scored his first Serie A goals for Roma on Sunday as he snatched an opening day 2-2 draw with Salernitana, while Charles De Ketelaere marked his Atalanta debut with the opener in a 2-0 win at Sassuolo.

Spain midfielder Jenni Hermoso defended Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales after he came under fire for kissing her on the lips following the team's Women's World Cup victory on Sunday.

Andrea Belotti scored his first Serie A goals for Roma on Saturday as he snatched an opening day 2-2 draw with Salernitana, while Charles De Ketelaere marked his Atalanta debut with the opener in a 2-0 win at Sassuolo.

The Leagues Cup will continue to be played only in the United States and Canada, Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber told reporters, after complaints from some Mexican clubs about playing all games on the road.

Croatia defender Josip Stanisic has joined Bayer Leverkusen from Bayern Munich on a season-long loan, his new club announced on Sunday.

Tropical Storm Hilary slammed into northwestern Mexico on Sunday and was on course to hit California, bringing warnings of potentially life-threatening flooding in the typically arid southwestern United States.

Noah Lyles stormed to victory to win the 100m world title on Sunday and then set his sights on a third successive 200m crown, something Joshua Cheptegei achieved in the 10,000m.

The Luna-25 probe, Russia's first Moon mission in almost 50 years, has crashed on the Earth's natural satellite after an unspecified incident during pre-landing manoeuvres, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said Sunday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest on Sunday, with energy security and Sweden's membership of NATO on the agenda for both countries.

It was a good news/bad news weekend for "Blue Beetle," the latest superhero film to hit North American theaters and the first built around a live-action Latino protagonist.

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino suffered his first defeat as Michail Antonio's superb strike and Enzo Fernandez's penalty miss condemned the Blues to a 3-1 loss against West Ham on Sunday.