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Sanju Samson's sparkling unbeaten 97 kept alive India's dream of retaining the T20 World Cup at home as they knocked out the West Indies with a five-wicket win in Kolkata on Sunday to set up a semi-final against England.

The US suffered its first casualties of the war with Iran, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to intensify strikes on Tehran in the coming days.

Tottenham "lacked everything" in a 2-1 defeat at Fulham on Sunday, according to interim boss Igor Tudor, as their fears of being relegated for the first time in 49 fears deepened at Craven Cottage.

Borussia Dortmund captain Emre Can will miss the remainder of the season after scans confirmed he tore his ACL in Saturday's 3-2 home loss to Bayern Munich.

Jamie Leweling grabbed a first-half brace and Deniz Undav scored again as Stuttgart cruised to a 4-0 home victory over Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga on Sunday.

Benjamin Sesko stretched his hot streak with the winning goal as Manchester United beat Crystal Palace 2-1 to go third in the Premier League, while Tottenham failed to dispel relegation fears after defeat at Fulham.

They moved to the UAE expecting a non-stop VIP experience, but instead Dubai's influencers found themselves under a barrage of Iranian missiles and drones.

The 20-year-old British sprinter Matthew Brennan rocketed out of an accelerating pack to win the Flemish classic Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne for team Visma-Lease-a-bike on Sunday.

Animal activists have been turning up the heat on Milan Fashion Week to adopt a fully fur-free policy, with dozens of protesters demonstrating outside the Giorgio Armani show on Sunday.

Three members of the US military have been killed and five others wounded in the operation against Iran, the Pentagon said Sunday, announcing the first American deaths in the US-Israeli campaign that killed the Islamic republic's supreme leader.

Explosions were heard in the Afghan capital Kabul Sunday, AFP journalists said, with the Taliban government saying they were responding to aerial Pakistan attacks.

Iranians were experiencing a mix of shock, grief and joy after the death of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Israeli and US strikes extended into a second day Sunday.

Iran fired missiles across the Middle East on Sunday after vowing to avenge the death of its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, while Israel conducted fresh strikes on Tehran.

Three members of the US military have been killed and five others wounded in the operation against Iran, the Pentagon said Sunday, announcing the first American deaths in the US-Israeli campaign that killed the Islamic republic's supreme leader.

The West Indies scored 195-4 after being asked to bat against India in their winner-takes-all final Super Eights clash at the T20 World Cup in Kolkata on Sunday.

South Africa coach Shukri Conrad on Sunday said the team has embraced its favourite tag in the T20 World Cup as they stay unbeaten heading into their semi-final against New Zealand.

Shattered glass lay strewn across the streets of a residential area of Tel Aviv on Sunday, the day after an Iranian missile strike left one woman dead, but residents insisted they could withstand further attacks.

Bashar al-Assad, Nicolas Maduro and now Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In the last 18 months, Russian President Vladimir Putin has lost several key foreign allies -- and there is little that the Kremlin, bogged down in Ukraine, can do about it.

AC Milan moved closer to Champions League football next season after two late strikes gave them a 2-0 win at Cremonese on Sunday.

Grey and brutalist, showy and shimmering -- the stark contrasts of the Italian fashion capital of Milan fuelled the creative mind of Bottega Veneta's Louise Trotter in her second collection for the brand.

South Africa survived a brilliant all-round show by Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza to record a five-wicket win Sunday that means they remained unbeaten ahead of a semi-final against New Zealand on Wednesday.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola called for more "respect" towards other cultures after a break to allow his players to break their fast during Ramadan was booed in a 1-0 win at Leeds.

Afghanistan said on Sunday that the war in neighbouring Iran would negatively impact the whole region and expressed "deep regret" over the violence flaring in multiple countries.

Iran launched strikes across the Gulf on Sunday after vowing to avenge slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, defying a threat from President Donald Trump to strike with unprecedented force.

Key members of the OPEC+ oil cartel announced a greater-than-expected increase to production quotas on Sunday following US and Israeli strikes on Iran that triggered retaliation by Tehran across the Middle East.

Italian skier Sofia Goggia moved a step closer to her first ever women's World Cup super-G title with victory in Soldeu, Andorra, on Sunday.

Belgium's special forces boarded and seized an oil tanker from the "shadow fleet" Russia uses to circumvent Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine, in an overnight operation announced Sunday.

Skipper Sikandar Raza hit 73 to guide Zimbabwe to 153-7 against South Africa in their last T20 World Cup Super Eights match on Sunday.

Cheers in Tehran. Retaliation and mourning by Iran. Protests in some parts of the Muslim world, celebrations in others.

Star striker Sam Kerr hit the target as Australia made an unconvincing start to the Women's Asian Cup on Sunday with a 1-0 win over a gallant Philippines in front of a record crowd at Perth Stadium.

MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez said he was "unlucky" after a damaged wheel forced him out of the season-opening Thailand grand prix late in the race on Sunday.

At least nine people were killed during pro-Iran protests at the United States consulate in the Pakistan megacity of Karachi on Sunday, according to a hospital toll seen by AFP.

Australia's Hannah Green lifted the LPGA Tour's HSBC Women's World Championship for a second time --with her husband Jarryd Felton playing a decisive role on her bag -- at Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore on Sunday.

The biggest disruption to global air transport since the Covid pandemic continued Sunday, with thousands of flights affected and busy Middle Eastern hubs including Dubai and Doha shuttered as Iran lashed out after US-Israeli strikes.

Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" was named best picture by Hollywood producers on Saturday, continuing its awards season streak before the Oscars.

Iranian top officials vowed Sunday to avenge their slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and declared a new wave of strikes on US bases in the Gulf, defying US President Donald Trump's threat of an unprecedented escalation in force.

Grey and brutalist, showy and shimmering -- the stark contrasts of the Italian fashion capital of Milan fuelled the creative mind of Bottega Veneta's Louise Trotter in her second collection for the brand.

Marco Bezzecchi won the MotoGP season-opening grand prix in Thailand from pole position on Sunday as defending world champion Marc Marquez retired late with a buckled wheel.

The 100-day countdown to the biggest World Cup in history gets under way on Tuesday against a chaotic backdrop of global unrest, from US-Israeli strikes on Iran to surging violence in Mexico and anxiety over Donald Trump's domestic agenda.