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Paula Badosa reached the US Open quarter-finals for the first time on Sunday by conquering Wang Yafan as well as New York's suffocating humidity.

As many as 10,000 hotel workers were on strike across the United States on Sunday, at the height of a long holiday weekend in which millions of Americans were expected to travel.

Gus Atkinson completed a memorable match by taking five wickets as England thrashed Sri Lanka by 190 runs in the second Test at Lord's on Sunday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in a three-match series.

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca wants VAR to intervene over yellow cards after Crystal Palace's Will Hughes controversially escaped being sent off during Sunday's 1-1 draw.

Spain's Pablo Castrillo emerged from the fog to cross the line at the top of the daunting Cuitu Negru climb and take stage 15 of the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday, as Primoz Roglic took more time out of Ben O'Connor's overall lead.

Defending champion Coco Gauff seeks a third successive US Open quarter-final spot on Sunday as former runner-up Alexander Zverev attempts to exploit the huge hole left in the draw by the shock exit of four-time winner Novak Djokovic.

Max Verstappen said Sunday that he doesn't believe he can retain his Formula One championship title after flopping at the Italian Grand Prix, slamming his Red Bull car as "undriveable" and a "monster".

A Beluga whale whose strange harness sparked suspicions it was trained by Russia for spying purposes has been found dead in Norway, according to an NGO which tracks his movements.

Israel's main union on Sunday ordered a nationwide general strike after soldiers recovered the bodies of six dead hostages from the Gaza Strip where the military is battling Palestinian militants.

England were on the brink of a dominant series-clinching win over Sri Lanka on Sunday's fourth day of the second Test at Lord's.

Monaco's perfect start to the Ligue 1 season ended on Sunday as Przemyslaw Frankowski's stoppage-time penalty earned Lens a 1-1 draw in searing heat in the principality.

For George Clooney, it felt like second nature making wisecracks and sparring with Brad Pitt in their new action comedy "Wolfs" about two professional fixers begrudgingly forced to work together.

Jhon Gonzalez said studying for a psychology degree has calmed him down on the pitch and the fruits of that were plain to see as Colombia opened their Paralympics blind football campaign with a 1-0 victory over Japan on Sunday.

Charles Leclerc won the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday to delight Ferrari's massed ranks of fans as Lando Norris again chipped away at struggling champion Max Verstappen's lead in the Formula One drivers' standings.

Chelsea suffered fresh frustration after blowing the lead in a 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace, while Newcastle beat Tottenham 2-1 as Manchester United and Liverpool prepared for their Premier League showdown on Sunday.

Russia's defence ministry said Sunday it had repelled a "massive" Ukrainian drone attack across 14 regions and the capital that targeted energy and fuel plants.

Liton Das hit a fighting hundred to lift Bangladesh from a precarious 26-6 to 262 all out on Sunday, in a remarkable turnaround that left the second Test in Rawalpindi within either team's grasp.

The stars of the Paralympic sprint world enter the fray at the Paris Games on Sunday but organisers were forced to delay the triathlon events by 24 hours due to concerns about the water quality of the River Seine after heavy rain.

Israel announced Sunday its troops had found six dead hostages in a Gaza tunnel, as Israeli police said a "shooting attack" in the occupied West Bank killed three officers.

Marc Marquez conjured a magical performance in front of his home fans at the Aragon MotoGP on Sunday to end a three-year winless run.

South Africa captain Siya Kolisi suffered a facial injury in a Rugby Championship victory over New Zealand, which could rule him out of a rematch in Cape Town on Saturday.

England finally saw the back of Dimuth Karunaratne as they moved closer to a series-clinching win over Sri Lanka in the second Test at Lord's on Sunday.

US President Joe Biden said Saturday that the body of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin was among six recovered in Gaza by Israeli forces.

Ghadir Hajji rushed to a clinic on Sunday in hopes her five children would be among the first to get vaccinated against polio, which has re-emerged in war-ravaged Gaza.

England's Steve Lewton ended a 10-year wait for a second Asian Tour victory by winning the Indonesia Open on Sunday in a tense sudden-death play-off.

Litton Das and Mehidy Hasan Miraz put on 165 for the seventh wicket Sunday to rescue Bangladesh from 26-6 in reply to Pakistan's 274 on the third day of the second Test in Rawalpindi.

Voters in two former East German states began casting ballots Sunday in elections expected to deal a blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government and deliver big gains for the far-right AfD.

The zinc covering the roofs of central Paris has given the French capital's skyline its distinctive grey hue for almost two centuries.

British wheelchair tennis great Lucy Shuker believes the world is moving in the right direction in making life more accessible for disabled people but she told AFP "let's keep striving for a better tomorrow than we had yesterday".

Sri Lanka may be struggling in the ongoing second Test against England at Lord's but things were very different when they made their debut at the 'Home of Cricket' in 1984.

Israel announced Sunday its troops had found six dead hostages in a Gaza tunnel, while Israeli police said a "shooting attack" in the occupied West Bank killed three officers.

An alliance of parties seeking independence for New Caledonia has nominated as chief a prominent opposition leader currently jailed in France over a wave of deadly rioting in the French Pacific territory.