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Conservatives and liberals were in a close race as votes were counted after Bulgaria's fifth election in two years on Sunday, while a pro-Russian party made gains with the country is deeply divided over the war in Ukraine.

AC Milan hammered runaway Serie A leaders Napoli 4-0 on Sunday in an incredible performance which slammed the brakes on their opponents' charge to a first league title in over three decades.

Finland's centre-right leader claimed victory in Sunday's tight general election that saw the far-right post a record score to come in second, as Prime Minister Sanna Marin's Social Democrats finished third.

Paris voted overwhelmingly Sunday to banish for-hire electric scooters from the streets of the French capital, delivering a blow to operators and a victory for road safety campaigners.

Karim Benzema scored a stunning hat-trick in a seven-minute salvo as Real Madrid thumped Real Valladolid 6-0 on Sunday in La Liga.

AC Milan hammered runaway Serie A leaders Napoli 4-0 on Sunday in an incredible performance which slammed the brakes on their opponents' charge to a first league title since 1990.

Coach Graham Potter paid for Chelsea's poor form as the Englishman was sacked on Sunday after just seven months in the job.

A "massive attack" of Russian missiles killed six people on Sunday in residential areas of Kostyantynivka, near Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine as President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the resistance against what he called "the biggest force against humanity of our time".

Montenegro's political establishment was rocked Sunday night after long-time leader Milo Djukanovic suffered a crushing defeat in the country's presidential run-off to the upstart Jakov Milatovic, ending decades of rule by the incumbent.

Marco Bezzecchi claimed a maiden MotoGP win at the rain-lashed Argentina Grand Prix on Sunday, also delivering a first victory for a Ducati team owned by motorcycling legend and seven-time elite class champion Valentino Rossi.

Two Iran-affiliated fighters have been killed in the latest Israeli air strike on targets in Syria, a war monitor said Sunday, with state news agency SANA reporting five Syrian soldiers wounded.

Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi's name drew whistles from supporters in the stadium Sunday ahead of his side's Ligue 1 match against Lyon.

Josef Newgarden edged Pato O'Ward in a fierce final battle to grab a second straight IndyCar win at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday.

Finland's centre-right looked on track to win Sunday's general election, a projection showed with 70 percent of votes counted, beating out the far-right in second and Prime Minister Sanna Marin's Social Democrats in third.

Russian Daniil Medvedev claimed his fourth ATP title of the year with an emphatic victory over Italy's Jannik Sinner in the final of the Miami Open on Sunday.

A prominent Russian military blogger was killed Sunday and 25 others injured in an explosion at a cafe in Russia's second-largest city of Saint Petersburg, the interior ministry said.

Major oil powers led by Saudi Arabia announced a surprise production cut of more than one million barrels per day on Sunday, calling it a "precautionary" move aimed at stabilising the market.

Russian Daniil Medvedev claimed his fourth ATP title of the year with an emphatic victory over Italy's Jannik Sinner in the final of the Miami Open on Sunday.

Virat Kohli and skipper Faf du Plessis led Royal Challengers Bangalore to a thumping eight-wicket drubbing of Mumbai Indians as the tournament's big guns ruled on an action-packed Sunday at the Indian Premier League.

"Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" scorched the competition in North American theaters this weekend with an opening take estimated at $38.5 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday.

Marco Bezzecchi claimed a maiden MotoGP win at the rain-lashed Argentina Grand Prix on Sunday, also delivering a first victory for a Ducati team owned by motorcycling legend Valentino Rossi.

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin's Social Democrats were tied with the centre-right National Coalition in partial results from Sunday's general election, with the far right trailing in third place.

Virat Kohli and skipper Faf du Plessis hit blazing half-centuries to lead Royal Challengers Bangalore to a thumping eight-wicket drubbing of Mumbai Indians in the IPL on Sunday.

Tadej Pogacar won the Tour of Flanders on Sunday with a searing solo attack in the final 20km on the 274km one-day race to equal the great Eddy Merckx's achievement almost half a century ago.

The family of an Arab Israeli medical student shot dead by police at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound rejected on Sunday claims by the force that he grabbed and fired an officer's gun.

Newcastle avenged their League Cup final loss against Manchester United as Joe Willock and Callum Wilson clinched a 2-0 win that lifted the Magpies into third place in the Premier League on Sunday.

Bulgaria's conservatives and liberals were in a neck-and-neck race Sunday as the country, deeply divided over the war in Ukraine, held its fifth general election in two years.

Four tries from Abby Dow and a hat-trick from Jess Breach fired England's women to a dominant 68-5 victory over Italy to return to the top of the Six Nations table.

Aiden Markram hit 175 off 126 balls as South Africa took a giant step towards automatic qualification for the Cricket World Cup with a 146-run win over the Netherlands in the third one-day international at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday.

Cycling's Tour of Flanders was marred by a mass fall on Sunday as around 40 riders hit the tarmac with culprit Filip Maciejuk, who was disqualified from the race, offering a complete apology for "a big error in my judgement".

Swiss federal prosecutors said Sunday that they had begun investigating the UBS takeover of its embattled banking rival Credit Suisse.

Kenyan President William Ruto urged his political rival on Sunday to call off protests against his government as the opposition vowed to take demonstrators to the street for another day.