Venus Williams made history as the oldest woman to ever play the Australian Open on Sunday but the 45-year-old fell at the first hurdle after an epic battle with an opponent more than 20 years her junior.
Taiwan's Lin Chun-yi won the India Open badminton men's singles title on Sunday, after playing conditions that included bird droppings on court and a monkey in the stands drew criticism.
Rescuers found debris and one body on Sunday from a small plane that crashed in eastern Indonesia with 10 people on board, officials said.
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Frenchman Corentin Moutet defended his tactics Sunday after serving underarm on match-point against home hope Tristan Schoolkate at the Australian Open.
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Denver Broncos kicker Wil Lutz slotted the winning field goal in overtime as the Buffalo Bills' latest bid to capture their first ever Super Bowl ended in an agonizing 33-30 playoff defeat on Saturday.
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French swim star Leon Marchand out-dueled Denis Petrashov to win the 200m breaststroke at the Austin Pro Swim Series on Saturday, closing out the meeting with his third victory of the week.
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Former US Open champion Emma Raducanu has criticised the scheduling at the Australian Open starting Sunday, saying "it does not make sense".
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Australian Test cricket great Damien Martyn has revealed he was only given a 50 percent chance of surviving after being put in an induced coma with meningitis last month.
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Carlos Alcaraz will launch his bid for tennis history while women's world number one Aryna Sabalenka is also in action on the first day of the Australian Open on Sunday.
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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / January 18, 2026 / In its latest demonstration of advanced autonomy development, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) successfully executed a mission autonomy flight using its MQ-20 Avenger® jet equipped with the latest government reference autonomy software. The test included a live engagement between the MQ-20 and an aggressor aircraft flown by an onboard human pilot, highlighting the advanced maturity of autonomous systems, seamless integration of mission elements, and the ability of autonomy to leverage onboard sensors to make independent decisions and execute complex tasks.
Haitian security forces are conducting a large-scale operation in gang-controlled areas, with a strike targeting the home of a major gang kingpin, the Haitian National Police told AFP on Saturday.
Lens returned to the top of Ligue 1 with a battling 1-0 win over lowly Auxerre on Saturday, while Marseille emphatically bounced back to winning ways against Angers to stay on the pacesetters' tails.
The NFL's New York Giants got their man on Saturday as former Ravens coach John Harbaugh told US media he had finalized a five-year deal that had been in the works since Wednesday.
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Lautaro Martinez fired Inter Milan six points clear at the top of Serie A with the only goal in Saturday's 1-0 win at Udinese, as Napoli responded to the pressure by beating Sassuolo 1-0 while Juventus lost at Cagliari by the same scoreline.
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NASA on Saturday rolled out its towering SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft as it began preparations for its first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said on Saturday his organisation have spoken to French football giants Paris Saint-Germain about joining a proposed European basketball league.
Iran's supreme leader said Saturday that authorities "must break the back of the seditionists", whom he accused of killing thousands during the wave of protests that were brutally repressed in the country.
Michael Carrick made a flying start to life as Manchester United boss against Manchester City on Saturday but Premier League leaders Arsenal missed a chance to pull nine points clear.
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