Marseille kickstarted the year by crashing to a 2-0 home defeat to lowly Nantes in Ligue 1 as Roberto De Zerbi's team finished with just nine men on the pitch.
"Avatar: Fire and Ash" has surpassed the $1 billion mark at the global box office, as it kept the top spot in North American theaters with another $40 million in ticket sales, industry estimates showed Sunday.
A top US official on Sunday said the Trump administration will work with the existing Venezuelan leadership, after a stunning military operation snatched president Nicolas Maduro and brought him to face trial in New York.
- Spanish protesters slam 'imperialist aggression' in Venezuela
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US ski star Mikaela Shiffrin said Sunday she was "in awe" of Swiss rival Camille Rast who ended her World Cup slalom streak to complete a double at Kranjska Gora a day after winning the giant slalom.
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Denmark on Sunday made its displeasure known after the wife of President Donald Trump's most influential aide posted a social media picture of Greenland painted in the colours of the US flag.
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Cross-country skiing great Johannes Klaebo won the prestige Tour de Ski for a record fifth time on Sunday, a month ahead of the Winter Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina.
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Painfully aware of the fire tragedy in Crans-Montana, ski tourists said they had opted to stay in the Alpine Swiss resort whose tourism-dependent community remains open for business as it mourns the many victims.
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Camille Rast ended US star Mikaela Shiffrin's World Cup slalom streak on Sunday as the Swiss skier completed a double at Kranjska Gora a day after winning the giant slalom.
January 04, 2026
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Bangladesh has requested their matches at next month's T20 World Cup be played in Sri Lanka, after India forced a Bangladeshi player to quit the Indian Premier League.
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Australian Test great Damien Martyn has woken from an induced coma following meningitis, with ex-teammate Adam Gilchrist on Sunday calling it "a miracle".
Authorities investigating a New Year's blaze at a bar in the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana have identified 24 of the 40 people killed, including 11 minors and six foreign nationals, police said Sunday, as its owners were probed for negligent manslaughter.
An investigation into a fire at the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana which killed 40 and left 119 injured has cast a spotlight on the French owners who are suspected of "negligence".
US ski star Mikaela Shiffrin clocked the second-fastest time behind Swiss Camille Rast in the first run of the World Cup slalom in Kranjska Gora on Sunday.
January 04, 2026
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Hundreds of prisoners walked free in Myanmar on Sunday after the junta announced annual independence day pardons, just a week after the start of an election that international monitors have denounced as sham.
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Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka got her 2026 season off to a winning start for Japan in the United Cup, after Great Britain's Emma Raducanu pulled out of their singles clash with a fitness issue.
Former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin opened her 2026 season with a hard-fought 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win over Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriele Ruse in the Brisbane International on Sunday.
Flamboyant England star Harry Brook admitted Sunday he was learning to be more patient, with a frustrating Ashes tour teaching him when he needs to curb his all-out aggressive approach.
Golden State star Stephen Curry scored 20 of his 31 points in a dazzling third quarter to propel the Warriors to a 123-114 NBA victory over the Utah Jazz on Saturday.
January 04, 2026
- Root, Brook tame Australia in rain-hit 5th Ashes Test
- South Korea's Lee lands in China, hoping to sidestep Taiwan tensions
- Australia spin-less in Sydney Test for first time in 138 years
- Bangladesh to demand T20 World Cup matches be moved outside India
- Myanmar junta says to release over 6,000 prisoners in annual amnesty
- Seattle Seahawks bag top seed on NFL final weekend
- Root, Brook stand passes 150 as England 211-3 in 5th Ashes Test
- Venezuelan capital quiet, streets empty after US strike