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Deflated South Africa coach Mark Boucher said his side had only themselves to blame after their Twenty20 World Cup campaign ended on Sunday with a shock defeat to the Netherlands.

South Korean team DRX were crowned League of Legends world champions on Saturday after scoring a surprise 3-2 victory over compatriots T1 in a thrilling final of the eSports tournament in San Francisco.

About 30,000 runners, some wearing face masks, took part on Sunday in a chilly and smoggy first Beijing Marathon since 2019 after Covid cancelled previous races.

Fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi took four wickets as Pakistan held Bangladesh to 127-8 at the Twenty20 World Cup with a place in the semi-finals on the line on Sunday.

Duran Duran kicked off Saturday's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with a rollicking medley of their top hits, opening the concert gala where Dolly Parton and Eminem are also set to enter the prestigious institution.

The COP27 summit kicks off Sunday in Egypt with nearly 200 countries struggling to outpace increasingly dire climate impacts in a world upended by war and economic turmoil.

New Zealand coach Wayne Smith says his team have nothing to lose when the underdogs face a "frightening" England in the women's Rugby World Cup final next Saturday.

The latest season of "The Crown" hits the small screen next week, with streaming giant Netflix adding a disclaimer after a furore over untrue storylines.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was meant to serve as a reunion for 2022 inductee Duran Duran, but former member Andy Taylor was unable to attend, with the band revealing his cancer diagnosis during their onstage speech Saturday.

Powerball mania hit the United States on Saturday as numbers were drawn for a $1.6 billion jackpot, a world record.

Yordan Alvarez smashed a three-run homer and the Houston Astros captured their second World Series in six seasons on Saturday with a 4-1 victory over Philadelphia.

The Netherlands sent South Africa crashing out of the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday with a stunning 13-run victory in Adelaide which also propelled India into the semi-finals.

With burning rubber under the neon lights, Formula One gave its fans a taste Saturday of what they can expect from next year’s Las Vegas Grand Prix while the sport’s leaders promised that this time the sport is in Sin City for the long run.

The assassination attempt on former prime minister Imran Khan and his accusation it was a plot involving a senior intelligence officer has pushed Pakistan into a "dangerous phase", analysts say.

Twitter began rolling out a controversial new paid subscription system on Saturday that the social network's unpredictable new owner, billionaire Elon Musk, ordered staff to build after taking over last week.

Alex Ovechkin broke the National Hockey League record for most goals with one team on Saturday by scoring his 787th for the Washington Capitals in a 3-2 loss to Arizona.

Gareth Bale said Saturday he is still battling through fitness issues as he turns his attention to the World Cup after a dramatic game-saving cameo set up Los Angeles FC's MLS Cup triumph.

Colin Ackermann's whirlwind unbeaten 41 steered the Netherlands to 158-4 at the Twenty20 World Cup in Adelaide, in a match South Africa must win to seal a semi-finals spot.

Defending champions Australia were blasted as "mediocre" Sunday after they failed to make the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals, with local media calling for the fallout to be "fast and brutal".

Nurses across the UK have voted to strike in their first national action over a pay dispute, a media report said on Sunday.

Elon Musk's decision to pull Twitter off the stock market allows him to make major changes quickly, but it also takes the company more heavily into debt, a risky choice for a money-losing business.

The whirlwind week that Elon Musk took over Twitter began with sleepless nights for company engineers -- and ended with half the staff getting the axe.

Maya Yoshida is the tough-tackling defender with a girl's name who will try to lead Japan into uncharted territory in Qatar, a tournament likely to be his World Cup swansong.

Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Lima on Saturday to call for the removal of President Pedro Castillo, the subject of an unprecedented six investigations for corruption.

European giants Spain and Germany face off in World Cup Group E, the only one featuring two nations who have previously won the tournament.

Normally among the favourites for any tournament they enter, an uncertain Germany make the trip to Qatar hoping to re-ignite their "tournament team" status.

Spain are among the World Cup favourites, boasting a deep squad which blends promising talents with experienced veterans who have won it all, but La Roja are still said to lack a star player.

President Joe Biden, Democratic superstar Barack Obama and Republican firebrand Donald Trump all converged Saturday on Pennsylvania to push their parties to the finishing line in a race Biden said marks a "defining" moment for US democracy.

Katie Ledecky broke the 800m freestyle short course world record on Saturday at the FINA World Cup meeting in Indianapolis, her second world mark in a one-week span.

Caroline Garcia rallied from a set down to beat Daria Kasatkina 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/5) on Saturday in a winner-take-all clash that sent the French player into the WTA Finals knockout phase.

A Singaporean businessman wanted by the United States for violating sanctions on North Korea is currently in the city-state where he is under investigation, the Singapore police said.

Gareth Bale scored a dramatic stoppage-time equalizer before Los Angeles FC defeated Philadelphia Union on penalties to clinch their first MLS Cup crown on Saturday.