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Mikel Arteta hopes Bukayo Saka will be fit for Arsenal's Champions League semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain after suffering an ankle injury in Sunday's 4-0 win against Ipswich.

Chaplain Volodymyr was in the middle of his Easter prayer near the front in Ukraine's Donetsk region when another explosion blasted out, piercing the air despite a 30-hour truce announced by Russia for the holiday.

Holger Rune beat world number two Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (8/6), 6-2 on Sunday to win the Barcelona Open for the first time.

Up-and-coming Danish Lidl-Trek rider Mattias Skjelmose edged cycling giants Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel in a pulsating three-way struggle at the Dutch classic Amstel Gold race on Sunday.

Arsenal made sure Liverpool cannot secure the Premier League title on Sunday by cruising to a 4-0 victory at 10-man Ipswich, while Chelsea beat Fulham 2-1 to climb into the Champions League places.

The clash over President Donald Trump's bid to exercise unprecedented powers in deporting migrants deepened Sunday as he again bashed the judiciary, while a top Democrat warned the country was "closer and closer" to a constitutional crisis.

Arsenal made Liverpool wait to be crowned Premier League champions as Leandro Trossard inspired a 4-0 win that pushed Ipswich to the brink of relegation on Sunday.

World number one Aryna Sabalenka will face Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko in the final of the Stuttgart Open WTA event on Monday after beating Jasmine Paolini in straight sets on Sunday.

Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal hit half-centuries to steer Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a seven-wicket win over Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League on Sunday.

The United States slashing foreign aid risks piling pressure on already acute humanitarian crises across the globe, a World Health Organization official said Sunday, also warning against withdrawing from the UN agency.

Germany's world number three Alexander Zverev celebrated his 28th birthday in style on Sunday easing to the ATP Munich title with a 6-2, 6-4 win over American Ben Shelton.

Latvian Jelena Ostapenko cruised through her semi-final against Ekaterina Alexandrova at the Stuttgart WTA on Sunday, winning in straight sets to make Monday's final.

Zimbabwe finished the first day of the first Test in a commanding position at 67-0 after an inspired bowling performance dismissed Bangladesh for 191 runs on Sunday.

Kevin De Bruyne has revealed he was "a bit surprised" to be told his glittering Manchester City career will finish at the end of this season.

Pope Francis called for freedom of thought and tolerance in his Easter Sunday address, as the weakened pontiff made a hoped-for holiday appearance, even circling St Peter's Square in his popemobile.

Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski was diagnosed with a hamstring injury on Sunday and is set to miss the Copa del Rey final and Champions League semi-final according to Spanish media reports.

Russia and Ukraine on Sunday accused each other of violating an Easter truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Mominul Haque top-scored with 56 as Bangladesh were dismissed for 191 runs on the first day of the first Test after an inspired performance by the Zimbabwe attack on Sunday.

As bells rang out for Easter Sunday in Kyiv, local people told AFP they did not believe Moscow would keep its word by observing a truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Pope Francis appeared in front of thousands of Catholic faithful at St Peter's Square on Sunday for Easter, despite the 88-year-old pontiff's frail health that has kept him from most Holy Week events.

Sri Lanka police launched an investigation Sunday into a photo circulated on social media claiming to show a Buddha tooth relic, which has gone on display under tight security.

Home favourite Wu Ashun charged to a second Volvo China Open triumph on Sunday, a decade after his first, as five back-nine birdies propelled him to a final-round 65 and a one-stroke victory in Shanghai.

Kyrgyzstan is getting rid of its Soviet-inspired national anthem and has launched an unprecedented public contest to find an alternative.

Defending champion Kyren Wilson crashed out in the first round of the World Snooker Championship, losing 10-9 to Chinese debutant Lei Peifan as the "Crucible Curse" struck again.

Cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens picture their 70th birthday.

Thai authorities said they have arrested a Chinese executive at a company that was building a Bangkok skyscraper which collapsed in a major earthquake, leaving dozens dead.

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said Russian forces were continuing their shelling and assaults along the front line despite Russian President Vladimir Putin announcing a surprise but brief Easter truce.

Shy schoolboy Vaibhav Suryavanshi is in dreamland at just 14, having become the youngest player in Indian Premier League history and marking the occasion with an audacious first-ball six.

A fisherman died after being swept off rocks near Sydney on Sunday, stretching the Easter weekend death toll of drownings to six as huge waves battered Australia's east coast.

Kateryna Halushka often sits alone, staring at her phone waiting for a sign of life from her boyfriend, a Ukrainian soldier fighting at the front.

The Minnesota Timberwolves, fueled by 25 points from Jaden McDaniels, cruised past LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 117-95 on Saturday in game one of their NBA Western Conference playoff series.

Global tax plans targeting billionaires and multinational companies are running aground, with the United States torpedoing reforms under President Donald Trump.