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Brooks Koepka extended his lead at the Masters to four shots over Spain's world number three Jon Rahm on Saturday before third-round play at soggy Augusta National was suspended for the day due to heavy rain.

Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter said Switzerland's economy would probably have collapsed had Credit Suisse gone bankrupt, in an interview published Sunday.

Paulo Dybala fired Roma third in Serie A with the decisive penalty in Saturday's 1-0 win at Torino, while Bologna won 2-0 at Atalanta to boost their hopes of European football for the first time this century.

Ajinkya Rahane hit the fastest fifty of the IPL season in 19 balls as Chennai Super Kings hammered Mumbai Indians by seven wickets on Saturday.

Mikel Oyarzabal and Takefusa Kubo struck for Real Sociedad in a 2-0 win over Getafe on Saturday to help the Basque side tighten their grip on fourth place in La Liga.

A Saudi delegation arrived in Tehran Saturday to discuss reopening its diplomatic missions in the Islamic republic, two days after a historic meeting in Beijing between their foreign ministers.

Erling Haaland struck twice as Manchester City crushed Southampton 4-1 to close the gap on Premier League leaders Arsenal, while Frank Lampard's first game back in charge of Chelsea ended in a 1-0 defeat at Wolves on Saturday.

Masters leader Brooks Koepka and world number three Jon Rahm of Spain got their third-round battle under way at a soggy Augusta National on Saturday with both making early birdies.

Spinner Ravindra Jadeja's 3-20 and a bludgeoning 61 by Ajinkya Rahane guided Chennai Super Kings to an emphatic seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in the El Classico of IPL on Saturday.

Marooned at the bottom of France's top flight, Angers claimed their first Ligue 1 win since Septembr as they beat European hopefuls Lille 1-0 on Saturday.

Officials in Peru and Canada have moved jointly to stop the virtual auction of 20 ancient pieces from Peru's pre-Hispanic Chancay culture, the Foreign Ministry in Lima announced Saturday.

Sam Bennett, trying to become the first amateur golfer to win the Masters, thinks of his late father every time he grips a club.

Son Heung-min dedicated his historic goal in Tottenham's 2-1 win against Brighton to his late grandfather after the South Korea star became the first Asian to score 100 times in the Premier League.

Conflicting rulings by two federal judges have left the future of abortion pills in the United States deeply uncertain, likely placing the divisive issue squarely in the lap of the Supreme Court.

Forced into retirement after suffering cardio-respiratory arrest just over a year ago, former Paris-Roubaix champion Sonny Colbrelli told AFP on Saturday he felt very lucky to be alive.

Toulouse ran in seven tries to brush aside South African side Sharks 54-20 and reach the Champions Cup semi-finals for a fifth straight season on Saturday.

Canada's Alison Jackson won a six-way sprint to achieve the greatest victory of her career in the women's Paris-Roubaix cycling classic on Saturday.

Frank Lampard failed to spark Chelsea as his first game back in charge ended in a 1-0 defeat at Wolves, while Manchester United and Newcastle consolidated their hold on places in the Premier League's top four on Saturday.

A superb second-half strike from Matthijs de Ligt gave Bayern Munich a 1-0 victory at Freiburg, keeping them two points clear atop the table as title rivals Borussia Dortmund also won on Saturday.

After a rainy night in Georgia, Spain's Jon Rahm returned to a wet and windy Augusta National and narrowed overnight leader Brooks Koepka's advantage to two strokes.

Sandy Lyle and Larry Mize received one special final weekend moment together at the Masters on Saturday after severe weather Friday had appeared to spoil their Augusta National farewells.

After a rainy night in Georgia, Spain's Jon Rahm returned to a wet and windy Augusta National and narrowed overnight leader Brooks Koepka's advantage to two strokes.

Blazing half-centuries from England's Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal helped Rajasthan Royals climb to the top of the IPL table with a 57-run hammering of Delhi Capitals on Saturday.

Hundreds of supporters including Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of mercenary outfit Wagner, turned out Saturday for the funeral of a high-profile Russian military blogger killed in a bomb attack.

Celtic moved within touching distance of the Scottish Premiership title as Kyogo Furuhashi's double inspired a dramatic 3-2 win against Rangers in Saturday's Old Firm derby.

Manchester United moved ever closer to a return to the Champions League next season as Scott McTominay and Anthony Martial struck to deepen Everton's relegation fears in a 2-0 win at Old Trafford.

The United States is preparing long-term assistance for the Ivory Coast, Benin and Togo as concerns rise that jihadist violence in the Sahel could spill into coastal West Africa, officials said.

The World Bank's ongoing reform could result in a $50 billion lending boost over the next decade, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told AFP ahead of stakeholders' meetings next week where key changes are expected to be announced.

With the whir of a mower, under a clear blue sky, Senegalese researchers have begun harvesting a crop of experimental homegrown wheat, the latest step in a years-long effort to reduce reliance on imports.

Japan's Takuma Inoue set his sights on matching older brother Naoya in becoming the undisputed bantamweight world champion, after beating Venezuela's Liborio Solis on Saturday to partially reclaim the family silver.

Defending champions Fiji suffered a surprising setback against near-neighbours Samoa at the Singapore Rugby Sevens on Saturday, while series leaders New Zealand asserted their class with wins against Australia and South Africa in the pools.

Russia announced its winter offensive in Ukraine with great fanfare, but the ill-fated campaign has been another disappointment for Moscow.