Odermatt hails 'perfect timing' of first downhill win
Switzerland's Marco Odermatt was left hailing the "perfect timing" of his maiden downhill victory as he streaked to gold in the World Ski Championships in Courchevel on Sunday.
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Thousands march in Nicaragua in support of govt opponents' expulsion
Several thousand pro-government demonstrators marched Saturday in Nicaragua in support of the expulsion of 222 critics of President Daniel Ortega's government, which has called them "traitors to the homeland."
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Tanak marks Ford return with Rally Sweden win as Breen denied
Estonia's 2019 titleholder Ott Tanak deprived Ireland's Craig Breen of a maiden world rally championship win in Sweden on Sunday.
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UN warns of aid failure for Syria as quake toll nears 30,000
The UN denounced Sunday a failure to get desperately needed aid to war-torn regions of Syria, while warning that the death toll of nearly 30,000 from an earthquake that also devastated Turkey could at least double.
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Tanak denies Breen in Rally Sweden
Estonia's 2019 titleholder Ott Tanak deprived Ireland's Craig Breen of a maiden world rally championship win in Sweden on Sunday.
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Swiss speed double as Odermatt outguns Kilde for downhill gold
Marco Odermatt scorched to gold in the men's downhill at the World Ski Championships in Courchevel on Sunday to ensure a Swiss speed double after Jasmine Flury's shock win in the women's race.
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Regional voting starts in Italy in test for PM Meloni
Polling stations opened on Sunday for regional elections in Italy's two most populous regions -- polls seen as a test of the popularity of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's three-month-old government.
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Cyprus votes for new president in tight run-off election
Cyprus went to the polls Sunday for a tightly fought presidential runoff between two career diplomats seeking the top post in the south of the divided Mediterranean island.
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Olympic chief Bach shares 'grief, human suffering' of Ukrainian athletes
Olympic chief Thomas Bach said Saturday that he shared the "grief and human suffering" of Ukrainian athletes, stressing that if it was not up to individual governments to decide who takes part in international sporting competition.
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Turkey-Syria quake deaths pass 28,000, UN warns toll to double
Rescuers on Sunday pulled a seven-month-old baby and a teenage girl from the rubble nearly a week after a powerful earthquake devastated huge areas of Turkey and Syria, killing more than 28,000 people.
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