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Ireland retained their Six Nations title with a hard-fought 17-13 win over Scotland on Saturday after Warren Gatland offered to quit as Wales boss following a home defeat by Italy that condemned his side to a tournament whitewash.

The female Red Bull employee at the centre of allegations against Christian Horner has lodged an official complaint to Formula 1's governing body the FIA, the BBC reported on Saturday.

Vinicius Junior struck twice to earn Real Madrid a commanding 10 point lead at the top of La Liga in a 4-2 rout of Osasuna on Saturday, with fading title rivals Girona falling to a 1-0 defeat at Getafe.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro will seek a third term in July 28 elections after 11 years in office marked by sanctions, economic collapse and accusations of widespread repression.

Jasper Philipsen won the Milan-San Remo with a bike throw on Saturday in a photo-finish triumph ahead of Aussie Michael Matthews and Tadej Pogacar in the opening Monument race of the season.

Girona's slim hopes of taking the La Liga title race to the wire faded further on Saturday as they fell to a 1-0 defeat at Getafe.

Tottenham wasted a chance to move into the Premier League's top four as they slumped to a shock 3-0 defeat at Fulham, while Luton salvaged a crucial 1-1 draw with relegation rivals Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

Bernardo Silva scored twice as Manchester City beat Newcastle 2-0 to reach the FA Cup semi-finals on Saturday, while Coventry struck twice in stoppage time to stun Wolves 3-2.

To the sound of Russian pop music blasting from speakers at the polling station, Eduard Ishnazarov cast a ballot for the only candidate he thought could deliver peace: Vladimir Putin.

Warren Gatland offered to resign after Wales finished bottom of the Six Nations for the first time since 2003.

Ireland retained their Six Nations title with a gritty 17-13 win over Scotland at Lansdowne Road on Saturday.

Whitewashed Wales finished bottom of the Six Nations following a 24-21 loss at home to Italy in the opening match of the tournament's concluding "Super Saturday", with champions Ireland poised to retain their title.

A half-century ago, two skinny brothers named Walter and Arturo Perez started lifting stones in their rural Nicaraguan town; now they are local legends and TikTok sensations known as the "Hercules brothers" and the "Bodybuilding Grandfathers."

World number one Iga Swiatek will take on resurgent Maria Sakkari in the Indian Wells women's final on Sunday aiming to repeat her 2022 title triumph over the Greek.

Vinicius Junior struck twice to earn Real Madrid a commanding 10 point lead at the top of La Liga in a 4-2 rout of Osasuna on Saturday.

Milan-San Remo winner Jasper Philipsen hailed on Saturday his teammate Mathieu van der Poel as being the key to his photo-finish triumph in the first one-day Monument race of the season.

Luton's Luke Berry struck late to salvage a crucial 1-1 draw with relegation rivals Nottingham Forest, while Burnley kept alive their faint survival hopes with a 2-1 victory against Brentford on Saturday.

Vinicius Junior struck twice to earn Real Madrid a commanding 10 point lead at the top of La Liga in a 4-2 rout of Osasuna on Saturday.

Efforts towards a truce in the Israel-Hamas war appeared to rekindle on Saturday after a new proposal from the Palestinian militant group which also called for more aid into Gaza, where the first food shipment by sea reached shore.

Harry Kane broke a 60-year record for most goals in a debut season while Jamal Musiala scored twice as Bayern Munich won 5-2 at Darmstadt on Saturday.

A second ship loaded with aid for Gaza could depart as early as Saturday, Cyprus said, as the first vessel returned from the war-ravaged territory after successfully delivering its cargo.

Italy condemned Wales to a Six Nations whitewash for the first time in 21 years with a 24-21 win in Cardiff on Saturday.

Jasper Philipsen won the Milan-San Remo with a bike throw on Saturday after a photo-finish triumph in the first one-day Monument race of the season.

Coventry scored twice deep into stoppage time to stun Wolves 3-2 at Molineux and reach the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time since they won the competition in 1987.

Ukrainian bombardments killed two people and set an oil facility ablaze in Russia on Saturday, the second day of showpiece elections guaranteed to cement President Vladimir Putin's hardline rule.

Mikaela Shiffrin ended her campaign by claiming her 97th World Cup victory in the season-closing women's slalom at Saalbach on Saturday.

Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said Saturday Paris Saint-Germain were the favourites in their upcoming Champions League quarter-final tussle.

Germany's Deutsche Bahn railways and the GDL train drivers' union announced they had returned to the negotiating table on Saturday after a wave of strikes demanding better pay.

Efforts towards a truce in the Israel-Hamas war appeared to rekindle on Saturday after a new proposal from the Palestinian militant group which also called for more aid into Gaza, where the first food shipment by sea reached shore.

In the shadow of the war raging in Gaza, record numbers of Palestinian detainees are filling Israeli prisons, where they face "systemic abuse" and torture, rights advocates warn, calling for international action.

A rare mistake by Marco Odermatt scuppered the Swiss skier's quest for a perfect 10 out of 10 giant slaloms this season at the World Cup finals on Saturday.

The Waikato Chiefs rediscovered their attacking verve to outclass the Fijian Drua 46-29 on Saturday and move to third in the standings, while the ACT Brumbies snapped an 11-year drought in Dunedin.