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Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso said Monday his team is still growing in personality and spirit, following their thrashing by Atletico Madrid in La Liga.

Dolly Parton, 79, has postponed her upcoming Las Vegas concerts due to "health challenges," the American country music legend announced, although she stressed she is not yet ending her glittering career.

Enzo Maresca says there is "no reason to panic" over Chelsea's mini-slump, highlighting the impact of a series of red cards as he prepares to welcome Jose Mourinho back to Stamford Bridge.

Global players' union FIFPro on Monday sounded the alarm over the dangers of playing in extreme heat at the 2026 World Cup, which will take place across the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Jaguar Land Rover on Monday said it will partially restart production in the coming days after a damaging cyberattack halted operations at its UK factories.

Rugby World Cup winner Lood de Jager has been recalled to the South Africa squad in place of Franco Mostert for a key Rugby Championship match against Argentina at Twickenham in London on Saturday.

Carlos Alcaraz battled back to beat Casper Ruud 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Monday in Tokyo and reach his 10th final of a spectacular season, emulating fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal.

England paceman Chris Woakes has announced his retirement from international cricket after England indicated he was no longer in their plans.

Britain's interior minister Monday proposed tough new rules for migrants seeking to settle in the UK, as the ruling Labour party bolstered its fight against the hard right at its annual conference.

European and Asian stock markets largely gained Monday and gold hit a record high after US inflation figures met expectations, soothing concerns about President Donald Trump's latest tariff salvo.

Thailand's influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has applied for a royal pardon to reduce his one-year prison sentence, his lawyer told reporters on Monday.

Six-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek said Monday she might skip mandatory tournaments to protect her health after a string of injuries among players at the China Open.

Lufthansa said Monday it will cut 4,000 jobs, nearly four percent of the German airline giant's workforce, after profits slumped in the face of mounting headwinds.

The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics and Paralympics cost the French state 6.6 billion euros ($7.7 billion), the national audit body announced on Monday.

Wayne Rooney says Manchester United have lost their soul and he has no faith in the ability of beleaguered manager Ruben Amorim to turn things around.

Europe's victorious Ryder Cup team good-naturedly taunted US President Donald Trump after their victory in a match that featured European players being verbally abused by spectators.

Moldova's ruling pro-EU party on Monday hailed victory in polls overshadowed by accusations of Russian interference, evoking an "extraordinarily difficult struggle" to gain a slim parliamentary majority.

A typhoon that ripped roofs off homes has killed dozens of people across Vietnam and the Philippines, officials from both countries said on Monday, as a weakened storm Bualoi crossed into neighbouring Laos.

Giant lock Will Skelton said Monday he intends to use his physicality to rattle the All Blacks in Australia's must-win Rugby Championship Test in Perth after missing their agonising defeat in Auckland.

Coach Scott Robertson called for more consistency from his New Zealand side Monday, urging them to put "pressure on and create" when they again lock horns with Australia again this weekend.

Jannik Sinner beat Fabian Marozsan in straight sets Monday to secure a third straight China Open semi-final as Iga Swiatek reached the last 16 when her opponent retired hurt.

British pharmaceutical giant GSK on Monday said longtime chief executive Emma Walmsley will be replaced by its chief commercial officer in January, as the company navigates US tariffs on the sector.

US President Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday for high-stakes talks aimed at pushing an elusive Gaza peace plan over the line.

Most markets rose Monday and gold hit a record high following US inflation figures that met expectations and soothed concerns about Donald Trump's latest tariff salvo.

Typhoon Bualoi ripped roofs from buildings and uprooted electrical poles along Vietnam's coast, killing at least 11 people, local and national officials said on Monday.

German airline group Lufthansa said Monday it will cut 4,000 jobs, nearly four percent of its workforce -- a move underscoring the slump gripping Europe's largest economy.

Pakistan captain Salman Agha said India had "disrespected cricket" while Indian counterpart Suryakumar Yadav complained his side were denied the trophy after winning a fraught Asia Cup overshadowed by ill feeling on both sides.

A man opened fire in a Mormon church in Michigan and set the building ablaze on Sunday, killing at least four people in the latest deadly tragedy that US President Donald Trump called part of a national "epidemic of violence."

Moldova's ruling pro-EU party won parliamentary elections with the backing of more than half of voters, according to near-complete results on Monday for polls overshadowed by accusations of Russian interference in the ex-Soviet country.

It was upon Jose Mourinho's arrival at Chelsea in 2004 that he proclaimed himself a "special one", although that sheen has worn away two decades on as he returns to Stamford Bridge on Tuesday with Benfica.

As demands to release the so-called Epstein files rage on, a new documentary asks why America is so fascinated with child sex abusers by reflecting on the salacious 2000s reality TV series "To Catch A Predator."

Most Asian markets rose Monday, tracking gains on Wall Street, following US inflation figures that met expectations and soothed concerns about Donald Trump's latest tariff salvo.