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Bayer Leverkusen let a one-goal lead slip to lose 2-1 at home to Hoffenheim in new coach Erik ten Hag's Bundesliga debut on Saturday.

A new-look Manchester City showed familiar frailties as Tottenham strolled to a 2-0 win at the Etihad on Saturday, while Viktor Gyokeres scored his first Arsenal goals in a 5-0 hammering of Leeds.

Viktor Gyokeres scored his first two Arsenal goals as the Gunners gave Leeds a harsh lesson in the step up to the Premier League with a 5-0 win at the Emirates.

Kevin De Bruyne scored on his Napoli debut on Saturday as the Serie A champions kicked off their title defence with a straightforward 2-0 win at promoted Sassuolo.

South Korea fired warning shots at North Korean soldiers that briefly crossed the heavily fortified border earlier this week, Seoul said Saturday after Pyongyang accused it of risking "uncontrollable" tensions.

Francesca McGhie's superb hat-trick helped Scotland launch their Women's Rugby World Cup campaign with a convincing 38-8 bonus-point win over Wales in Salford on Saturday.

Venus Williams said Saturday she is relishing the prospect of her record-extending 25th US Open appearance, saying the experience of playing in her home Grand Slam never gets old.

A fourth Portuguese firefighter died of injuries sustained battling a wildfire Saturday as Spain slowly got the upper hand over fires that have scorched vast swathes of territory.

South Africa bounced back from defeat a week ago with fly-half Handre Pollard producing a masterly kicking performance in a 30-22 win over Australia in their Rugby Championship match at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday.

Marseille put a week of turmoil behind them as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice in a 5-2 win over Paris FC on Saturday which gave Roberto De Zerbi's team their first points of the season in Ligue 1.

The US government intends to deport a Salvadoran man at ground zero of President Donald Trump's war on illegal immigration to Uganda next week, his lawyers said Saturday.

A new-look Manchester City showed familiar frailties as Tottenham strolled to a 2-0 win at the Etihad on Saturday, while Aston Villa slumped to a 1-0 defeat to Brentford.

Belgian sprinter Jasper Philipsen won the opening stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday powering his way to victory in a high-speed bunch sprint.

Arsenal have completed the signing of Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace, it was announced Saturday, with the England international returning to his boyhood club.

United States forward Giovanni Reyna has joined Borussia Monchengladbach until 2028 after six years at neighbours Borussia Dortmund, the selling club confirmed on Saturday.

Bayer Leverkusen let a one-goal lead slip to lose 2-1 at home to Hoffenheim in new coach Erik Ten Hag's Bundesliga debut on Saturday.

Desperate Palestinians clutching pots and plastic buckets scrambled for rice at a charity kitchen in Gaza City on Saturday, a day after the United Nations declared a famine in the war-battered territory.

Legendary Irish jumps trainer Willie Mullins struck gold on the flat winning his second Ebor Handicap in the last three years on the final day of the York meeting on Saturday as Ethical Diamond eased to victory in an Irish 1-2-3.

Tottenham boss Thomas Frank hailed his side's defensive improvement just three games into his reign after comfortably keeping Manchester City at bay to win 2-0 at the Etihad on Saturday.

Manchester City's troubles from last season were exposed once more in a humbling 2-0 home defeat to Tottenham on Saturday that raised questions over their quest to regain the Premier League title.

Marc Marquez continued his winning streak as he cruised to victory in the Hungarian Sprint race by almost three seconds on Sunday to pad his championship lead.

Australia launched their Women's Rugby World Cup campaign with a record-breaking 73-0 thrashing of Samoa in Salford on Saturday.

Manchester City's troubles from last season were exposed once more in a humbling 2-0 home defeat to Tottenham on Saturday that raised questions over their quest to regain the Premier League title.

Indonesia's former world number two Anthony Ginting told AFP he had come to terms with the shoulder injury which cost him a medal chance at the Paris Olympics as he returns to the French capital for the badminton world championships.

Guinea's junta has suspended three main political parties -- including that of former president Alpha Conde -- for three months, ahead of an electoral campaign for a rewrite of the constitution, according to an order seen by AFP on Saturday.

Bosnia's Serb statelet, whose President Milorad Dodik is defying a ban on him holding office, will stage a referendum on October 25 on the federal court verdict against him.

Crystal Palace star Marc Guehi known jokingly as 'Uncle Marc' by his family is reportedly being eyed by Premier League champions Liverpool and he told the BBC the "turning point" for him was a loan spell at Swansea.

A central Berlin street is being officially renamed on Saturday for an 18th-century African philosopher after years of debate over its current name, Mohrenstrasse ("Moors' Street"), viewed as outdated and offensive.

In-form US sprinter Melissa Jefferson-Wooden will return home to fine-tune final touches before heading to the world championships in Tokyo as the big favourite for a sprint double.

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro's lawyers denied Friday that he violated restrictions imposed for his detention during his trial over an attempted coup, and accused police of "discrediting" him, according to a document submitted to the Supreme Court.

A picture-perfect Alpine mountain lake in Germany draws so many visitors every summer that the first thing they see is crowded busses, traffic jams and a packed-out carpark.

Cracker Barrel has a special place in the hearts of many Americans, offering homestyle American cuisine in a folksy "Old Country Store" setting complete with rocking chairs and occasional country music performances.

A US judicial commission denied parole Friday to Joseph Lyle Menendez, a day after his brother Erik was also ordered to stay in prison for the murder of their parents in a Beverly Hills mansion more than three decades ago.

The US federal government on Friday ordered all construction be halted on a massive wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that is 80 percent complete.

Botic van de Zandschulp worked overtime Friday to reach the final of the ATP hardcourt tournament in Winston-Salem, beating France's Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-4, 7-5 in the semis of the rain-hit event.

In a video gaming landscape often dominated by fantasy duels and kinetic gunfights, one different genre is standing out in the Gamescom trade fair in Germany: firefighting.

Netflix's gargantuan hit film "KPop Demon Hunters" has captured the global zeitgeist this summer, smashing streaming and music chart records. Now it is coming for movie theaters.

World number three Alexander Zverev says he's "on the right path" heading into the US Open after leaning on friends and professional help to address mental health concerns he revealed at Wimbledon.

Colombia on Friday promised to counter the threat from "desperate" armed groups after twin guerrilla attacks killed 19 people and deepened the country's worst security crisis in decades.