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Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso said his team are arriving at Sunday's La Liga Clasico in better shape after correcting mistakes made in their derby thrashing by Atletico Madrid.

Austria's Julia Scheib bagged a first-ever World Cup victory by winning the season-opening women's giant slalom in Soelden on Saturday, with US star Mikaela Shiffrin finishing fourth.

Irish voters looked set to have emphatically chosen left-winger Catherine Connolly to be the country's new president, as ballots were counted Saturday in an election overshadowed by criticism that it lacked real choice.

Barcelona star Lamine Yamal will be motivated by criticism ahead of the Clasico, said the club's assistant coach on Saturday.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli turned back the clock with a 168-run stand in what could be their Australian swansongs as India thrashed the hosts by nine wickets in the third one-day international on Saturday.

Japan coach Eddie Jones said Saturday a shock win over South Africa at Wembley next week would be iconic and go down in history alongside "the Coldplay concerts".

Australia coach Joe Schmidt said he may be forced to call on reinforcements for their European tour after losing two players to injury in Saturday's nervy 19-15 win over Japan.

Around a dozen Thai mourners dressed in black sat outside a Bangkok hospital where the former Queen Sirikit, whose death was announced early on Saturday, had been receiving treatment.

Miguel Tabuena held his nerve to sink a 10-foot par putt at the 18th Saturday and complete a third-round of seven-under-par 65 that put him in a three-way tie for the lead at the International Series Philippines.

The black box flight recorders from an aircraft involved in a crash that killed two people at Hong Kong airport earlier this week have been recovered, authorities said Saturday.

Italy's Francesco Bagnaia won the Malaysian MotoGP sprint with a dominant performance Saturday while Alex Marquez was runner-up to seal second in the world championship behind brother Marc.

The US government wants to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man at the center of a row over President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, to Liberia and possibly by month's end, a court filing showed Friday.

Australia survived a second-half comeback to beat Eddie Jones's Japan 19-15 in a wet Tokyo and get their five-Test tour off to a winning start on Saturday.

Italy's Francesco Bagnaia won the Malaysian MotoGP sprint with a dominant performance Saturday while Alex Marquez was runner-up to seal second in the world championship behind brother Marc.

Afghan and Pakistani negotiators are to meet in Istanbul Saturday to address security issues and establish a lasting ceasefire along their shared border after an outbreak of unexpectedly intense bloody clashes.

Elena Rybakina pulled out injured ahead of her Pan Pacific Open semi-final on Saturday, putting Linda Noskova into a title decider against Belinda Bencic.

Paceman Harshit Rana grabbed four wickets to bowl out Australia for 236 in the final one-day international as India strive to prevent a whitewash of the three-match series.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took a swipe Saturday at the United Nations and other multilateral institutions, saying they "stopped working" and failed to protect Gaza's war victims.

Thailand's former Queen Sirikit, the mother of the current King Vajiralongkorn and wife of the nation's longest-reigning monarch, died late Friday at the age of 93, the palace said.

Incumbent Alassane Ouattara is the overwhelming favourite to secure a fourth term in Ivory Coast's presidential election on Saturday, a task facilitated by the barring of several key opposition figures.

The Philippines is laying out the red carpet this week to some of golf's biggest names, part of a grand government plan to diversify tourism with sport at the forefront.

In their first game since guard Terry Rozier was arrested in an FBI sports gambling probe, his Miami Heat teammates unleashed a scoring barrage in a 146-114 NBA win at Memphis on Friday.

US President Donald Trump left on Friday for Asia and high-stakes trade talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping -- adding that he would also like to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on his trip.

Countries signed their first UN treaty targeting cybercrime in Hanoi on Saturday, despite opposition from an unlikely band of tech companies and rights groups warning of expanded state surveillance.

US President Donald Trump slammed Canada for playing "dirty" Friday as a row over an advertisement featuring former leader Ronald Reagan that prompted Trump to scrap trade talks showed no sign of abating.

Italian Francesco Bagnaia claimed pole position at the Malaysian MotoGP after the Ducati ace clocked the fastest qualifying time ahead of Spaniard Alex Marquez on Saturday.

US President Donald Trump left on Friday for Asia and high-stakes trade talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping -- adding that he would also like to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on his trip.

Addison Barger blasted a towering grand slam as the Toronto Blue Jays thrashed the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 to take a 1-0 lead in Major League Baseball's World Series on Friday.

In their first game since guard Terry Rozier was arrested in an FBI sports gambling probe, his Miami Heat teammates unleashed a scoring barrage in a 146-114 NBA win at Memphis on Friday.

Elena Rybakina pulled out injured ahead of her Pan Pacific Open semi-final on Saturday, a day after securing her spot in the season-ending WTA Finals.

Argentine superstar Lionel Messi scored twice to lift Inter Miami to a 3-1 victory over Nashville SC on Friday in the opening game of their MLS Cup round one playoff series.

Batting great Kane Williamson says a changed "life situation" will reduce his availability for New Zealand as he prepares for his first international match since March.

Skipper Pat Cummins has poured cold water on Australia fielding four frontline fast bowlers during the Ashes series against England, saying it was "very unlikely" spinner Nathan Lyon will be overlooked.

Record-breaking striker Sam Kerr has vowed to reclaim the captaincy of Australia, declaring she has "so much more to give" in the role.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Friday he was "deeply disturbed" after Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups were among those arrested in a far-ranging FBI probe into illegal gambling.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Friday he was "deeply disturbed" by the illegal betting and gambling that has rocked basketball.

North Korea is circumventing UN sanctions by using cryptocurrency to trade raw materials and military weaponry, and by deploying large numbers of IT workers abroad to launder funds and generate income for Pyongyang, an international sanctions monitoring group reported.

In a picturesque town on the US-Canada border, workers under dark clouds were building a new entrance for Canadians into a library to replace one that had long symbolized bilateral closeness.

Thailand's former Queen Sirikit, who died Friday aged 93, won global headlines for her glamour during decades alongside her husband and was seen by many as a unifying symbol as her country underwent repeated crises.