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(Reuters) – A rotated AS Roma side were held to a goalless draw at mid-table Bologna on Sunday as Jose Mourinho’s side prepare for their Europa League semi-final second leg, extending their winless run in Serie A to five games. Mourinho opted to go into energy-saving mode ahead of his side’s trip to Bayer Leverkusen on Thursday, with Roma a goal ahead in the tie, and left striker Paulo Dybala […]

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -The flickering embers of Arsenal’s Premier League title dream were all but extinguished as they suffered a 3-0 home drubbing by Europe-chasing Brighton and Hove Albion on Sunday. With relentless Manchester City winning at Everton in the earlier kickoff to move four points clear, long-time league leaders Arsenal knew only a victory would suffice. But they produced a laboured display against the crafty south coast […]

By Pavel Polityuk and Sarah Marsh KYIV/BERLIN (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday Kyiv and its allies could make a Russian defeat “irreversible” as early as this year as he secured a bumper new military package on a trip to Germany. The visit formed part of a whirlwind weekend tour of several key European allies to drum up military and financial support ahead of an expected major Ukrainian […]

BERLIN (Reuters) – RB Leipzig struck twice late in the game to snatch a 2-1 comeback win over visiting Werder Bremen on Sunday and reclaim third place in the Bundesliga with two matches remaining. Willi Orban headed in an 87th-minute equaliser to cancel out Leonardo Bittencourt’s 70th-minute opener before Christopher Nkunku delivered another assist in stoppage time for Dominik Szoboszlai to tap in the winner. Leipzig, who next week face […]

PARIS (Reuters) – The Ligue 1 game between Toulouse and Nantes started 90 minutes late after the bomb squad were called into Toulouse’s stadium following the discovery of a suspicious package, local authorities said on Sunday. The game eventually began at 1530 GMT without further incident and ended in a 0-0 draw. (Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Hugh Lawson) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Life on both sides of the Gaza Strip border began returning to normal on Sunday after an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire halted five days of fighting between Israel and Islamic Jihad, which killed 34 Palestinians and an Israeli. Israel reopened its goods and commercial border crossings, allowing fuel to flow to the lone power plant in the blockaded coastal enclave. Shops and public offices […]

By Ezgi Erkoyun and Oriana Boselli ISTANBUL/HATAY, Turkey (Reuters) – Mehmet Ali Fakioglu was made homeless by an earthquake that hit Turkey in February, but made a 15-hour journey back to the disaster zone to vote on Sunday, recalling the fear he felt when the catastrophe struck and his anger that help was slow to come. Fakioglu, who has been staying with his son in Istanbul since leaving his home […]

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – The flickering embers of Arsenal’s Premier League title dream were all but extinguished as they suffered a 3-0 home defeat by Europe-chasing Brighton and Hove Albion on Sunday. With relentless Manchester City winning at Everton in the earlier kickoff to move four points clear, Arsenal knew only a victory would suffice to keep them in the hunt. But they produced a laboured display against […]

By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats were on track to win an election in Germany’s smallest state, the city of Bremen, on Sunday in a vote that could give a modest lift to the centre-left party after its popularity slid nationally. Bremen is not deemed a political bellwether for other parts of Germany given its specific characteristics as an industrial port city and […]