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By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudan’s main paramilitary group and the regular armed forces exchanged gunfire in Khartoum and elsewhere in the country on Saturday in an apparent struggle for control. The army rejected assertions by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that they had seized the presidential palace, the army chief’s residence and airports in Khartoum and the northern city of Merowe. Army chief General Abdel Fattah […]

By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Brighton & Hove Albion ruined Chelsea boss Frank Lampard’s return to Stamford Bridge with a 2-1 comeback win on Saturday as substitutes Danny Welbeck and Julio Enciso condemned the Blues to a third defeat in three games under their interim coach. Lampard, who rested several first-choice starters before Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final second leg against Real Madrid, at least saw the Blues score the first […]

STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) -Wasteful Borussia Dortmund conceded a stoppage-time equaliser from Silas Katompa Mvumpa in a dramatic finale to draw 3-3 at 10-man VfB Stuttgart on Saturday and miss the chance to go joint top of the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich. The visitors thought they had snatched victory in the topsy-turvy encounter with a stoppage time goal through Gio Reyna to make it 3-2. But Silas slipped in to snatch […]

By Steve Keating TORONTO (Reuters) – This year it will fall on the Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers and Winnipeg Jets to end Canada’s national humiliation and a 30-year Stanley Cup drought by bringing home the famous mug to the country that claims to have given birth to the sport. Not since the Montreal Canadiens beat the Los Angeles Kings in 1993 has the Stanley Cup been paraded through a […]

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) -Bayern Munich conceded a 71st-minute free kick to draw 1-1 at home against Hoffenheim on Saturday at the end of a turbulent week for the champions but they stayed two points clear at the top of the Bundesliga with six games remaining. It was Bayern’s latest slip-up under coach Thomas Tuchel following last week’s German Cup exit to Freiburg and Tuesday’s 3-0 Champions League quarter-final first-leg loss […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Tottenham Hotspur blew a gilt-edged chance to boost their hopes of finishing in the Premier League’s top four as relegation battlers Bournemouth snatched a last-gasp 3-2 away win on Saturday. Dango Ouattara’s superb finish in the fifth minute of stoppage time sent the south coast club’s fans into raptures and Tottenham’s heading for the exits. Third-placed Newcastle United’s defeat at Aston Villa opened the door for Tottenham […]

By Kai Pfaffenbach SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russian missiles hit residential buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk on Friday, killing 11 people, wounding 21 and reducing parts of apartment blocks to a tangled mess of metal and concrete. Eleven people were killed and 21 wounded, Ukrainian public braodcaster Suspilne reported on Saturday, citing regional emergency services. Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of Donetsk Region, told national television earlier that seven […]

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) -Bayern Munich conceded a 71st-minute free kick to draw 1-1 at home against Hoffenheim on Saturday at the end of a turbulent week for the champions but they stayed two points clear at the top of the Bundesliga with six games remaining. It was Bayern’s latest slipup under coach Thomas Tuchel following last week’s German Cup exit to Freiburg and Tuesday’s 3-0 Champions League quarter-final first-leg loss […]

(Reuters) – Fighters of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group have captured two more areas of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Saturday. Wagner has spearheaded Russia’s attempt to take Bakhmut since last summer in what has been the longest and deadliest battle of the war for both sides. Reuters could not independently confirm the report. FIGHTING * A Russian missile strike killed at least nine people in […]