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Liam Rosenior labelled Joao Pedro "world class" after the Brazilian striker's hat-trick inspired a 4-1 rout of Aston Villa on Wednesday.

Brazil's Senate on Wednesday ratified a deal between the Mercosur bloc and the European Union that creates one of the world's largest free trade areas.

Mikel Oyarzabal slotted home a late penalty to fire Real Sociedad into the Copa del Rey final with a 1-0 win over Basque rivals Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday, securing a 2-0 aggregate semi-final triumph.

Joao Pedro hit a hat-trick as Chelsea thrashed Aston Villa 4-1 on Wednesday to improve their prospects of qualifying for the Champions League.

A second-half Christian Kofane goal earned Bayer Leverkusen a 1-0 win at Hamburg to draw them closer to the Bundesliga's top four on Wednesday.

Aryna Sabalenka's latest bid for a first Indian Wells title hasn't started, but the world number one still had reason to celebrate as she announced her engagement on the eve of the tournament.

Manchester City stumbled in the Premier League title race on Wednesday, held to a costly 2-2 draw by Nottingham Forest as Bukayo Saka's goal against Brighton sent Arsenal seven points clear.

Manchester City's bid to win the Premier League title suffered a potentially fatal blow in a surprise 2-2 draw against lowly Nottingham Forest on Wednesday.

Jack Draper, riding high after capturing a first ATP Masters 1000 title at Indian Wells last year, returns to California in rebuilding mode again after a near six-month injury absence.

Arsenal showed they don't always have to rely on set-pieces as Bukayo Saka sealed a 1-0 win against Brighton that moved the Premier League leaders a step closer to the title on Wednesday.

US and European stock markets advanced Wednesday as oil prices steadied, after Asian bourses suffered deep losses amid inflation worries sparked by the US-Iran war.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday rated the US performance in the war with Iran as a 15 on a scale of 10, saying the Islamic republic's leaders were rapidly being killed, and vowing to push on.

Nepal votes Thursday for a new parliament, six months after deadly anti-corruption protests toppled the government -- a high-stakes showdown between an entrenched old guard and a powerful youth movement.

The US Federal Reserve warned Wednesday that increased economic uncertainty was impacting consumer sentiment, as President Donald Trump's administration presses on with an aggressive tariffs agenda despite recent setbacks.

The family of a Florida man who took his own life filed suit against Google on Wednesday, alleging the company's Gemini AI chatbot spent weeks manufacturing an elaborate delusional fantasy before aiding him in his suicide.

Former champion Carlos Alcaraz aims to extend his perfect start to 2026 at Indian Wells while Jannik Sinner returns to the California desert seeking to fill a gap in his resume with his first title of the year.

A UK warship due to be sent to Cyprus amid the US and Israel's war with Iran will not set sail from Britain until next week, Western officials said Wednesday.

The US and Israel began their war on Iran by killing its most powerful figure and exhorting Iranians to seize the moment for change, but a fractured opposition and unclear American aims leave the future leadership of a post-clerical Iran an open question.

Spain on Wednesday doubled down on its opposition to Washington's use of its bases against Iran, after US President Donald Trump's threats of trade reprisals over the spat deepened a rift between the NATO allies.

With shipping through the Strait of Hormuz nearly choked off due to the Middle East war, natural gas prices have spiked and Europe is worried that it will suffer a crisis like in 2022.

Italian golfer Andrea Pavan said it felt "like a miracle" to be walking again after leaving hospital just a week after plunging down an empty lift shaft.

Santhosh Kanakandath still managed to fly to Berlin from Oman to represent his travel agency at the ITB Berlin tourism trade fair, despite the travel disruption caused by the war in the Middle East.

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein will face a retrial from April 14 on a rape charge on which a jury previously deadlocked, his publicist said Wednesday.

South Africa coach Shukri Conrad on Wednesday made no excuses and called his team's nine-wicket defeat by New Zealand in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup a "walloping".

German agrichemical giant Bayer said Wednesday that a US judge had granted preliminary approval for a multi-billion-dollar class settlement proposed by its subsidiary Monsanto over claims the Roundup weedkiller causes blood cancer.

Russia will free two Ukrainian-Hungarian nationals captured while fighting for Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban appealed for their release in a phone call.

Renaissance artist Michelangelo ordered many of his artworks to be hidden by his pupils in a secret room to protect them for posterity, an Italian researcher claimed Wednesday.

Adidas's shares slumped Wednesday after its 2026 outlook disappointed investors, while the German sportswear giant said any potential impact on its business from the Middle East war was still unclear.

Spain's prime minister defiantly posted "No to the war" on Wednesday, deepening a rift with the United States after Madrid refused the use of its bases to attack Iran and Washington threatened trade reprisals.

Ivory Coast, the world's leading cocoa producer, on Wednesday cut the price paid to its growers by nearly 60 percent, the government said, to try to address a sales slump affecting the sector.

The head of Berlin's international film festival will stay in the post despite controversy over a film director's anti-Israel remarks at the event, the German culture minister's office said Wednesday.

New Zealand's Finn Allen blasted the fastest century in T20 World Cup history in Kolkata on Wednesday as his side hammered South Africa by nine wickets to reach the final.