Nigeria awaits first results after tight election
Nigerians waited anxiously for first results on Sunday after a tight presidential election among three frontrunners that has energised Africa's most populous nation, where many long for change.
Read moreIran frees Spanish woman detained since late 2022: Madrid
Iran has released a Spanish woman, Ana Baneira, who had been in detention since November, Spain's foreign minister said on Sunday.
Read moreBologna beat Inter to hand Napoli bigger Serie A lead
Bologna made sure that Napoli would finish the weekend 18 points clear at the top of Serie A thanks to their 1-0 win over Inter Milan on Sunday.
Read moreGoggia claims Crans-Montana downhill after World Championships woe
Italy's Sofia Goggia bounced back from her world championships disappointment in Sunday's World Cup downhill at Crans-Montana.
Read moreAustralia bat in Women’s T20 World Cup final
Australia won the toss and decided to bat in the Women’s T20 World Cup final against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town on Sunday.
Read moreEthiopian dissident Eskinder Nega arrested: political party
Ethiopian journalist and dissident Eskinder Nega has been detained in the country's Amhara region where he is a leading opposition figure, the political party he founded said on Sunday.
Read moreGoggia claims Crans-Montana downhill
Italy's Sofia Goggia bounced back from her world championships disappointment in Sunday's World Cup downhill at Crans-Montana.
Read moreIndian summer for veteran German Siem
Veteran German Marcel Siem held his nerve at the Hero Indian Open to win his first World Tour event in more than eight years by a single shot on Sunday.
Read moreExtinct-in-the-wild species in conservation limbo
For species classified as "extinct in the wild", the zoos and botanical gardens where their fates hang by a thread are as often anterooms to oblivion as gateways to recovery, new research has shown.
Read moreMore than 40 migrants die in boat wreck off Italy
More than 40 migrants, including a baby just a few months old, died after their overloaded boat sank early on Sunday in stormy seas off Italy's southern Calabria region, rescue services said.
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