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Kimi Antonelli moved a mighty step closer to the Formula One title on Sunday after winning the first Spanish Grand Prix held at Madrid's new circuit with a slice of luck on the side.

Lamine Yamal scored twice as Barcelona continued their perfect start to the season with a hard-fought 4-2 LaLiga victory over Levante in Valencia on Sunday.

Elena Rybakina delivered a devastating display to dethrone two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka with a 6-4 5-7 6-2 win in the US Open final, earning a third Grand Slam crown to accompany her ascent to world number one.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta labelled the decision to award Sunderland a penalty "unacceptable" on Saturday after watching his side grind out a 2-0 win to maintain their 100 per cent start to the season and move clear at the top of the Premier League.

Kylian Mbappe scored twice as Real Madrid enjoyed a 4-1 victory over Rayo Vallecano in LaLiga at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday.

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has met with German business leaders and company executives during his state visit to Germany.

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has attended the Germany-UAE Business Forum in Munich, as part of his state visit to Germany.

Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) will open a second runway in 2027, marking a "new milestone", confirmed Dubai Airports CEO, Paul Griffiths, adding that it will eventually have five runways once fully completed with capacity for up to 260 million passengers a year.

The UAE aims to expand its economic and trade partnerships at the upcoming 18th BRICS summit as a full member since 2024.

Shoppers at two major retail outlets in the UAE can now pay using dirham-pegged stablecoin as part of a pilot.

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan welcomed King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of Jordan upon his arrival in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

Dubai has welcomed 869,000 international overnight visitors in August 2026 - its strongest monthly volume since February.

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Deputy Prime Minister, has approved an official of the rank of Director-General as the first recipient of the Mohammed bin Rashid Leadership Medal.

Dr Anwar Gargash, diplomatic advisor to the UAE president, on Sunday said the meeting between Abu Dhabi Crown Prince His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Iranian President Dr Masoud Pezeshkian reflects the UAE's stance of "deterrence and diplomacy".

US President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to stop targeting Russian diesel infrastructure, saying the attacks were causing a shortage of the fuel that is "hurting the world".

Indonesian rescuers were searching on Sunday for 130 people from a passenger ship that sank in the Java Sea after 113 others were evacuated, the country's search and rescue agency said, adding that six people had died.

A Russian drone hit a passenger train on Ukraine's border with NATO member Poland on Sunday, shortly after former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other European diplomats had used the same line.

At least five people were wounded in a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Odesa on Sunday morning, officials said, a day after strikes on the city killed two people.