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US country music star Naomi Judd, half of the Grammy-winning duo The Judds, has died at age 76, her family announced Saturday, the day before her group was due to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

At least 20 civilians, including several children, were able to leave a badly battered steel plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Saturday in what could be the start of a long-awaited, larger evacuation of the last holdout in the Russian-held city.

Reigning Olympic champions Sydney McLaughlin and Athing Mu won titles and two-time Olympian turned NFL receiver Devon Allen set a meet record on Saturday at the Penn Relays.

President Pedro Castillo rushed back to Peru by car from a visit to Ecuador to avoid being impeached, after bad weather grounded his plane.

Ronnie O'Sullivan will play Judd Trump in this year's World Snooker Championship final after the English pair reached the showpiece match in contrasting styles on Saturday.

A group of 20 civilians are leaving the Azovstal steelworks, where the last Ukrainian troops are holed up in the Black Sea port of Mariupol, the soldiers there said Saturday.

Leicester coach Steve Borthwick paid tribute to Chris Ashton after the former England wing ran in a hat-trick to become the Premiership's all-time leading try-scorer on Saturday.

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie on Saturday made a surprise appearance in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv where she met displaced people and was spotted in a cafe.

Simona Halep was in vintage form on Saturday as she dashed home hopes in Madrid by knocking out world number two Paula Badosa in the second round.

Real Madrid secured a 35th La Liga title on Saturday with a 4-0 home win over Espanyol as Carlo Ancelotti became the first coach to win all five major European leagues.

Paris is aiming to redevelop the area around the Eiffel Tower in time for the 2024 Olympic Games, but the city's residents are beginning to rebel over a plan that would see 22 trees ripped up.

Bournemouth stayed ahead of Nottingham Forest in the race for automatic promotion to the Premier League with a 3-0 win at Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.

Manchester City retook top spot in the Premier League from Liverpool after weathering a Leeds storm to win 4-0 at Elland Road on Saturday.

Manchester City maintained a one-point Premier League lead over Liverpool with four games to go after seeing off Leeds 4-0 on Saturday as Norwich were relegated after a 2-0 loss at Aston Villa.

Five-time winners Biarritz were relegated from the French Top 14 on Saturday after their 48-13 loss to Castres and Perpignan beat Brive 27-10.

Sampdoria boosted their chances of staying in Serie A on Saturday prevailing 1-0 in a relegation derby with local rivals Genoa, who missed a stoppage-time penalty and are now staring the drop in the face.

Barcelona returned to the women's Champions League final despite having their 45-match winning run ended by a 2-0 loss at Wolfsburg in Saturday's semi-final second leg.

Defending champion Tampa Bay will try to become the first team since 1983 to win three consecutive Stanley Cup titles when the NHL playoffs begin Monday.

The family of "Hotel Rwanda" hero Paul Rusesabagina announced Saturday it has filed a $400 million lawsuit in the United States over his alleged abduction and torture.

When the flood hit, Maria Didovets couldn't open the door to leave her house near Kyiv because it would have let in more water, so the 82-year-old had to climb out of a window.

Australia's Rohan Dennis is on the verge of delivering his first title for Jumbo-Visma after emerging from a mammoth Swiss mountain slog with the overall lead in the Tour de Romandie on Saturday as diminutive Colombian climber Sergio Higuita won the stage.

Philadelphia's Joel Embiid and Milwaukee's Khris Middleton are among the injured stars expected to be on the sidelines as the second round of the NBA playoffs begin on Sunday.

Burnley came from a goal down in the final 10 minutes to move clear of the bottom three in the Premier League with a 2-1 win away to Watford on Saturday that piled pressure on faltering Everton.

Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich suffered a title-party hangover Saturday in a shock 3-1 defeat at Mainz, while Erling Haaland claimed a hat-trick even though Borussia Dortmund also crashed 4-3 at home to Bochum.

Samoa back-row Piula Faasalele scored twice as Perpignan beat Brive 27-10 to relegate bottom side Biarritz from the French Top 14.

Liverpool beat Newcastle 1-0 to leapfrog Manchester City at the top of the Premier League on Saturday, heaping pressure on Pep Guardiola's men ahead of their evening kick-off against struggling Leeds.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti might have thought his days of winning Europe's biggest leagues were a thing of the past but on Saturday he added La Liga to his glittering list of honours.

Danish teenager Holger Rune continued his remarkable run on clay in Munich by beating Oscar Otte in straight sets on Saturday to reach his first final on the ATP Tour.

Ukrainian police on Saturday reported finding three bodies shot in the head with their hands tied near the town of Bucha, which has become synonymous with allegations of Russian war crimes.

Real Madrid won La Liga on Saturday after a dominant season in Spain left their rivals unable to keep up.

Real Madrid won La Liga on Saturday after a 4-0 victory against Espanyol left them 17 points clear of Sevilla with four games left to play.

Charlie Appleby trained the first two home in the English 2000 Guineas on Saturday but it was his less fancied runner Coroebus who took the honours at the expense of previously unbeaten favourite Native Trail.