Oliver Burke scored a hat-trick as Union Berlin stunned Eintracht Frankfurt 4-3 away on Sunday and inflicted a second Bundesliga loss in a row on the Eagles. Frankfurt thumped Galatasaray 5-1 in their Champions League opener on Thursday, but have ground to a halt domestically following a 3-1 loss at nine-man Bayer Leverkusen on matchday three. Union went ahead early on when Ilyas Ansah fired in from outside the area for his fourth Bundesliga goal since moving from second-tier Paderborn in June. Scottish winger Burke, signed on a free transfer from Werder Bremen, then grabbed his first league g...

President Donald Trump has reassured European NATO allies that the US will help to defend them in case of a Russian attack, amid doubts about Washington's interest in the continent's security. Asked by a reporter on Sunday whether he will "help defend Poland and the Baltic states" if Russia "keeps escalating," Trump said: "I will." NATO allies are set to convene early next week after Estonia requested consultations under Article 4 of the alliance's treaty over reported Russian violations of its airspace on Friday. According to the Estonian military, three fighter jets entered the country's air...

Belgium's Remco Evenepoel dominated the 40.6-kilometre race to win his third consecutive men's time trial title at the 2025 road world championships in Kigali, Rwanda on Sunday. The Paris Olympic champion clocked 49 minutes 46.03 seconds and was the only rider to break the 50-minute mark. Australia's Jay Vine finished 1:14 minutes behind to claim silver, while Dutchman Ilan van Wilder took bronze. Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia missed out on the podium in fourth. Earlier, Tokyo silver medallist Marlen Reusser claimed her first women's individual time trial title. The Swiss rid...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday laid out his vision of potential future peace with neighbours Syria and Lebanon. "Our victories in Lebanon against [Iran-backed militia] Hezbollah have opened a window of opportunity, a possibility that was previously unimaginable, ... and that is the possibility of peace with our northern neighbours," Netanyahu said during a weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. "We are maintaining contact with the Syrians, and there has been some progress," Netanyahu added, though noting that a deal was a long way off. Israel launched a ground invasion into ...

Sachsen-Anhalt statt München Fauxpas am Wiesn-Eingang: München-Flagge falsch aufgehängtBeim Anblick des diesjährigen Wiesn-Haupteingangs wirkt zunächst alles wie gewohnt – doch wer genau hinsieht, erkennt: Die Münchner Stadtflagge hängt falsch. Beim diesjährigen Oktoberfest sorgt ein kurioser Fehler für Gesprächsstoff: Die Stadtflagge Münchens, die traditionell gemeinsam mit der bayerischen Fahne am Haupteingang weht, wurde offenbar falsch aufgehängt. Statt der korrekten Farbanordnung "Schwarz oben, Gelb unten" ist die Reihenfolge vertauscht – und erinnert dadurch an die Flagge des Bundeslands...