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The price of gold has increased by Rs 2, 800 per tola in the domestic market on Sunday. 

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the precious yellow metal is being traded at Rs 270, 600 per tola today. It was traded at Rs 267, 800 per tola on Friday. 

Similarly, the price of silver has increased by Rs 210 and is being traded at Rs 4, 990 per tola today.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Thomas Frank accused Aston Villa forward Ollie Watkins of starting a mass melee after the final whistle in his side's 2-1 FA third-round defeat on Saturday, Reuters reported ​​​​​​. 

Villa held off a strong Tottenham fightback in the second half after goals by Emiliano Buendia and Morgan Rogers had put them in control by halftime in north London.

Wilson Odobert halved the deficit with a low shot after 54 minutes and Tottenham showed the fighting spirit that was sadly lacking in the first half, although ‌it did spill over, according to Reuters. 

Real Madrid could unleash their biggest weapon in Sunday's Spanish Super Cup final against Barcelona, with coach Xabi Alonso saying they are considering taking a risk on Kylian Mbappe's fitness after he missed the semi-final, Reuters reported. 

Mbappe, who matched Cristiano Ronaldo's club record of 59 goals in a calendar year during Real's 2-0 LaLiga win over Sevilla last month, is nursing a knee injury.

The France forward, who has scored 12 goals in nine matches against Barcelona, flew to Saudi Arabia on Friday to join the squad ahead of the El Clasico showdown in Jeddah, according to Reuters. 

Egypt forward Mohamed Salah described the victory over defending champions Ivory Coast as a "perfect win", hailing his teammates after qualifying for the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday, Reuters reported. 

Salah scored the third goal for Hossam Hassan's side, as Egypt ended Ivory Coast's reign with a narrow 3-2 triumph, with Liverpool's talisman setting a new record by scoring against 11 different national teams at the AFCON.

Egypt will face Senegal on Wednesday in Tangier, for a place in the final, in a repeat of the 2021 AFCON final, according to Reuters. 

Minor-league Macclesfield delivered the biggest upset in FA Cup history on Saturday by stunning holders Crystal Palace 2–1 in a third‑round thriller, knocking Oliver Glasner's team out of the competition and sending the Moss Rose crowd into raptures, Reuters reported. 

Manchester City humbled Exeter City 10-1, Aston Villa beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 and Liam Rosenior's reign as Chelsea manager began with a 5-1 win at second-tier Charlton Athletic.

The day, however, belonged to sixth-tier Macclesfield who became the first minor league club to beat the FA Cup holders for more than 100 years, according to Reuters. 

China, Russia and Iran began a week of joint naval exercises in South Africa's waters on Saturday in what the host country described as a BRICS Plus operation to "ensure the safety of shipping and maritime economic activities".

BRICS Plus is an expansion of a geopolitical bloc originally comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - and seen by members as a counterweight to U.S. and Western economic dominance - to include six other countries, Reuters reported. 

Though South Africa routinely carries out naval exercises with China and Russia, it comes at a time of heightened tensions between U.S. President Donald Trump's administration and several BRICS Plus countries, including China, Iran, South Africa and Brazil.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has told Reuters that additional U.S. sanctions on Venezuela could be lifted as soon as next week to facilitate oil sales, and that he will also meet next week with the heads of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank on their re-engagement with Venezuela, Reuters reported. 

Bessent said in an interview late on Friday that almost $5 billion worth of Venezuela's currently frozen IMF Special Drawing Rights monetary assets could be deployed to help rebuild the country's economy.

"We're de-sanctioning the oil that's going to be sold," Bessent said during a visit to a Winnebago Industries engineering facility. The Treasury was examining changes that would facilitate the repatriation of sale proceeds of the oil stored largely on ships back to Venezuela.

The Norwegian Nobel Institute said the Nobel Peace Prize cannot be transferred, shared, or revoked, following remarks by Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado suggesting she might give her 2025 award to U.S. President Donald Trump, Reuters reported. 

In a statement, the institute said the decision to award a Nobel Prize is final and permanent, citing the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, which do not allow appeals. The organization also noted that committees awarding the prizes do not comment on the actions or statements of laureates after receiving awards.

“Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared or transferred to others,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee and the Norwegian Nobel Institute said on Friday. “The decision is final and stands for all time.”