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Italy's Jannik Sinner began his bid to retain the ATP Finals title with a resounding 7-5 6-1 win over injury-hit Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in their round-robin clash at a packed Inalpi Arena on Monday, Reuters reported.

The pair were meeting for the fourth time since August, and eight days after their last clash, with the outcome the same as Sinner eased into the match before overpowering Auger-Aliassime, who needed medical attention during the second set.

Sinner extended his incredible indoor hardcourt winning streak to 27 matches, his last defeat on the surface coming against Novak Djokovic in the 2023 ATP Finals decider, according to Reuters.

Defender Matthijs de Ligt is deserving of his recall to the Netherlands squad after several strong performances for Manchester United, said Dutch coach Ronald Koeman on Monday, Reuters reported.

De Ligt, who scored a late equaliser against Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Saturday, returns to the squad in place of Inter Milan's Stefan de Vrij, who has been dropped for World Cup qualifiers against Poland and Lithuania.

The Dutch have a three-point lead over Poland and a much better goal difference and will qualify if they win in Warsaw on Friday. If not, they are expected to secure their berth at next year's finals when they host Lithuania in Amsterdam on Monday, according to Reuters.

Liverpool defender Andy Robertson conceded his side have a huge task on their hands in the Premier League title race after falling eight points behind leaders Arsenal on Sunday but the Scot said it was far too soon to push the panic button, Reuters reported.

The defending champions' 3-0 loss to Manchester City left them eighth after 11 games while Arsenal, runners-up for the last three seasons, have opened up a four-point lead.

Liverpool have now lost five games in the top flight this season, one more than all of the last campaign, and Robertson said they must starting putting points on the board, according to Reuters.

Lionel Messi expressed his wish to one day return to Barcelona's Camp Nou on Monday, having made a brief visit to see the newly revamped stadium where he spent 21 years of his illustrious career, Reuters reported.

The 38-year-old Argentine World Cup winner, who joined Barca's youth academy at age 13 and went on to become the club's all-time top scorer with 672 goals in 778 appearances, left the Catalan side in 2021 when they could not make it financially viable to keep him.

Having won 10 LaLiga titles, four Champions League crowns and three Club World Cups with Barca, Messi now plays for Inter Miami after two years with Paris St Germain, according to Reuters.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been released from jail, three weeks into a five-year prison term for taking part in a criminal conspiracy, BBC reported.

He will be subject to strict judicial supervision and barred from leaving France ahead of an appeal trial due to be held next year.

On 21 October, the former centre-right president, 70, was sentenced to five years for conspiring to fund his 2007 election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, according to BBC.

Thailand says it is suspending the implementation its "peace deal" with neighbouring Cambodia over a disputed border - just two weeks after Donald Trump presided over its signing, BBC reported.

Thailand's announcement came after soldiers were injured in a landmine explosion near the Cambodian border in Sisaket province, a government spokesman said.

Cambodia has said it remains committed to the deal, which was is supposed to bring a lasting peace following border clashes which left more than 40 dead in July, according to BBC.

Syria will join the international coalition to combat the Islamic State group, marking a shift in US foreign policy in the Middle East, a senior Trump administration official confirmed to CBS, the BBC's US media partner.

The announcement came as President Donald Trump met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House - the first such visit from a Syrian leader in the country's history.

Diplomatic relations between Syria and the US have been suspended since 2012, although Trump has moved to restore them after the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad, according to BBC.

At least eight people have been killed and more injured after a car exploded near Delhi's historic Red Fort, authorities have said, BBC reported.

Delhi City police spokesperson, Sanjay Tyagi confirmed the deaths to the BBC, and said a further 20 people had suffered injuries.

Police are investigating the cause of the explosion and "exploring all possibilities", Mr Tyagi said.

Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha has told reporters that the incident happened at around 18:52 local time (13:52 GMT), when a slow-moving vehicle stopped at a red light before it exploded, damaging nearby vehicles, according to BBC.