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Let M be a C 2 -smooth Riemannian manifold with boundary and N a complete C 2 -smooth Riemannian manifold. We show that each stationary p -harmonic mapping u : M → N , whose image lies in a compact subset of N , is locally C 1 , α for some α ∈ (0 , 1) , provided that N is simply connected and has non-positive sectional curvature. We also prove similar results for minimizing p -harmonic mappings with image being contained in a regular geodesic ball. Moreover, when M has non-negative Ricci curvature and N is simply connected with non-positive sectional curvature, we deduce a gradient estimate for C 1 -smooth weakly p -harmonic mappings from which follows a Liouville-type theorem in the same setting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]