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Novak Djokovic is headlining the first day of French Open on Sunday, where he will face Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard on the centre court. The 39-year-old has already won the Roland Garros tournament three times, and if he wins it again, he would have a record 25 Grand Slam titles under his belt.
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Ukrainian keeps unbeaten record with 11th-round TKODutch kickboxing great threatened to cause huge upsetOleksandr Usyk, Ukraine's unbeaten heavyweight world champion, stopped the Dutch former kickboxer Rico Verhoeven with one second remaining in the penultimate round to avoid what would have been one of the greatest boxing upsets of all time on...
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Stuttgart beaten 3-0 in DFB-Pokal Cup finalGirona and Mallorca relegated from La Liga Harry Kane cut through the smoke of the DFB-Pokal cup final with a hat-trick for Bayern Munich to beat defending champion Stuttgart 3-0 and complete another domestic double on Saturday.Kane's goals in the second half set off fireworks among the Bayern fans who had...
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Federation chief says team will train in TijuanaIran had planned for Arizona base before warMove is said to resolve potential visa issuesThe president of the Iranian football federation said Saturday the team's World Cup training base has been moved to Mexico from the United States after getting approval from Fifa.Mehdi Taj, president of the Iran...
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Selecting a creaking talent underlines the political demands even the most successful coach in Champions League history cannot escapeWhen Neymar was 18, he made his debut for Brazil as part of the rejuvenation of the national squad after the disappointment of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. At the time, Lionel Messi was 23, obviously a star,...
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Leinster could not contain a team backed by tens of thousands of French supporters chanting with exuberanceThey are in danger of running away with rugby, these French. The Springboks may have something to say about that, but South Africa do not have the Top 14. And they definitely do not have Union Bordeaux-Bègles.Leinster tried to contain them....
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'I don't have a plan, just rest and do things I want to do'Guardiola becomes ambassador for City Football GroupPep Guardiola has left open the possibility of managing England in the future, with the departing Manchester City head coach stating he has "no definite plans”.Guardiola's final match of a supremely successful decade leading City is...
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The shadow of spygate hung over the playoff final but Middlesbrough's defeat averts the possibility of legal actionA freezing night in Berlin. Silence. Mist. Breath steams above a gaggle of grey-faced men, collars upturned. An unbearable tension in the air. Binoculars trained across the River Havel from Wannsee to Potsdam. An officer reaches into...
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Mercedes lock out front row; Russell fastest by 0.068McLaren's Norris third and Piastri fourth; Hamilton fifthGeorge Russell took pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix to set up a fascinating battle with his Mercedes teammate Kimi Antonelli who was in second in Montreal, after the pair endured a feisty flashpoint having clashed with one another...
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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) head coach Abhishek Nayar lauded wrist spinner Varun Chakravarthy's commitment to playing for the franchise despite being hit with injuries, adding that the toughest characters in the game always find a way to overcome pain and adversity.
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Five times the bridesmaid, finally the bride, the Barcelona forward Ewa Pajor shrugged off the pain of all her Champions League final losses, scoring twice, as they punished a profligate Lyonnes to earn a fourth European title.Pajor stole the show, before Salma Paralluelo's sublime double at the death doubled their tally. The Polish forward moved...
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Mercedes pair clashed with both drivers out in frontToto Wolff tells Italian to 'stop the radio moaning'George Russell won the sprint race at the Canadian Grand Prix but only after his championship battle with Kimi Antonelli reached an angry flashpoint. The Mercedes pair clashed for the lead on track and the teenage Italian was left demanding the...
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