US star Pulisic fractured leg in Belgium loss: team
Star forward Christian Pulisic fractured his leg during the United States' crushing 4-1 World Cup loss to Belgium, the team said Thursday.
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England's Quansah handed two-game World Cup ban
England defender Jarell Quansah will miss Saturday's World Cup quarter-final against Norway, and the last four should the Three Lions progress, after being handed a two-game ban by FIFA.
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Pogacar, like Jordan, Bolt or Djokovic?
Tour de France patron Tadej Pogacar is like basketball great Michael Jordan, according to his team principal Mauro Gianetti.
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UK sets record for number of days over 34C
The UK on Thursday experienced its eighth day in 2026 with the mercury climbing above 34C, the Met Office said, breaking the previous record by one day.
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Ex-Puma Urdapilleta shuns retirement to play on at 40
Veteran former Argentina fly-half Benjamin Urdapilleta will come out of a retirement for a second time after signing a one-year contract extension with Perpignan, a source close to the French Top 14 club told AFP on Thursday.
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Haaland relishing 'special' World Cup showdown with England
Erling Haaland said facing England, the land of his birth, in the World Cup quarter-finals is extra special as the aims to extend Norway's historic run into the last four.
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Keep me away from the pool, Kipyegon tells triathlete Beaugrand
Faith Kipyegon will have the unlikely figure of French triathlete Cassandre Beaugrand in the field for the women's 3,000m at Monaco's Diamond League meet on Friday.
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FIFA lashes 'unfounded allegations' after Argentina-Egypt clash
FIFA referees chief Pierluigi Collina has hit out at "unfounded allegations" against World Cup match officials in the wake of Argentina's controversial last 16 victory over Egypt.
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Nerves high in Kyiv as Russia escalates missile attacks
Through more than four years of the Russian invasion, 27-year-old Oleksiy Virskovsky largely hasn't bothered going to to the underground shelter in the building next door -- despite almost nightly missile and drone attacks.
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'Only revenge': Iran mourners defiant at Khamenei burial
Calling for revenge and rejecting any compromise with the West, Iranians loyal to the Islamic republic braved sweltering heat on Thursday to mass for the burial of supreme leader Ali Khamenei in his hometown of Mashhad.
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