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Co-hosts Canada held by Ireland ahead of World Cup

Pope visits polarised Spain with focus on migrants

Airlines gather in Rio to chart course as horizon darkens

Brumbies coach apologises after 'embarrassing' Super Rugby rout

Korda fights back at US Women's Open

Libya presses on rebuilding flood-ravaged Derna but trauma lingers

'It's clear who won!': Mexican zoo residents hedge World Cup bets

Scaloni gives encouraging update on Messi fitness

FIFA to allow disposable water bottles at World Cup games after outcry

Poston fires 65 to seize one-stroke PGA Memorial lead

Russia’s dollar pivot

Fentanyl trade unravels

Israel riled by US-Iran pact

Red sea gambit with Eritrea

Adobe down 40%: Kodak moment?

Boomers: Selfish or Scapegoats?

US China race hits 2027

Brussels misreads Magyar

Cobolli sinks Auger-Aliassime to book French Open semi spot

Flavio Cobolli came back from a set down to beat Felix Auger-Aliassime 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the French Open quarter-finals on Wednesday.

Police probe alleged assault on coach of Australian tennis player in Birmingham

Police are investigating an alleged assault by a staff member on the coach of Australian tennis player James McCabe at a Challenger tournament in Birmingham this week.

France's Saliba 'fine' after injury scare, says Deschamps

France coach Didier Deschamps said on Wednesday that defender William Saliba is "fine" despite reports he was a doubt for the World Cup with a back injury.

Somalia ex-PM says attacked by govt forces in Mogadishu

Heavy gunfire broke out in central Mogadishu on Wednesday as Somalia's former prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire said he was attacked by government forces ahead of planned protests.

Ukraine drone strikes causing 'panic' for Kremlin: EU's Kallas to AFP

Ukrainian drone strikes deep inside Russia are causing "panic" for the Kremlin, EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas told AFP Wednesday, saying Moscow was lashing out at Kyiv with increased attacks.

Rubio brushes off Trump mental acuity concerns as 'absurd'

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday brushed off suggestions that President Donald Trump was regularly dozing off during Cabinet meetings, as questions persist over the health of the oldest US president ever inaugurated.

Ukraine's Kostyuk takes on Russian Andreeva in French Open semis

Marta Kostyuk says she will be "very happy to represent Ukraine" when she faces Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva in the French Open semi-finals on Thursday.

German director Wenders pulls 1975 film over child nude scene

Award-winning German director Wim Wenders said Wednesday he was withdrawing his 1975 film "Wrong Move" after a campaign by actress Nastassja Kinski against a scene in which she appeared topless when she was 13 years old.

McIlroy chasing elusive Memorial, Scheffler eyes three-peat

Rory McIlroy is targeting a first ever victory at the PGA Tour's Memorial Tournament on Thursday as he returns to action in his final event before this month's US Open.

Sabalenka implodes as Shnaider books French Open semi with Chwalinska

Aryna Sabalenka saw her golden opportunity to claim a maiden French Open title go by on Wednesday as the world number one fell into a "deep, dark hole" against Diana Shnaider to crash out of the tournament in the quarter-finals.

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Sabalenka fell into 'dark hole' during French Open loss