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England's Arundell eager to learn from Springbok star Kolbe

England's Arundell eager to learn from Springbok star Kolbe

Henry Arundell revealed how he had been inspired by South Africa hero Cheslin Kolbe in his quest to become a better rugby player after marking his first England start since the 2023 World Cup with a hat-trick of tries against a hapless Wales.

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Czech snowboard great Ledecka fails in bid for third straight Olympic gold

Czech snowboard great Ledecka fails in bid for third straight Olympic gold

Czech snowboard star Ester Ledecka crashed out of the women's parallel giant slalom on Sunday, ending her hopes of a historic third straight gold in the sport.

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Vonn's Olympic dream cut short as Johnson claims downhill gold

Vonn's Olympic dream cut short as Johnson claims downhill gold

Lindsey Vonn's Winter Olympic dream ended in screams of pain on Sunday after she crashed out of the women's downhill won by her American teammate Breezy Johnson.

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Expectation, then stunned silence as Vonn crashes out of Olympics

Expectation, then stunned silence as Vonn crashes out of Olympics

The excited fans had come to the chic Italian mountain resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo on Sunday hoping to see Lindsey Vonn make Olympic history.

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Storm-battered Portugal votes in presidential election run-off

Storm-battered Portugal votes in presidential election run-off

Portugal, which is reeling from fatal storms, voted on Sunday in the second round of a presidential election in which the moderate favourite is expected to trounce his far-right rival.

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Breezy Johnson wins Olympic downhill gold, Vonn crashes out

Breezy Johnson wins Olympic downhill gold, Vonn crashes out

Breezy Johnson won the gold medal in the alpine skiing downhill at the Winter Olympics on Sunday after Lindsey Vonn's comeback ended with a horror crash.

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Vonn's Olympic dream cut short by downhill crash

Vonn's Olympic dream cut short by downhill crash

Lindsey Vonn's Winter Olympic dream ended in screams of pain on Sunday after she crashed out of the women's downhill, failing in her audacious bid to medal in her favoured discipline at the Milan-Cortina Games.

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French police arrest five over crypto-linked magistrate kidnapping

French police arrest five over crypto-linked magistrate kidnapping

French authorities have arrested five suspects after a magistrate and her mother were held captive last week for around 30 hours in a cryptocurrency ransom plot, prosecutors told AFP on Sunday.

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Late Jacks flurry propels England to 184-7 against Nepal

Late Jacks flurry propels England to 184-7 against Nepal

Jacob Bethell and Harry Brook scored quick fifties but Nepal took regular wickets as England made 184-7 on Sunday in their opening Group C match of the T20 World Cup in Mumbai.

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Vonn crashes out of Winter Olympics, ending medal dream

Vonn crashes out of Winter Olympics, ending medal dream

Lindsey Vonn crashed out of the Winter Olympics downhill on Sunday, ending the American skiing great's improbable dream of winning a medal despite competing with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.

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