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'Outstanding' Love to start at fly-half for All Blacks against France

Campbell back from four years in Wallabies wilderness to face Ireland

Migrants pick up pieces back home after fleeing South Africa

Reviving Montenegro's 'ancient' olive tree

Farrell names Leinster-heavy Ireland side to face Wallabies

Resource rich PNG leaving its Pacific people behind: World Bank

Fearing Russian strike, Kyiv's Holodomor museum evacuates exhibits

Papal envoy presides over first Vietnam beatification rite

Germany's energy-hungry small firms struggle with green shift

Rescuers battle to unearth Venezuelan man eight days after quakes

LeBron James praises Balogun after 'Silencer' celebration

Pochettino says Balogun foul 'never' a red card as suspension looms

USA coach Mauricio Pochettino said Wednesday striker Folarin Balogun should "never" have received a red card after he was sent off against Bosnia following a VAR review, meaning he will miss his side's last-16 World Cup showdown with Belgium next week.

Farrell names Leinster-heavy side to face Wallabies

Ireland coach Andy Farrell opted for Sam Prendergast as his playmaker for their Nations Championship opener against Australia in Sydney in a starting XV dominated by Leinster players.

Japan name uncapped student fly-half Ito to face Italy

Japan on Thursday named uncapped student fly-half Ryunosuke Ito to start against Italy in their Nations Championship opener in Tokyo, with banned head coach Eddie Jones absent.

Campbell back after four years in Wallabies team to face Ireland

Australia coach Joe Schmidt recalled Jock Campbell after four years in the Test wilderness Thursday while gambling on a fresh halves combination for their season-opener against Ireland.

Most Asia markets down as tech firms take fresh blow

Tech stocks led losses across most of Asia on Thursday as investors continued to unwind huge bets on the sector that have propelled markets to record highs this year.

Kane saves England as USA, Belgium reach last 16

Harry Kane scored twice to rescue England from the brink of a calamitous World Cup exit as co-hosts the United States swept into the last 16 with victory in their primetime clash against Bosnia-Herzegovina.

South Korean school baseball team suspended over 'Tank Day' chants

South Korea's baseball authority suspended a school team from Thursday for chanting about a Starbucks Korea marketing fiasco that evoked a deadly 1980 crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

Budding chefs cook up new career at China's BBQ academy

Hunched over sizzling grills and shrouded in smoke, trainees at the Yueyang Barbecue Academy in southern China roast skewer after skewer of succulent beef tendon, perfecting the skills that could land them a restaurant job.

Ceuzany, Cape Verde's golden voice with volcanic emotion

Barefoot, arms raised and teeming with emotion, Ceuzany belts out the signature track from her latest album, a song dedicated to the fight against domestic violence, in a powerful voice that sends shivers through the Cape Verde bar.

One stitch at a time: Artist's mission to recreate the Bayeux Tapestry

Ten years ago England-based artist Mia Hansson embarked on a painstaking project that continues to this day: creating a replica of the 70-metre (230-foot) long Bayeux Tapestry.

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Balogun scores and sees red as US beat Bosnia 2-0