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Brazil turn corner but tougher World Cup tests await

Ronaldinho coming out of retirement to join Italian 3rd division side

Cerundolo sees off Nakashima to set up Queen's final with Paul

Real Madrid say no contact with Bayern's Olise

Fritz takes down Zverev again to reach Halle final

Heartbreak for Japanese ace Satono Reve as Almeraq wins Royal Ascot thriller

Hendy quick-fire double sweeps Northampton to Prem title

Injured Doris out of Ireland's Nations Championship squad

'Not ridiculous': US dreams of World Cup glory after big wins

Kolbe star goal kicker as Springboks put 80 past Barbarians

Pogacar pips Van der Poel to Swiss Tour TT win

Cerundolo sees off Nakashima to reach Queen's final

Seventh seed Francisco Cerundolo booked his place in the final at Queen's Club with a hard-fought 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-4 win over the American Brandon Nakashima on Saturday.

Jamieson double rocks England at start of record run-chase

New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson took two wickets in five balls to leave England reeling at the start of their record run-chase in the second Test at the Oval on Saturday.

Pegula powers past Sabalenka to reach Berlin final

American Jessica Pegula rallied past world number one Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 6-7 (4/7), 6-0 to reach the final of the Berlin WTA grass-court tournament for the second time.

Funeral for art giant David Hockney already taken place: publicist

The funeral for David Hockney, the acclaimed British artist who died just over a week ago, has already been held in strict privacy, his publicist said Saturday.

Krishna and Jaiswal power India to ODI sweep against Afghanistan

Pace bowler Prasidh Krishna's 5-23 and an unbeaten 110 by Yashasvi Jaiswal powered India to a nine-wicket win over Afghanistan in the third ODI and sweep the series 3-0 on Saturday.

Red heat alert issued for third of France, alcohol banned at music festival

France issued a red heatwave alert across more than a third of the country for Sunday as a ferocious heatwave dug in and the government banned the consumption of alcohol during the annual Fete de la Musique festivities.

Bagnaia scorches to Czech MotoGP sprint victory, Bezzecchi crashes

Italy's Francesco Bagnaia scorched to victory in the Czech MotoGP sprint in Brno on Saturday ahead of pole sitter Ai Ogura on an Aprilia and Ducati teammate Marc Marquez.

New Zealand set England record 463 to win second Test

England were left with a record chase of 463 to win a Test match after bowling out New Zealand on the fourth day at the Oval on Saturday.

Driver killed, 28 in hospital as UK train collision probed

UK accident investigators were on Saturday probing the cause of a train collision north of London which killed a driver and injured scores of passengers, nine critically.

New Zealand pile on the runs to leave England facing record chase in 2nd Test

England were left with a record chase to win a Test match despite taking three New Zealand wickets on Saturday's fourth morning at the Oval as Daryl Mitchell helped pile on the runs for the Black Caps.

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Shahidi hits ton but India bowl out Afghanistan for 218