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Former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg admits domestic abuse

Former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg admits domestic abuse

Former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg has admitted abusing his estranged wife over the course of five years.

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Ancelotti a reminder of Milan's glorious past and uncertain present

Ancelotti a reminder of Milan's glorious past and uncertain present

AC Milan's diminished status in European football will be put starkly on view on Tuesday when they travel to Spain to face icon Carlo Ancelotti and the continent's pre-eminent force Real Madrid.

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Brazil Grand Prix - three things we learned

Brazil Grand Prix - three things we learned

Max Verstappen proved that he has not only the talent and determination to claim a fourth drivers’ world championship, but also the individual virtuosity to perform beyond the potential of his Red Bull car.

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Taylor Fritz books spot in ATP Finals in Turin

Taylor Fritz books spot in ATP Finals in Turin

American Taylor Fritz became the fifth player to book his spot in the eight-man ATP Finals in Turin after last week's Paris Masters.

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'Hard to talk about football': Real Madrid's Ancelotti after floods

'Hard to talk about football': Real Madrid's Ancelotti after floods

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Monday he did not have the heart to talk about football ahead of his team's Champions League clash against AC Milan, because of the devastating floods in the Valencia region.

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African players in Europe: Salah takes Liverpool back to top

African players in Europe: Salah takes Liverpool back to top

Mohamed Salah took Liverpool back to the top of the Premier League with the winning goal as the Reds came from behind to defeat Brighton 2-1 at the weekend.

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'War ruined me': Lebanon's farmers mourn lost season

'War ruined me': Lebanon's farmers mourn lost season

Lebanese farmer Abu Taleb briefly returned to his orchard last month to salvage an avocado harvest but ran away empty handed as soon as Israeli air raids began.

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French-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud wins top French literary prize

French-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud wins top French literary prize

French-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud on Monday won France's top literary prize, the Goncourt, for a novel centred on Algeria's civil war between the government and Islamists in the 1990s, organisers said.

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Eight people go on trial over French teacher's 2020 beheading

Eight people go on trial over French teacher's 2020 beheading

Eight people went on trial in France on Monday charged with contributing to the climate of hatred that led to an 18-year-old Islamist radical of Chechen origin beheading teacher Samuel Paty outside Paris in 2020.

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Stock markets rise before knife-edge US election

Stock markets rise before knife-edge US election

Global stock markets rose and the dollar slid Monday as investors steel themselves for a coin-toss US presidential election, an interest rate decision and expected Chinese stimulus measures.

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