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Ton-up Agha helps Pakistan down Sri Lanka in tri-series opener

Dupont's Toulouse hold off Exeter as English Champions Cup woes continue

Man Utd draw at Leeds keeps pressure on Carrick

Barca defenders Garcia, Kounde injured before key games

Multiple deaths, injuries at western Canada military base: minister

Maza and Schick help Leverkusen clip Freiburg's wings

Boland strikes twice for Australia in rain-hit South Africa Test

Leeds hit back to deny Man Utd morale-boosting win

Marseille put Angers to the sword in Ligue 1

Pau see off Leicester in Champions Cup

Chwalinska fights back to win Wuhan Open in title breakthrough

Kulusevski on brink of return for Spurs after 17-month absence

Martinez starts for Man Utd after outburst

Spain's in-form Chacarra wins DP World India Championship

Magnussen aiming to stay in F1 after Haas exit

Kevin Magnussen said he was "disappointed" to lose his seat at Haas but insisted that he was aiming to stay in Formula One next year with a rival team.

'It's unbearable': heatwaves scorch southern and eastern Europe

Unrelenting heat is blanketing swathes of southern and eastern Europe, with dozens of cities on red alert as scorching temperatures fuel wildfires, strain power grids, and make daily life unbearable.

Campenaerts wins stage 18, Pogacar retains Tour de France lead

Belgian Victor Campenaerts won stage 18 of the Tour de France as an escape dominated a race around the spectacular lake Serre-Poncon in the Alps on Thursday.

UK climate activists jailed over motorway protest plot

Five Just Stop Oil activists, including the climate group's founder, were given between four and five years in jail in the UK on Thursday for conspiring to plan protests that blocked a motorway.

Gasly tries to lure Sainz to Alpine

Pierre Gasly confirmed on Thursday that he has spoken to Carlos Sainz in a bid to persuade him to join him at Alpine next season, after leaving Ferrari.

Vieira quits as Strasbourg coach, linked to vacant USA manager post

Patrick Vieira stood down as manager Strasbourg, the Ligue 1 club confirmed on Thursday, as his name was linked to the vacant United States men's team coaching job.

McIlroy focused on making British Open cut after disastrous start

Rory McIlroy said he can only focus on trying to make the cut at the British Open after a disastrous opening round of seven over par at Royal Troon on Thursday.

Suryakumar takes over as India's new T20 skipper

Suryakumar Yadav has been named India's T20 captain, the country's cricket board announced Thursday, after Rohit Sharma quit the shortest format following last month's World Cup triumph.

ECB leaves September options 'wide open' after rate pause

The European Central Bank is keeping options "wide open" for September, president Christine Lagarde said, after holding interest rates steady Thursday in the wait for more evidence that inflation was on the right track.

'Extremely important' US keeps backing Ukraine: NATO chief

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday said it was "extremely important" that the United States maintains its backing for Ukraine, after former president Donald Trump chose a sceptic of aiding Kyiv as his election running mate.

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