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Scheffler makes sportsmanship stand over tee screamer

USA rallies to capture 11th consecutive Presidents Cup

Phillies clinch, Astros wrap up division on final day of MLB season

Dupont scores twice to send Toulouse to Top 14 summit

Commanders hand champion Seahawks their first loss

Greece stun Klopp's Germany as Ireland show sorrow for Gaza

Dupont scores twice to send Toulouse top of Top 14

Ramos fires holders Portugal to Nations League win in Norway

Greece hand Klopp first defeat as Germany manager

Pope promises French sex abuse victims to prevent further harm

Stunned McNulty wins 'miracle' road race world title

Re-released 'Avengers: Endgame' snaps-up N. America box office lead

Two giant pandas, emblems of China soft diplomacy, arrive in US

American McNulty wins shock road race world title

'Time bomb': Tree-killing bugs threaten France's lush forests

Last year, ferocious wildfires destroyed thousands of hectares of one of France's most picturesque forests.

Italian federation bans Newcastle's Tonali for 10 months for betting

The Italian football federation said on Thursday it had banned Newcastle United midfielder Sandro Tonali for 10 months for betting, including on matches involving his former team AC Milan.

'I had to Google it!': Bavuma wary of 'mercurial' Pakistan threat

South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma admitted Thursday that he was so stunned by seeing Pakistan described as "mercurial" that he had to "Google the word" out of respect for his opponents ahead of their World Cup clash.

'Incredibly disappointing', says Buttler as England crash at World Cup

England captain Jos Buttler admitted the World Cup had been "incredibly disappointing" as the defending champions were pushed to the brink of elimination on Thursday.

EU eyes call for 'corridors and pauses' for Gaza aid

EU leaders on Thursday debated calling for "pauses" in Israel's war with Hamas to get aid into Gaza, as the bloc weighed how to respond to the conflict as fighting rages in Ukraine.

Bankman-Fried to testify at his US crypto trial

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, plans to make another high-stakes gamble and testify in his own defense at his criminal fraud trial.

Hurricane leaves at least 27 dead in Mexico's Acapulco

Hurricane Otis killed at least 27 people as it lashed Mexico's beach resort city of Acapulco as a scale-topping category 5 storm, officials said Thursday, in what residents called a "total disaster."

Norwegian police open probe into Ingebrigtsen brothers' abuse claims

Norwegian police said on Thursday they had opened an investigation into accusations of abuse made by Olympic 1500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen and his brothers Henrik and Filip against their father Gjert.

Sri Lanka push dismal England closer to World Cup exit

Sri Lanka pushed dismal England to the brink of World Cup elimination on Thursday when they handed the defending champions an eight-wicket thrashing.

'Last' Beatles song set for release next week

A much-anticipated "new" Beatles record, created with the help of artificial intelligence, will be released next week on November 2, former band members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr revealed Thursday.

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England's Itoje wary of Argentina revenge mission in World Cup third-place playoff