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Classy Bonmati takes five-star Spain into World Cup quarters

Classy Bonmati takes five-star Spain into World Cup quarters

Aitana Bonmati played a starring role with a brace and two assists as Spain crushed Switzerland 5-1 at Eden Park on Saturday to march into the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup for the first time in their history.

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Singapore's only-ever Olympic champion Schooling out of Asian Games

Singapore's only-ever Olympic champion Schooling out of Asian Games

Singapore's first and only-ever Olympic champion Joseph Schooling will not be competing at the Asian Games in Hangzhou next month, the swimmer said on Saturday.

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South Africa coach Ellis strikes defiant tone for Dutch World Cup clash

South Africa coach Ellis strikes defiant tone for Dutch World Cup clash

Coach Desiree Ellis says that "nothing can stand in the way" of her South Africa team ahead of their last-16 clash on Sunday with the Netherlands.

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Belgium canal city of Bruges hits 'red line' with tourist crowds

Belgium canal city of Bruges hits 'red line' with tourist crowds

Inhabitants of Belgium's cobblestone-and-canal city of Bruges are clear: summertime tourism has hit capacity.

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South Africa's Kgatlana puts grief aside to star at World Cup

South Africa's Kgatlana puts grief aside to star at World Cup

When South Africa's historic run at the Women's World Cup finally comes to an end, the first thing Thembi Kgatlana will do back home is visit three graves.

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China's village basketball league a slam dunk

China's village basketball league a slam dunk

Thousands of raucous Chinese basketball fans pack tightly into a floodlit stadium filled with swirling fog, eager to spur on the teams battling in the tournament final.

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Icon Grandmaster Flash leads the Bronx in 70s-style hip-hop jam

Icon Grandmaster Flash leads the Bronx in 70s-style hip-hop jam

As a teenager Grandmaster Flash began pioneering the turntable-as-instrument, playing the now iconic Bronx block parties that gave birth to hip-hop and revolutionized music.

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Germany coach vows to fight on after shock World Cup exit

Germany coach vows to fight on after shock World Cup exit

Germany coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg said Saturday she has no intention of quitting despite their shock early exit from the Women's World Cup and denied reports of a rift with her squad.

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Fritz downs Murray on way to Washington semis, Evans topples Tiafoe

Fritz downs Murray on way to Washington semis, Evans topples Tiafoe

Top-seeded Taylor Fritz battled past three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 6-4 then returned to breeze past Jordan Thompson and reach the semi-finals of the rain-hit Washington Open on Friday.

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US, UK scouts abandon heatwave-hit South Korean jamboree

US, UK scouts abandon heatwave-hit South Korean jamboree

American and British scouts pulled out of the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea Saturday citing scorching temperatures, as organisers weighed whether to cut short an event also reportedly plagued by dire campsite conditions.

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