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China swim sensation, 13, sets Games record after Japan win early

School girl Yu helps China dominate in Asian Games swimming openers

Myanmar win first Asian Games teqball gold as Spain great Puyol watches

New England boss Fleming says 'wrong' to ask Stokes to end retirement

China's 13-year-old Yu scorches to first major gold at Asian Games

Japan win first Asian Games gold as China's 13-year-old Yu sets pace

Japan triathlete Hojo wins first gold of Asian Games

Typhoon put people off Asian Games opening ceremony, official says

IOC president impressed by 'beautiful' Asian Games wooden huts

China's 13-year-old Yu cruises as Asian Games swimming begins

First Asian Games gold goes to Japan as China's 13-year-old Yu lights up pool

AI 'warning shots' focus Beijing on national security risks

Data centre command hub keeps AI up and running

Philippine tribe in limbo over US-led tech hub

Under Texas abortion ban, a mother watches her baby die

A scan revealed that Samantha Casiano's unborn child had serious health detects and would not survive outside the womb for more than a few hours.

Fleetwood sets pace at British Open alongside amateur Lamprecht

Home favourite Tommy Fleetwood joined South African amateur Christo Lamprecht at the top of the leaderboard after hitting a five-under-par 66 on the opening day of the British Open at Hoylake.

Hamilton sorry for sacked De Vries

Lewis Hamilton expressed sympathy on Thursday for rookie Nyck de Vries, sacked by Alpha Tauri after only 10 races, and said it demonstrated the way in which Red Bull, not Formula One as a whole, operated.

Perez concedes Red Bull future is in his hands Perez accepts Red Bull future is in his own hands

Under-pressure Red Bull driver Sergio Perez admitted on Thursday that his future is in his own hands following Alpha Tauri's abrupt sacking of Dutch rookie Nyck de Vries.

Asgreen hails escape quartet as Tour de France sprinters miss a beat

Dane Kasper Asgreen won stage 18 of the Tour de France on Thursday as a long range escape edged a fast-closing peloton to the line at Bourg-en-Bresse.

A roundup of the extreme heat hitting the globe

The world has been buffeted by fires, dire health warnings and broken temperature records in the past week.

Asgreen escapes to stage victory as Vingegaard retains Tour lead

Kasper Asgreen of the Soudal-Quick-Step team won stage 18 of the Tour de France on Thursday as a long range escape edged a fast-closing peloton to the line at Bourg-en-Bresse.

Asteroid-smashing NASA probe sent boulders into space

When a NASA spacecraft successfully knocked an asteroid off course last year it sent dozens of boulders skittering into space, images from the Hubble telescope showed on Thursday.

Wolves re-sign Doherty after Atletico Madrid exit

Wolves re-signed Matt Doherty on a free transfer on Thursday after the Republic of Ireland defender's exit from Atletico Madrid.

Warholm thriving in ultra-competitive 400m hurdles

The blot on Karsten Warholm's storied track landscape was a botched comeback at last year's world championships, but the Norwegian insists that is well behind him in what is proving to be an ultra-competitive 400m hurdles.

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