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Brilliant Madhwal takes 5-5 as Mumbai knock Lucknow out of IPL

Brilliant Madhwal takes 5-5 as Mumbai knock Lucknow out of IPL

Akash Madhwal took five wickets for as many runs to lead Mumbai Indians to a crushing 81-run win in the second IPL playoff game and knock Lucknow Super Giants out of the tournament on Wednesday.

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Madhwal takes 5-5 as Mumbai knock Lucknow out of IPL

Madhwal takes 5-5 as Mumbai knock Lucknow out of IPL

Akash Madhwal took five wickets for as many runs to lead Mumbai Indians to a crushing 81-run win in the second IPL playoff game and knock Lucknow Super Giants out of the tournament on Wednesday.

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Scheffler, Burns headline Colonial field

Scheffler, Burns headline Colonial field

Scottie Scheffler's share of second at the PGA Championship on Sunday was enough to return him to the top of the world rankings and now he'll aim to keep the intensity up at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Madrid players, fans support Vinicius after racist abuse

Madrid players, fans support Vinicius after racist abuse

Vinicius Junior's Real Madrid team-mates showed him support after he was racially abused, by wearing his number 20 shirt before their La Liga match against Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday.

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Pre-Hispanic aquaducts irrigate modern Peruvian crops

Pre-Hispanic aquaducts irrigate modern Peruvian crops

Built some 1,700 years ago by the pre-Hispanic Nazca people of Peru, an ingenious aqueduct system of wood and stone still provides farmers with water to this day.

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Former Viking Peterson open to NFL comeback

Former Viking Peterson open to NFL comeback

Former NFL Most Valuable Player and seven-time Pro Bowl running-back Adrian Peterson says he is willing to consider a comeback at the age of 38.

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Lebanon slaps travel ban on central bank chief wanted by France

Lebanon slaps travel ban on central bank chief wanted by France

A Lebanese judge has banned the country's central bank governor Riad Salameh from travelling, days after Beirut received an Interpol Red Notice following a French arrest warrant, a judicial official said Wednesday.

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Florida school restricts access to Black writer's Biden inauguration poem

Florida school restricts access to Black writer's Biden inauguration poem

A celebrated poem by a Black writer who read it at President Joe Biden's inauguration has been banned for young students at a school in Miami, a group fighting such restrictions said Wednesday.

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US rapper Fetty Wap sentenced to six years for drug trafficking

US rapper Fetty Wap sentenced to six years for drug trafficking

American rapper Fetty Wap was sentenced to six years in prison on Wednesday for trafficking drugs across the United States.

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Jones wants Wallabies to return to 'Australian way'

Jones wants Wallabies to return to 'Australian way'

Eddie Jones wants to spark a revival of interest in the Wallabies by getting the team to play in the "Australian way" again.

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