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World's largest cricket stadium in India with link to Trump

World's largest cricket stadium in India with link to Trump

India will host Australia from Thursday at the biggest cricket stadium in the world for the fourth and final Test.

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Adidas stuck with Yeezy gear after dropping Kanye

Adidas stuck with Yeezy gear after dropping Kanye

Adidas said Wednesday it was still weighing what to do with its huge inventory of Kanye West's Yeezy products after it ended its partnership with the controversial rapper.

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Australia's Smith relishes bumper crowd at largest cricket stadium

Australia's Smith relishes bumper crowd at largest cricket stadium

Stand-in Australia skipper Steve Smith said Wednesday it would be "pretty special" to play in front of what promises to be a bumper crowd at the world's largest cricket stadium in India.

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Netherlands stun Cuba in World Baseball Classic opener

Netherlands stun Cuba in World Baseball Classic opener

The Netherlands shrugged off nerves to stun Cuba 4-2 in the opening game of the World Baseball Classic on Wednesday in Taiwan.

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Australia's Smith hopes for 'bigger totals' on fourth Test pitch

Australia's Smith hopes for 'bigger totals' on fourth Test pitch

Stand-in Australia skipper Steve Smith said Wednesday the pitch for the fourth Test looks good for batsmen and different from the usual day-one turners in the previous matches in India.

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Asia, Europe track Wall St losses after Powell's rate hike warning

Asia, Europe track Wall St losses after Powell's rate hike warning

Markets sank Wednesday, the dollar held big gains and oil struggled to recover from hefty losses after Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell opened the door to a quicker pace of interest rate hikes as officials battle to tame inflation.

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Australia's Smith still in dark about pitch for final India Test

Australia's Smith still in dark about pitch for final India Test

Stand-in skipper Steve Smith said Wednesday that Australia still did not know which pitch the crunch final Test against India will be played on, less than 24 hours before the match in Ahmedabad.

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Netherlands beat Cuba in World Baseball Classic opener

Netherlands beat Cuba in World Baseball Classic opener

The Netherlands beat Cuba 4-2 in the opening game of the World Baseball Classic on Wednesday, stunning the Caribbean powerhouses in the Taiwanese city of Taichung.

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Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific posts first operating profit since 2019

Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific posts first operating profit since 2019

Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific on Wednesday reported its first annual operating profit since 2019 as it fights to return to pre-pandemic flight capacity.

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Kenyan innovators turn e-waste to bio-robotic prosthetic

Kenyan innovators turn e-waste to bio-robotic prosthetic

Twoportraits of Albert Einstein hang on the walls of a makeshift laboratory on Nairobi's outskirts, inspiring a pair of self-taught Kenyan innovators who have built a bio-robotic prosthetic arm out of electronic scrap.

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