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England quick Tongue backs Cooley to make him a better bowler

Stand at new Inter Miami stadium to be named for Messi

Mideast war leaves 6,000 tonnes of tea stuck at Kenya port

Van der Poel holds on for third straight E3 Classic victory

Missing aid boats 'safely' crossed to Cuba: US Coast Guard

'Everyone knows we are African champions', insists Senegal coach

Djokovic withdraws from Monte-Carlo Masters

English rugby chief says no talks with Farrell 'at present'

Overnight petrol queues in Ethiopia as war shortages hit

Under threat of dying out, Turkish Armenian evolves through art

French Olympic ice dance champions lead at worlds

Hornets sting Knicks to maintain playoff push

Kon Knueppel scored 26 points as the Charlotte Hornets maintained their late-season charge for an NBA playoff berth with an emphatic 114-103 defeat of the high-flying New York Knicks on Thursday.

Cyclone triggers outages at major Australian LNG plants

A cyclone off Australia triggered outages at two of the world's largest LNG plants, energy giant Chevron said Friday as Middle East turmoil stoked soaring demand for the fuel.

US judge suspends govt sanctions on AI company Anthropic

A US federal judge on Thursday suspended sanctions imposed by President Donald Trump's administration on Anthropic, saying the measures likely violated the law in blacklisting the AI powerhouse for expressing unease about the Pentagon's use of its technology.

Bolivia beat Suriname 2-1 to advance in World Cup playoffs

Bolivia produced a second-half fightback to shatter Suriname's unlikely dream of World Cup qualification with a 2-1 victory in their FIFA playoff game in Mexico on Thursday.

Mets hammer Pirates on historic day of MLB openers

Pittsburgh's Paul Skenes was sent to the exit after two-thirds of an inning while other pitchers and new technology created a historic Thursday of Major League Baseball season openers.

Italy stay in World Cup hunt as Wales, Ireland suffer penalty heartbreak

Italy will face Bosnia and Herzegovina for a place at the 2026 World Cup after beating Northern Ireland 2-0 on Thursday, as Wales and the Republic of Ireland suffered agonising penalty shootout defeats in their qualifying play-off semi-finals.

Italy need to climb "Everest" in World Cup play-of final: Gattuso

Gennaro Gattuso said Thursday that Italy still have a mountain to climb with Bosnia and Herzegovina standing between the Azzurri and the World Cup finals.

Czechs fight back to beat Ireland in World Cup play-off

Goalkeeper Matej Kovar saved two penalties in a shootout to take the Czech Republic past Ireland in their World Cup 2026 qualification play-off in Prague on Thursday.

Wales' World Cup dream ended by Bosnia and Herzegovina

Wales' World Cup dream was ended by defeat on penalties as Bosnia and Herzegovina set up a play-off final against Italy after coming from behind in Cardiff.

Mbappe on target as France shrug off red card to beat Brazil

Kylian Mbappe moved to within one goal of equalling France's all-time scoring record with the opener in a 2-1 win over Brazil as two of the leading World Cup contenders faced off in a glamour friendly in the United States on Thursday.

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Italy beat Northern Ireland to keep World Cup hopes alive