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Teenager Choi wrecks Kim's Olympic snowboard hat-trick bid

Inter await Juve as top guns go toe-to-toe in Serie A

Swiatek, Rybakina dumped out of Qatar Open

Europe's most powerful rocket carries 32 satellites for Amazon Leo network into space

Neighbor of Canada mass shooter grieves after 'heartbreaking' attack

French Olympic ice dance champions laud 'greatest gift'

Strange 'inside-out' planetary system baffles astronomers

Teenager Choi denies Kim Olympic snowboard hat-trick

Swiss bar owners face wrath of bereaved families

EU vows reforms to confront China, US -- but split on joint debt

Wales 'means everything' for prop Francis despite champagne, oysters in France

Norway police search ex-PM Jagland's properties in probe over Epstein links

Norwegian police said Thursday they had searched properties belonging to former prime minister Thorbjorn Jagland following the launch of a corruption probe over his dealings with US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Back flips and quads galore: US skater Malinin hits new heights in Milan

With his blackflips, one-handed cartwheels and quadruple-jumps galore, US figure skater Ilia Malinin's rip-roaring routines have proved a star attraction at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

UEFA position on Russia ban 'has not changed', says Ceferin

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin on Thursday said European football's governing body was not currently contemplating bringing Russia back into the international fold, after FIFA chief Gianni Infantino recently indicated he backed easing a ban on the country.

Cooper wins Olympic freestyle moguls gold after dramatic tie-break

Australian freestyle skier Cooper Woods won Olympic men's moguls gold in dramatic fashion on Thursday, with a tiebreak needed to separate him from Canadian great Mikael Kingsbury.

Turkey's central bank lifts 2026 inflation forecasts

Turkey's central bank on Thursday increased its estimates for inflation as officials try to rein in soaring price increases that have weighed on the economy for years.

Tottenham 'not a big club' says Postecoglou after Frank sacking

Ange Postecoglou insisted Tottenham Hotspur were "not a big club" following the sacking of head coach Thomas Frank on Wednesday.

Belgian police raid EU commission in real estate probe

Police raided the premises of the European Commission in Brussels Thursday in a probe into a 2024 real estate deal done with the Belgian state, a source close to the investigation told AFP.

Zelensky blasts Olympics ban for Ukrainian athlete over memorial helmet

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that the decision to ban skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from the Winter Olympics for refusing to ditch a helmet depicting victims of the war with Russia plays "into the hands of aggressors".

Pro-Kremlin accounts using Epstein files to push conspiracy: research

Pro-Kremlin social media accounts are using the latest Jeffrey Epstein files to bolster efforts to spread baseless claims that Russia has saved Ukrainian children from sex trafficking, research by AFP and a London-based think-tank showed Thursday.

Odermatt sets sights on Olympic giant slalom -- and gold

Marco Odermatt is the self-proclaimed leader of the Swiss men's team, but Olympic gold in Bormio has so far eluded the all-rounder, who has set his sights on rectifying that in Saturday's giant slalom.

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