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Records for Asher-Smith, Hunt as Britain win 4x100m mixed relay

Rybakina, Andreeva race into Cincinnati third round

Barcelona reach deal with Man City to sign Rodri

Amy Hunt bags fourth Euro gold as Britain win 4x100m mixed relay

Misery for Maresca as Man City make dismal start to life after Guardiola

Spanish soldier dies in Aragon wildfire: regional leader

Belgium's Pocognoli appointed new Scotland manager

Marchand storms to second gold of European championships

Belgium races to tame huge wildfire creeping towards Germany

Two dead, hundreds evacuated from fires on island near Athens

Villarreal battle back to earn draw at promoted Racing

Real Madrid crush Schalke in friendly as Diomande debuts

Odegaard says Arsenal 'want to win everything' after Community Shield success

Calls for UK inquiry into 'hounding' of ex-Cambridge academic

Afif, Mehidy help Bangladesh sink Afghanistan

Afif Hossain and Mehidy Hasan shared a record 174-run seventh-wicket stand as Bangladesh recovered from a top-order collapse to beat Afghanistan by four wickets in the first one-day international of a three-match series in Chittagong on Wednesday.

Pogacar rises to top in first climb of UAE Tour

Tadej Pogacar made an early-season statement when he sprinted away from an elite group on Wednesday to win the first climbing stage of the World Tour season in the UAE Tour.

France's Sanofi to seek Covid vaccine approval after delays

French pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi said Wednesday that its Covid-19 vaccine, developed with Britain's GSK, had delivered positive results after nearly a year of delays left it lagging far behind its rivals.

Michelangelo's three 'pietas' united in historic first

It is admired the world over as an exquisite depiction of maternal grief. But Michelangelo's "Pieta" has overshadowed two other moving sculptures on the same subject by the Renaissance giant.

Barclays freezes ex-boss bonuses over Epstein probe

British bank Barclays on Wednesday suspended £22 million of bonuses owed to ex-boss Jes Staley amid a probe into his links with US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

$Arsenal boss Arteta glad to see Jimenez back after skull fracture$

Arsenal boss Arteta glad to see Jimenez back after skull fracture

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said he is delighted Raul Jimenez is back playing football after witnessing the Wolves striker fracture his skull.

US Open champion Raducanu laid low by hip injury in marathon clash

Emma Raducanu's disappointing run since her shock US Open triumph continued at the Guadalajara Open when the top seed retired with a hip injury in her first round match against Australia's Daria Saville.

UK tennis star Raducanu gets restraining order against stalker

A man who stalked British tennis star Emma Raducanu, walking 23 miles (37 kilometres) to her home and taking one of her father's shoes, was on Wednesday given a five-year restraining order.

World Rugby appoint Horrox as new women's chief

Sally Horrox has been appointed as World Rugby's director of women's rugby, the global governing body announced Wednesday.

9,000-year-old ritual complex found in Jordan desert

Archaeologists deep in the Jordanian desert have discovered a 9,000-year-old ritualistic complex near what is thought to be the earliest known large human-built structure worldwide.

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