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Commanders hand champion Seahawks their first loss

Greece stun Klopp's Germany as Ireland show sorrow for Gaza

Dupont scores twice to send Toulouse top of Top 14

Ramos fires holders Portugal to Nations League win in Norway

Greece hand Klopp first defeat as Germany manager

Pope promises French sex abuse victims to prevent further harm

Stunned McNulty wins 'miracle' road race world title

Re-released 'Avengers: Endgame' snaps-up N. America box office lead

Two giant pandas, emblems of China soft diplomacy, arrive in US

American McNulty wins shock road race world title

Tuchel urges Bellingham to play with 'rage'

Xavi gets first win as Netherlands boss, Denmark beat Wales

Bavuma, Miller hit centuries as South Africa clinch series

Spain bring in Le Normand for injured Garcia

Man City found guilty of Premier League charges, set to appeal: reports

Manchester City have been found guilty of all but one of 115 Premier League charges for breaching financial regulations, according to reports on Friday, in a ruling that will send shockwaves through English football.

Six missing after building blast in historic Athens district

Six people including three tourists were missing after an explosion early Friday in a building in Athens' historic Plaka district located just below the Acropolis.

Embolo follows Xhaka out of Swiss squad over fake Covid documents

Switzerland striker Breel Embolo has been left out of the squad for the upcoming Nations League matches after being sanctioned for using forged Covid-19 test certificates during the pandemic.

Millions in US northeast brace for powerful storm

More than 40 million people in the northeastern United States braced Friday for heavy rain and strong winds as an unusually powerful storm for the season was forecast to crash into the region.

Assefa seeks 'better than my best' at Berlin marathon

Ethiopian runner and course record holder Tigst Assefa said she felt ready to run "better than my best" in Sunday's Berlin marathon.

'Bottle Claus': Kipchoge's 'hero' helping runners chase Berlin marathon glory

Hours after helping Eliud Kipchoge break the marathon world record in Berlin in 2018, bottle carrier Claus-Henning Schulke received a phone call from the Kenyan icon.

US court refuses to overturn Pentagon ban on Anthropic

A US appeals court upheld on Friday the Pentagon's decision to exclude Anthropic from its supply chain, a decision taken when the AI startup refused to remove certain safeguards on its Claude model.

Olympic medallist Samba-Mayela handed provisional doping ban

French hurdler Cyrena Samba-Mayela has been temporarily suspended after failing to notify anti-doping officials of her whereabouts, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Friday.

Verstappen and Norris blame slow cars as Mercedes tops qualifying

Max Verstappen and Lando Norris both blamed their cars' lack of straight-line speed for disappointing grid positions after qualifying eighth and fifth for Saturday's Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

First US trial against TikTok to open Monday

TikTok goes on trial Monday in Alabama, accused by the state of misleading parents about tools meant to shield children from harmful content, in the first case against the platform to go before a US jury.

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