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Jalen Carter signs record $152m extension with Eagles

AI glasses help propel EssilorLuxottica sales growth

GSJJ Launches ESG-Certified Custom Challenge Coins and Pin Badges

Many feared trapped in quake-hit Japan mall

Airbus completes record 24-hour flight with plane to be used by Qantas

Kering sales begin to recover as Gucci improves

FIFA says it hopes to sell $4.2bn stake in its tournaments

France pressures Suriname as illegal mining plagues border

Spain allows wildfire evacuees to return but France fears flames spreading

Cucurella keeps De la Fuente tattoo pledge after Spain World Cup win

'Not out of danger': Residents return to scorched French village

'Just cramp' - Lyles pulls up early in 200m US title bid

US sprint star Noah Lyles pulled up with cramp in the 200m final at the US athletics championships on Sunday, his bid for a title double undone as Garrett Kaalund claimed the victory.

Lyles not concerned after cramp halts 200m US title bid

Noah Lyles said rest and rehydration would put him right after cramp prompted him to pull up in the 200m final at the US athletics championships, a disappointment that only increased his admiration for Jamaican sprint great Usain Bolt.

Beltran, Kent and Jones join Baseball Hall of Fame

Retired major league All-Star outfielders Carlos Beltran of Puerto Rico and Andruw Jones of Curacao and American second baseman Jeff Kent were inducted Sunday into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

France, Spain battle 'monster' wildfires with more heat on the way

Firefighters faced another day battling massive blazes scorching forests across France and Spain Monday, with a forecast of another heatwave in southwest France threatening to complicate matters.

New pro Koivun holds off Scheffler to win PGA 3M Open

Jackson Koivun, playing only his third PGA Tour event as a professional, held off top-ranked Scottie Scheffler in Sunday's final round to capture the 3M Open in record fashion.

Lyles 'fine' after failing to finish 200m at US championships

US sprint star Noah Lyles pulled up with cramp in the 200m final at the US athletics championships on Sunday, his bid for a title double undone as Garrett Kaalund claimed the victory.

Masood leads Pakistan to 199-3 against West Indies

Shan Masood anchored a strong reply by Pakistan with the visitors reaching 199 for three in reply to the West Indies first innings total of 311 at the close of the second day of the first Test at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad on Sunday.

Aussie great McEvoy masters Commonwealth gold, Ramsay-Peaty hatches battle plan to bounce back

Australian swimming great Cameron McEvoy blew away the field to win his first individual Commonwealth Games gold in the 50 metres freestyle as England's Adam Ramsay-Peaty bounced back to reach the final of the 50m breaststroke.

Pogacar looking to enjoy 'small things' after 5th Tour de France win

Tadej Pogacar said he was looking forward to taking some time off and enjoying the "small things" in life after making Tour de France history on Sunday.

'Monster' wildfires force 350,000 from homes in France, Spain

Forests burned and villages emptied as more than 325,000 people fled blazes tearing through France and Spain on Sunday, with firefighters struggling to contain flames stretching kilometres.

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Ramsay-Peaty hatches 'battle plan' to bounce back from Commonwealth Games tears