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Messi suffers worst defeat in MLS as Miami fall again

Celtics overwhelm Knicks to pull within 2-1 in NBA playoff series

Toulouse crush Toulon to reach Top 14 semis as Castres pay tribute to Raisuqe

Marseille, Monaco clinch Champions League qualification from Ligue 1

'One of those days': Atletico record-breaker Sorloth hits four

Toulouse's Ntamack suffers concussion in Top 14, Willemse nears exit

Record-breaker Sorloth hits four as Atletico smash Real Sociedad

'Weight off my shoulders': Bayern's Kane toasts breakthrough title

Sinner grateful for 'amazing' support on Italian Open return from doping ban

Hamburg return to Bundesliga after seven-year absence

Toulouse's Ntamack suffers concussion in Top 14 clash

Drone strikes rock Port Sudan in third day of attacks

Drones struck the airport and targeted an army base in Port Sudan on Tuesday, officials said, the third straight day the Sudanese army-aligned government's seat of power has come under attack.

US President Trump and Canada's Carney set for high-stakes meeting

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meets Donald Trump on Tuesday for the first time since he won reelection on a pledge to stand up to the US president's tariffs and threats to annex the United States' northern neighbor.

Philips turns in a profit but China, tariffs weigh

Dutch medical device maker Philips reported a net profit for the first time in three quarters Tuesday despite weak sales in China but warned of "intensified" uncertainties due to tariffs.

Australian mushroom murder suspect rejected help preparing meal: witness

An Australian woman accused of murdering three people with a toxic mushroom-laced lunch rejected offers of help before serving the dish, the sole guest to survive the deadly meal told a court on Tuesday.

Jokic-inspired Nuggets stun Thunder, Knicks down Celtics

Aaron Gordon scored a last-gasp three-pointer and Nikola Jokic produced a 42-point masterpiece as the Denver Nuggets stunned the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder 121-119 in a dramatic NBA Western Conference semi-final series opener on Monday.

India's woman fighter pilot trailblazer eyes space

The excited little girl who first touched a plane two decades ago is now flying high as the face of India's fast-modernising military and its only woman Rafale fighter pilot.

'Shared dream': China celebrates Zhao's world snooker breakthrough

Zhao Xintong's stunning World Snooker Championship triumph went viral back home on Tuesday with trailblazer Ding Junhui leading the tributes to China's latest sporting superstar.

Wait for Vatican white smoke fires up social media

Hype has been building on social media around the Catholic Church's secretive, centuries-old tradition of conclaves to elect a new pope, animating users from the White House on down.

Sinner leading the charge in golden era for Italian tennis

Jannik Sinner will delight crowds at the Rome Open this week when the world number one makes his return to tennis, but the Italian's three-month doping ban has allowed other local rising stars to move into the limelight.

Donnarumma stands tall on PSG's Champions League run

Ousmane Dembele and his fellow attacking players may have stolen most of the limelight on Paris Saint-Germain's run in this season's Champions League, but the form of goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma has been just as important in taking the French giants to the brink of the final.

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