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Top footballers afraid to speak out against playing too many games: FIFPro chief

Top footballers afraid to speak out against playing too many games: FIFPro chief

Top footballers are afraid to speak out against playing too many matches for fear of the impact it could have on their careers, the general secretary of global players' union FIFPro said on Friday.

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Raducanu and Fernandez beat the heat to reach DC Open semis

Raducanu and Fernandez beat the heat to reach DC Open semis

Britain's Emma Raducanu reached the brink of her first WTA final since winning the 2021 US Open, ousting Greece's Maria Sakkari 6-4, 7-5 on Friday at the DC Open.

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US stocks end at records as markets eye tariff deadline

US stocks end at records as markets eye tariff deadline

Wall Street stock indices ended at fresh records Friday as US investors bet on additional trade deals following this week's breakthrough with Japan.

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Trump, EU chief to meet Sunday in push for trade deal

Trump, EU chief to meet Sunday in push for trade deal

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump said Friday they would meet in Scotland this weekend in a decisive push to resolve a months-long transatlantic trade standoff.

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'Upset' Messi suspended over MLS All-Star no-show: league

'Upset' Messi suspended over MLS All-Star no-show: league

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami team-mate Jordi Alba have been suspended after the duo skipped Major League Soccer's All-Star Game earlier this week, the league said Friday.

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Ponting says 'no reason' why Root cannot top Tendulkar's run record

Ponting says 'no reason' why Root cannot top Tendulkar's run record

Ricky Ponting is convinced there is "absolutely no reason" why Joe Root cannot surpass India's Sachin Tendulkar as Test cricket's all-time leading run-scorer after the England star leapfrogged the Australian into second place on Friday.

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NFL players, employees fined for selling Super Bowl tickets: reports

NFL players, employees fined for selling Super Bowl tickets: reports

More than 100 NFL players and dozens of club employees are to be fined or suspended for selling their allocations of tickets for this year's Super Bowl on secondary markets, US media reported on Friday.

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World's smallest snake makes big comeback

World's smallest snake makes big comeback

A snake so small it could be mistaken for a worm has been spotted in Barbados, nearly two decades after it was thought to have been "lost" to science.

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Trade on agenda as Trump lands in Scotland for diplomacy and golf

Trade on agenda as Trump lands in Scotland for diplomacy and golf

US President Donald Trump landed in Scotland on Friday for a five-day visit set to mix diplomacy, business and leisure, as a huge UK security operation swung into place amid planned protests near his family-owned golf resorts.

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Trump administration expected to say greenhouse gases aren't harmful

Trump administration expected to say greenhouse gases aren't harmful

President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to upend a foundational scientific determination about the harms of greenhouse gases that underpins the US government's ability to curb climate change.

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