Sports
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Bidding for Ronaldo-Messi prestige seat passes $2.6m
A Saudi Arabian businessman is leading bidding to watch the latest chapter in Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s celebrated rivalry in global socc…
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Lionel Messi, Julian Alvarez, Emiliano Martinez shortlisted for FIFA Best Men’s Player award
Argentina featured heavily in shortlists for FIFA’s Best awards following their World Cup triumph, with forwards Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez, goa…
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Merciless Fulham beat Chelsea as Felix land red on debut
Chelsea’s Joao Felix endured a nightmare debut when he was sent off in a 2-1 Premier League defeat at local rivals Fulham on Thursday to increase the…
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[Australia Open] Top five men contenders at the upcoming tennis GrandSlam showdown
Five top contenders for the men’s title at the Australian Open, which starts on Monday: NOVAK DJOKOVIC The former world number one is looking to matc…
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[Australia Open] Top five women contenders at the upcoming tennis GrandSlam showdown
Five top contenders for the women’s title at the Australian Open, which starts on Monday. IGA SWIATEK Iga Swiatek is the firm favourite for the seaso…
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Tennis Naomi Osaka says she is pregnant with first child
Four times Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka said on Wednesday that she is expecting her first child, days after withdrawing from the Australian Open. …
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[NBA roundup] Bucks survive scare, finally solve Hawks; Nuggets cruise past Suns; more
Jrue Holiday scored 27 points and Brook Lopez added 20 points and 12 rebounds to help the visiting Milwaukee Bucks hold off the Atlanta Hawks 114-105…
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Managing Chelsea the hardest job in football – Potter cries out
Chelsea manager Graham Potter has described running the team as “probably the hardest job in football”, but said he is not looking for sympathy as he…
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Guardiola says better team won after Man City shock loss to Southampton
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola gave a scathing assessment of his side’s performance after they exited the League Cup in a dismal 2-0 defeat to…
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[NBA roundup] Jimmy Butler, Heat set NBA free-throw record in win; 76ers thrash Pistons; more
Jimmy Butler scored a game-high 35 points, and the Miami Heat set an NBA record by making all 40 of their free throws in a 112-111 win over the visit…