Pope prays for runs against India and Australia
England vice-captain Ollie Pope may have done his short-term prospects no harm with a Test century against Zimbabwe but the Surrey batsman now wants to show he can score runs against the very best bowlers in world cricket.
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Nadal to bid Roland Garros farewell as Sabalenka makes fast start
Roland Garros will pay tribute to its greatest champion with a ceremony for the retired Rafael Nadal on Sunday, while Aryna Sabalenka got her French Open campaign up and running with an emphatic victory.
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Years of learning from best to help Alonso at Real Madrid
Xabi Alonso made what has long seemed an inevitable return to Real Madrid on Sunday, this time as their coach to help pick up the Spanish giants after a disappointing season without a major trophy.
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Barca start plotting return to women's Champions League throne
One of the factors which has made Barcelona's women's team so successful in recent years is their hunger for silverware, knotted with their technical quality and renowned passing game.
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Real Madrid 'legend' Alonso returns as new coach
Real Madrid appointed Xabi Alonso to replace Carlo Ancelotti as coach on Sunday, with the Spaniard to take over from June 1 and lead the team at the Club World Cup.
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Lionesses' Euro triumph catalyst for Ohanian's Chelsea investment
Watching England's women's team win Euro 2022 was the "pivotal moment" for attracting Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian to the English game and resulted in him taking a 10 percent stake in domestic treble winners Chelsea earlier this month.
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UK renationalises first train operator under Labour reforms
A private train operator servicing parts of southern England, including London, on Sunday became the first to be returned to public ownership under a government plan to renationalise Britain's much-maligned railways.
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Syria to help locate missing Americans: US envoy
Syria's new authorities have agreed to help the United States locate and return Americans who went missing in the war-ravaged country, a US envoy said on Sunday, in another sign of thawing bilateral ties.
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Container ship sinks off India's south coast with hazardous cargo
A Liberian-flagged container ship with hazardous cargo has sunk off the coast of Kerala in India's south, the navy said on Sunday after rescuing all 24 crew members safely.
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Trier misses out on top Cannes prize again
Director Joachim Trier, who won the Grand Prix second prize at the Cannes film festival Saturday, makes Scandinavian movies that can melt the chilliest of hearts.
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