Italian federation bans Newcastle's Tonali for 10 months for betting
The Italian football federation said on Thursday it had banned Newcastle United midfielder Sandro Tonali for 10 months for betting, including on matches involving his former team AC Milan.
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'I had to Google it!': Bavuma wary of 'mercurial' Pakistan threat
South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma admitted Thursday that he was so stunned by seeing Pakistan described as "mercurial" that he had to "Google the word" out of respect for his opponents ahead of their World Cup clash.
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'Incredibly disappointing', says Buttler as England crash at World Cup
England captain Jos Buttler admitted the World Cup had been "incredibly disappointing" as the defending champions were pushed to the brink of elimination on Thursday.
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Hungary's Orban says 'link between terrorist acts and migration'
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Thursday there is "a very clear link between terrorist acts and migration" as he went into an EU summit discussing a reform of the bloc's asylum rules.
Read moreEU eyes call for 'corridors and pauses' for Gaza aid
EU leaders on Thursday debated calling for "pauses" in Israel's war with Hamas to get aid into Gaza, as the bloc weighed how to respond to the conflict as fighting rages in Ukraine.
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Bankman-Fried to testify at his US crypto trial
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, plans to make another high-stakes gamble and testify in his own defense at his criminal fraud trial.
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Hurricane leaves at least 27 dead in Mexico's Acapulco
Hurricane Otis killed at least 27 people as it lashed Mexico's beach resort city of Acapulco as a scale-topping category 5 storm, officials said Thursday, in what residents called a "total disaster."
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Norwegian police open probe into Ingebrigtsen brothers' abuse claims
Norwegian police said on Thursday they had opened an investigation into accusations of abuse made by Olympic 1500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen and his brothers Henrik and Filip against their father Gjert.
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Sri Lanka push dismal England closer to World Cup exit
Sri Lanka pushed dismal England to the brink of World Cup elimination on Thursday when they handed the defending champions an eight-wicket thrashing.
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Stocks slide as interest rates and conflict weigh on sentiment
World stock markets slid Thursday on mounting worries over interest rates and an escalation of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
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