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Five events to watch at Monaco Diamond League

Five events to watch at Monaco Diamond League

Karsten Warholm, Sydney McLaughlin Levrone and Faith Kipyegon headline a glittering line-up for Friday's Diamond League meeting in Monaco.

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Pakistan skipper Azam lauds 'improved' Shakeel after Test win

Pakistan skipper Azam lauds 'improved' Shakeel after Test win

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam said on Thursday his team's latest Test hero Saud Shakeel had stepped up his game and showcased new shots in his match-winning unbeaten 208 against Sri Lanka.

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Shops, schools reopen in Kenya despite protest call

Shops, schools reopen in Kenya despite protest call

Shops and schools in Kenya reopened on Thursday despite a fresh round of opposition protests that have led to deadly clashes and sparked appeals for dialogue to end the crisis.

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Hong Kong questions families of wanted activists

Hong Kong questions families of wanted activists

Hong Kong national security police detained four people Thursday, including the brother of prominent activist Dennis Kwok -- one of eight fugitives with bounties on their heads for allegedly breaching national security.

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Kipyegon re-writing record books since starting a family

Kipyegon re-writing record books since starting a family

Faith Kipyegon has made an astonishing return to the track after the "journey" of having her first child with the Kenyan bagging two world records and underlining her status as the world's best 1500m runner.

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Australian star Sam Kerr out of first two World Cup games with injury

Australian star Sam Kerr out of first two World Cup games with injury

Co-hosts Australia suffered a major setback Thursday with captain and star striker Sam Kerr ruled out of at least their first two Women's World Cup games with a calf injury.

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New Zealand claim historic win in record-breaking World Cup opener

New Zealand claim historic win in record-breaking World Cup opener

Hannah Wilkinson scored the only goal as co-hosts New Zealand recorded a historic 1-0 victory over Norway in the opening game of the Women's World Cup on Thursday.

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Hong Kong man jailed for replacing national anthem with protest song

Hong Kong man jailed for replacing national anthem with protest song

A Hong Kong man was sentenced to three months in prison on Thursday for insulting China's national anthem by swapping it in an online sports video with a song from the city's 2019 democracy protests.

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Women's World Cup kicks off with moment's silence for NZ shooting victims

Women's World Cup kicks off with moment's silence for NZ shooting victims

A moment's silence was held before the first game of the Women's World Cup on Thursday to mourn the two people shot dead in host city Auckland just hours earlier.

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Iraq protesters storm, torch Swedish embassy over planned Koran burning

Iraq protesters storm, torch Swedish embassy over planned Koran burning

Hundreds of Iraqi protesters stormed and set fires inside Sweden's embassy compound in Baghdad early Thursday, angered by an expected burning of the Koran later in the day in Stockholm.

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