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Wimbledon ban on Russian and Belarusian players 'unfair': Nadal

Wimbledon ban on Russian and Belarusian players 'unfair': Nadal

Rafael Nadal deemed Wimbledon's decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players from taking part in the Championships as "unfair", the Spanish tennis legend told reporters in Madrid on Sunday.

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Bagnaia holds off Quartararo to win Spanish MotoGP

Bagnaia holds off Quartararo to win Spanish MotoGP

Italian Francesco Bagnaia won the Spanish MotoGP at Jerez on Sunday ahead of France's world champion Fabio Quartararo, who increased his lead at the top of the championship.

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Kenya boosts minimum wage as inflation bites

Kenya boosts minimum wage as inflation bites

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announced Sunday a 12-percent hike in the minimum wage as the country confronts a surge in the cost of living.

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Two more survivors pulled from China building collapse, dozens still missing

Two more survivors pulled from China building collapse, dozens still missing

Rescuers pulled a pair of survivors from a collapsed building in central China on Sunday, state media reported, two days into a search-and-rescue operation for dozens feared missing.

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Exhausted Ukrainian soldiers return from eastern front

Exhausted Ukrainian soldiers return from eastern front

Packed with exhausted Ukrainian soldiers with clenched jaws, the truck drives away at full speed. The troops from the 81st brigade have just received an order to withdraw from the eastern front where Russian forces advance.

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Birthday boy Bonucci puts Juve on brink of Champions League with brace

Birthday boy Bonucci puts Juve on brink of Champions League with brace

Leonardo Bonucci celebrated his 35th birthday by putting Juve on the brink of Champions League football with a double in Sunday's 2-1 win over Venezia which also dealt a huge blow to the survival hopes of Serie A's bottom team.

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Beijing tourist sites empty in Covid-stalked public holiday

Beijing tourist sites empty in Covid-stalked public holiday

Major Beijing tourist venues were virtually deserted Sunday and restaurant traffic ground to a standstill, as a typically bustling public holiday was overshadowed by a Covid outbreak that has shunted millions under lockdown nationwide.

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Ogura leads from start to finish for long-awaited win in Spain Moto2

Ogura leads from start to finish for long-awaited win in Spain Moto2

Ai Ogura led from start to finish in the Spanish Moto2 race on Sunday to take his first victory in senior motorcycle racing.

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Regine, disco pioneer and nightclub queen, dies at 92

Regine, disco pioneer and nightclub queen, dies at 92

French singer and actress Regine, who claimed the invention of the modern discotheque and once ran a nightclub empire from Paris to Los Angeles, died on Sunday aged 92, her grand-daughter told AFP.

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Unseeded Wang stuns world champion Yamaguchi to win Asia title

Unseeded Wang stuns world champion Yamaguchi to win Asia title

Unseeded Wang Zhiyi withstood a late fightback from world champion Akane Yamaguchi to record a stunning victory in the women's final of the Badminton Asia Championships on Sunday.

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