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Reality of relegation threat dawning on sinking Everton

Reality of relegation threat dawning on sinking Everton

Everton's Premier League clash with Newcastle on Thursday has been labelled the struggling club's "biggest game for 20 years" as they stare down the barrel of a financially ruinous relegation.

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Troubled Chelsea ease past Lille into Champions League quarter-finals

Troubled Chelsea ease past Lille into Champions League quarter-finals

Chelsea put their off-field troubles to one side to seal a place in the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday as a Cesar Azpilicueta goal clinched a 2-1 win at Lille in the second leg of their last-16 tie, and a 4-1 aggregate victory.

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Global stocks rally as Fed hikes interest rates

Global stocks rally as Fed hikes interest rates

Global stocks rallied Wednesday, bolstered by China's pledge to help stabilize markets and another pullback in oil prices as the US Federal Reserve announced its first interest rate hike since 2018.

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Morikawa, Hovland chase World No.1 spot at PGA Valspar

Morikawa, Hovland chase World No.1 spot at PGA Valspar

Playing partners Collin Morikawa and Viktor Hovland, the world's number two and three players, will be chasing the summit of the global rankings at the US PGA Valspar Championship starting Thursday.

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Iran nuclear deal 'close', Tehran frees captives as obstacles narrow

Iran nuclear deal 'close', Tehran frees captives as obstacles narrow

Washington said Wednesday it was "close" to a deal with Iran on reviving a 2015 pact that saw Western powers provide sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on Tehran's nuclear programme, the latest sign of advancement following prolonged deadlock.

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Tsunami alert lifted after powerful Japan quake

Tsunami alert lifted after powerful Japan quake

Authorities lifted a tsunami advisory and electricity was restored after a powerful 7.4-magnitude quake jolted northeastern Japan on Wednesday night in waters near the site of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Kecmanovic stuns Berrettini to reach Indian Wells quarter-finals

Kecmanovic stuns Berrettini to reach Indian Wells quarter-finals

Serbia's 61st-ranked Miomir Kecmanovic shocked sixth-seeded Matteo Berrettini 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-4 on Wednesday to book a quarter-final clash with Taylor Fritz at the ATP Indian Wells Masters.

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Zelensky urges US help against Russia -- and gets $1 bn more weaponry

Zelensky urges US help against Russia -- and gets $1 bn more weaponry

Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky made a desperate appeal for help against Russia to the US Congress on Wednesday, and within hours of the speech, President Joe Biden responded by promising $1 billion in new weapons to fight "war criminal" Vladimir Putin's invading army.

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Chicago Cubs owners to lead bid to buy Chelsea as Coe joins the fray

Chicago Cubs owners to lead bid to buy Chelsea as Coe joins the fray

Chicago Cubs owners the Ricketts family have confirmed they are leading a consortium that will bid to buy English Premier League club Chelsea, as British athletics great Sebastian Coe announced his involvement in a rival effort to purchase the Blues.

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Ex-Ukraine tennis star Dolgopolov swaps racket for gun to defend Kyiv

Ex-Ukraine tennis star Dolgopolov swaps racket for gun to defend Kyiv

Retired Ukraine tennis player Alexandr Dolgopolov has returned home to take up arms and defend his native city Kyiv from the Russian invasion.

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