Ex-Puma Urdapilleta shuns retirement to play on at 40
Veteran former Argentina fly-half Benjamin Urdapilleta will come out of a retirement for a second time after signing a one-year contract extension with Perpignan, a source close to the French Top 14 club told AFP on Thursday.
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Haaland relishing 'special' World Cup showdown with England
Erling Haaland said facing England, the land of his birth, in the World Cup quarter-finals is extra special as the aims to extend Norway's historic run into the last four.
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Keep me away from the pool, Kipyegon tells triathlete Beaugrand
Faith Kipyegon will have the unlikely figure of French triathlete Cassandre Beaugrand in the field for the women's 3,000m at Monaco's Diamond League meet on Friday.
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FIFA lashes 'unfounded allegations' after Argentina-Egypt clash
FIFA referees chief Pierluigi Collina has hit out at "unfounded allegations" against World Cup match officials in the wake of Argentina's controversial last 16 victory over Egypt.
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Nerves high in Kyiv as Russia escalates missile attacks
Through more than four years of the Russian invasion, 27-year-old Oleksiy Virskovsky largely hasn't bothered going to to the underground shelter in the building next door -- despite almost nightly missile and drone attacks.
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'Only revenge': Iran mourners defiant at Khamenei burial
Calling for revenge and rejecting any compromise with the West, Iranians loyal to the Islamic republic braved sweltering heat on Thursday to mass for the burial of supreme leader Ali Khamenei in his hometown of Mashhad.
Read moreStars pay tribute to 'Total Eclipse' singer Bonnie Tyler, who has died at 75
Tributes flooded in Thursday to Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, best known for her powerful, haunting love song "Total Eclipse of the Heart", after she died in hospital in Portugal. She was 75.
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Pogacar reclaims Tour de France yellow jersey with stage six win
Reigning champion Tadej Pogacar stamped his authority on the Tour de France on Thursday, winning the mountainous sixth stage and reclaiming the race leader's yellow jersey.
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'I'm ready to roll' - hungry Duplantis still motivated
Serial world record setter Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis has spent countless hours batting away questions about how he stays motivated in the men's pole vault.
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US existing home sales dip in June as cost worries persist
Sales of previously owned homes in the United States dropped in June, according to industry data released Thursday, as affordability worries continued to weigh on property buyers.
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