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Nice's Boga suffers 'serious muscle injury'

Nice's Boga suffers 'serious muscle injury'

Nice's Ivorian international striker Jeremie Boga has suffered a "serious muscle injury" to his right thigh, coach Franck Haise said Saturday, which the club estimate could take months to heal.

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Odermatt wins giant slalom in Val d'Isere

Odermatt wins giant slalom in Val d'Isere

Swiss skier Marco Odermatt bounced back to form in the giant slalom, his favourite event, to take his first victory in the discipline this season at Val d'Isere on Saturday.

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PSG coach Enrique having 'best season of my career'

PSG coach Enrique having 'best season of my career'

Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique insisted Saturday the statistics indicate "the best season" of his career as he brushed aside talk of tensions with some of his players.

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World falls short of drought deal at Saudi-hosted talks

World falls short of drought deal at Saudi-hosted talks

Negotiators failed to produce an agreement on how to respond to drought at Saudi-hosted UN talks, participants said on Saturday, falling short of a hoped-for binding protocol addressing the scourge.

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A palace in shock: Bashar al-Assad's final moments in Syria

A palace in shock: Bashar al-Assad's final moments in Syria

Hours before rebel forces seized Damascus and toppled his government on Sunday, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was already out of the country, telling hardly anyone, five former officials told AFP.

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Diallo reelected head of French football

Diallo reelected head of French football

Philippe Diallo was comfortably reelected president of the French Football Federation on Saturday.

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Olympic champions Papadakis, Hubbell to perform as same-sex ice dancers in gala

Olympic champions Papadakis, Hubbell to perform as same-sex ice dancers in gala

Olympic ice dancing champions Gabriella Papadakis and Madison Hubbell announced Saturday they will team up as a same-sex couple at a figure skating gala early next year.

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Georgia ruling party installs loyalist president amid constitutional crisis

Georgia ruling party installs loyalist president amid constitutional crisis

Georgia's ruling party on Saturday installed a far-right loyalist as president in a controversial election process, amid a deepening constitutional crisis and weeks of mass pro-EU protests.

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'I'm so happy': tears of joy, K-pop on Seoul streets as Yoon impeached

'I'm so happy': tears of joy, K-pop on Seoul streets as Yoon impeached

South Koreans wept and screamed with joy in freezing Seoul on Saturday as parliament voted to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol from office over his failed bid to impose martial law.

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Shopping spree in Syria's former rebel heartland

Shopping spree in Syria's former rebel heartland

Crowds of visitors wander brilliantly lit shopping aisles, stunned by the abundance of goods on offer in the heart of the former rebel stronghold in northwest Syria.

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