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Wright named Wallabies captain in new-look team to face Wales

Wright named Wallabies captain in new-look team to face Wales

Australia head coach Joe Schmidt named Liam Wright as Wallabies captain Thursday in a new-look team to face Wales featuring seven potential debutants for his first Test since taking over from Eddie Jones.

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Fan frenzy as World Cup winners India finally return home

Fan frenzy as World Cup winners India finally return home

India's T20 World Cup winners returned home to a heroes' welcome on Thursday with skipper Rohit Sharma and his players hailed by euphoric fans jostling to glimpse their stars.

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Murray gets fans' vote as Brits take centre stage at Wimbledon

Murray gets fans' vote as Brits take centre stage at Wimbledon

Andy Murray launches his Wimbledon farewell alongside his brother Jamie on Thursday as the British take centre stage on election day in the UK.

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Sifan Hassan: from 'shy' refugee to Olympic champion

Sifan Hassan: from 'shy' refugee to Olympic champion

On a gloriously sunny Tuesday night training session at the Eindhoven athletics club, young hopefuls are put through their paces, dreaming of emulating their most famous member -- double Olympic champion Sifan Hassan.

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Masked man: Will Mbappe finally fire for France at Euro 2024?

Masked man: Will Mbappe finally fire for France at Euro 2024?

Kylian Mbappe leads France into Friday's Euro 2024 quarter-final against Portugal having yet to find his best form at the tournament after months of speculation about his club future and then the broken nose which overshadowed his team's opening game.

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Reliable Rodri the rock behind Spain's sparkling Euros

Reliable Rodri the rock behind Spain's sparkling Euros

Germany's hopes of winning Euro 2024 on home soil rest with inflicting a very rare defeat on Spain's midfield maestro Rodri in Friday's blockbuster quarter-final.

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No ninth Olympics for Australian equestrian veteran Hoy

No ninth Olympics for Australian equestrian veteran Hoy

Australian equestrian veteran Andrew Hoy was overlooked on Thursday for the Paris Games, ending his bid to compete at a ninth Olympics, but the 65-year-old indicated that he planned to keep going.

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Labour tipped for historic win as UK voters go to the polls

Labour tipped for historic win as UK voters go to the polls

Britons head to the polls Thursday in a general election widely expected to emphatically return the opposition Labour party to power and end nearly a decade-and-a-half of Conservative rule.

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Fires in Brazil's Pantanal push wetlands community to limit

Fires in Brazil's Pantanal push wetlands community to limit

A riverside community in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands narrowly escaped raging wildfires last month, but some say the record-setting blazes -- still burning nearby -- are compounding threats to their way of life.

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Colombian dens of iniquity recycled to serve victims

Colombian dens of iniquity recycled to serve victims

In a mansion with golden faucets and an oyster-shaped bathtub, Colombian paramilitary fighters and drug lords once planned the most horrific crimes. Now, the opulent property will be put to the service of their victims.

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