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England to keep Test ban on overseas-based players

England to keep Test ban on overseas-based players

Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney said Tuesday there were no plans to alter rules banning overseas-based players from England duty despite several internationals joining French clubs.

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Tiger in Ryder Cup captaincy talks but confident at Masters

Tiger in Ryder Cup captaincy talks but confident at Masters

Tiger Woods will resume talks about being the 2025 US Ryder Cup captain next week after the 15-time major winner struggles through aches and pains simply to walk 72 holes at the Masters.

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McIlroy hopes Harmon's magic touch guides him to green jacket

McIlroy hopes Harmon's magic touch guides him to green jacket

Rory McIlroy is hoping that his recent session with legendary golf coach Butch Harmon will help him complete the career grand slam with victory in this week's Masters.

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Ecuador's ex-VP returns to prison after hospitalization

Ecuador's ex-VP returns to prison after hospitalization

Ecuador's ex-vice president Jorge Glas, whose capture in a raid on Mexico's embassy in Quito sparked an outcry, returned to a maximum security prison on Tuesday after a short hospitalization.

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Parents of US school shooter sentenced to 10-15 years in prison

Parents of US school shooter sentenced to 10-15 years in prison

The parents of a teenager who carried out a deadly school shooting in the US state of Michigan were sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison on Tuesday in an unprecedented and closely watched case.

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Peter Higgs: physicist who predicted 'God particle'

Peter Higgs: physicist who predicted 'God particle'

Nobel laureate Peter Higgs gave his name to one of the great scientific discoveries of the last century, earning a place alongside Albert Einstein and Max Planck in physics textbooks.

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UK's Cameron pleads for Ukraine aid as he meets Trump

UK's Cameron pleads for Ukraine aid as he meets Trump

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron pleaded Tuesday for US Republicans to approve billions of dollars in military support for Ukraine as he made his case directly to Donald Trump.

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Nobel-winning 'God particle' physicist Higgs dies aged 94

Nobel-winning 'God particle' physicist Higgs dies aged 94

British physicist Peter Higgs, whose theory of a mass-giving particle -- the so-called Higgs boson -- jointly earned him the Nobel Prize for Physics, has died aged 94, the University of Edinburgh announced on Tuesday.

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What's behind the spate of recent incidents on Boeing planes?

What's behind the spate of recent incidents on Boeing planes?

Boeing has been in the headlines a lot lately following a series of incidents after the January Alaska Airlines near-miss in which a door panel came off mid-flight.

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Millions of Indonesians take part in exodus for Eid celebration

Millions of Indonesians take part in exodus for Eid celebration

On motorcycles, cars, buses, planes or by boat, millions of Indonesians have travelled to their hometowns in an annual exodus for the Eid holiday that begins in the country on Wednesday.

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