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All change please: Who's in and out at Europe's top clubs

All change please: Who's in and out at Europe's top clubs

First, it was Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp, then Xavi at Barcelona and on Wednesday it was announced that Bayern Munich's Thomas Tuchel will also be quitting as a coach at the end of the season.

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Fan protests torpedo billion-euro Bundesliga investor deal

Fan protests torpedo billion-euro Bundesliga investor deal

The German Football League (DFL) said Wednesday it was abandoning a billion-euro investment deal after widespread protests by Bundesliga fans, a U-turn hailed by supporters' groups as a "success".

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UK court concludes two-day hearing over new Assange extradition appeal

UK court concludes two-day hearing over new Assange extradition appeal

Britain's High Court on Wednesday finished hearing two days of arguments over whether to grant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a fresh appeal against his extradition to the United States to face espionage charges.

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Ratcliffe wants Man Utd to knock 'enemies' Man City, Liverpool off their perch

Ratcliffe wants Man Utd to knock 'enemies' Man City, Liverpool off their perch

Manchester United's new co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the English giants have much to learn from "enemies" Manchester City and Liverpool as he echoed Alex Ferguson by vowing to knock the pair "off their perch" within three years.

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Business as usual for world champion Verstappen in F1 testing

Business as usual for world champion Verstappen in F1 testing

Three-time world champion Max Verstappen gave his struggling rivals little hope for optimism ahead of the new Formula One season when he dominated the first day of winter testing on Wednesday.

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Porn for 'spiritual growth': nuns detail abuse by renowned priest

Porn for 'spiritual growth': nuns detail abuse by renowned priest

Two former nuns said Wednesday that a world-renowned artist priest made them take part in threesomes and watch porn so they would "grow spiritually".

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'It's frightening': YouTubers split over OpenAI's video tool Sora

'It's frightening': YouTubers split over OpenAI's video tool Sora

US firm OpenAI debuted a tool last week that can generate highly realistic snippets of video from just a few lines of text, leading content creators to wonder if they are the latest professionals about to be replaced by algorithms.

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Swiatek downs Svitolina in Dubai, Gauff reaches quarter-finals

Swiatek downs Svitolina in Dubai, Gauff reaches quarter-finals

Iga Swiatek avenged her defeat to Elina Svitolina from Wimbledon last year with a commanding 6-1 6-4 performance on Wednesday to blast into the Dubai quarter-finals.

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Wall Street cautious before Nvidia results, Fed minutes

Wall Street cautious before Nvidia results, Fed minutes

Wall Street stocks dipped Wednesday as traders nervously awaited earnings from US tech darling Nvidia, in addition to minutes from the Federal Reserve that could shed fresh light on the outlook for interest rates.

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Indigenous Colombians fret as sacred mountain glaciers melt

Indigenous Colombians fret as sacred mountain glaciers melt

In the shade of a sacred tree, Indigenous wise men chew coca leaves as they mull the threats to their home among the melting, snow-capped peaks of Colombia's Sierra Nevada mountains.

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