Ukraine war saps Russian sway over Caucasus, Central Asia
As the invasion of Ukraine drains Russia's forces, Moscow's grip on its former Soviet backyard in the Caucasus and Central Asia is loosening with unpredictable consequences, experts say.
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Diamond tells cash-strapped Worcester to prepare for 'last' home game
Steve Diamond has said a Worcester side on the brink of going bust plan to treat their English Premiership rugby union clash at home to Newcastle on Saturday as if it is the club's last game at Sixways.
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Kamada, Mitoma on target as Japan cruise past US
Daichi Kamada and Kaoru Mitoma scored the goals as Japan defeated the United States 2-0 in a World Cup warm-up friendly on Friday.
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Bagnaia brushes off Rossi heir talk with MotoGP title in his sights
Francesco Bagnaia is not interested in comparisons with Valentino Rossi as he makes his bid to become the first Italian since the motorcycling legend to win the sport's biggest prize.
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Russia proxies hold breakaway polls in Ukraine
Voting on whether Russia should annex Kremlin-controlled regions of Ukraine opened Friday as the West denounced the referendum that has dramatically raised the stakes of Moscow's seven-month invasion.
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Superstar van Vleuten to race worlds with fractured elbow
Olympic champion and winner of all three major tours in women's cycling this season Annemiek van Vleuten will line up at the start of the world championships on Saturday despite a fractured elbow.
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Tiger helps US cause from a distance at Presidents Cup
Tiger Woods, playing captain in a 2019 US victory, couldn't be an assistant at this week's Presidents Cup due to severe leg injuries suffered in a car crash last year.
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'Tremendous hope': New cystic fibrosis treatment changing lives
David Fiant says his cystic fibrosis and the arduous therapy it required was so bad he "could no longer tell if I was living to heal myself or healing myself to live".
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Detained Russian protesters face conscription or jail
Mikhail Suetin expected to be detained when he protested Russian mobilisation, but he never imagined he would be ordered to enlist in the very army he was denouncing.
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Iran stages rallies to counter week of deadly protests
Thousands demonstrated across Iran on Friday at government-backed pro-hijab counter rallies, after a week of bloody protests over the death of a woman arrested for "improperly" wearing the Islamic headscarf.
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