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Calhanoglu fires Inter to nervy Cagliari win, Como stun Napoli

Root urges England to be 'grown-ups' after Pakistan series win

Monaco beat Marseille to go top, Rosenior's Paris FC thump Nice

Google Maps renames Lake Ontario 'Lake America' in US -- but not Canada

Pegula shakes off nerves in US Open first-round win

Aaron Donald ends retirement to rejoin Rams: team

FIFA president Infantino 'must go', says ex-UEFA boss Platini

Niamey back to normal after soldiers' mutiny

England v Pakistan second Test: Three talking points

Niger mutiny suppressed, but questions remain over junta's cohesion

Rashford's return 'fantastic' for Man Utd, says Carrick

Como spoil Allegri's Napoli home debut

At least 8 die, more missing, as ferry capsizes off Northern Cyprus

Cruz Beckham Performs at Leeds Festival Following Family Support at Reading

India's island choke point

China’s lithography leap

China’s cartel lifeline

Australia limits migration

'Smart' Haney beats Kambosos to become undisputed lightweight world champion

Unbeaten American Devin Haney fought a "smart fight" to comfortably beat Australia's George Kambosos on points Sunday and become the first undisputed lightweight world champion in modern boxing history.

Sheeran to crown queen's four-day jubilee party

British pop superstar Ed Sheeran was on Sunday set to bring the curtain down on four days of momentous nationwide celebrations to honour Queen Elizabeth II's historic Platinum Jubilee.

'Street fighting' in Severodonetsk as explosions rock Kyiv

The battle for Ukraine's eastern city of Severodonetsk was being waged street by street, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, while explosions rocked the capital Kyiv early Sunday.

Cambodians vote in local polls as revived opposition vies for seats

Cambodians voted in local polls on Sunday as a revived opposition party attempted to dent Prime Minister Hun Sen's decades-long grip on power ahead of national elections next year.

Unbeaten Fulton rips Roman to keep super bantamweight titles

Undefeated Stephen Fulton held on to his two world super bantamweight boxing titles Saturday with a unanimous decision victory over fellow American Daniel Roman.

At least 16 killed, 170 injured in Bangladesh depot fire

At least 16 people were killed and 170 others injured after a massive fire tore through a container depot in southern Bangladesh, officials said Sunday.

Sudan band's music empowers sidelined ethnic group

Noureddine Jaber, a musician with a unique part-guitar, part-tamboura instrument, is giving voice to Sudan's long-marginalised eastern communities through a new album.

N. Korea launches multiple ballistic missiles: Seoul

North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles into waters off its east coast Sunday, South Korea's military said, a day after Seoul and Washington completed their first joint drills involving a US aircraft carrier in more than four years.

Palestinian farmers sound alarm over foot-and-mouth outbreak

An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the West Bank early this year has killed thousands of livestock, pushing Palestinian farmers already living under occupation to the brink of bankruptcy.

Inoue, Donaire promise repeat of 2019 bantamweight classic

Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire produced a stone-cold bantamweight boxing classic when they fought in Japan in 2019, and the pair are promising that more is in store in Tuesday's much-anticipated sequel.

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