La Liga president calls Mbappe PSG deal 'insult to football'
Paris Saint-Germain's extension deal with Kylian Mbappe is "an insult to football," La Liga president Javier Tebas said Saturday after the player rejected an offer from Real Madrid.
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Thousands mark late Yugoslav leader Tito's birth anniversary
Several thousand fans of former Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito marked the 130th anniversary of his birth on Saturday in the Croatian village where he was born.
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Mechanics, hairdressers... Ukraine recruits train for attack
"Hold on to the rope, look at me," the instructor says, coaxing 28-year-old lawyer Iryna Gorobiyovska who is nervously about to abseil down a building.
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Leclerc takes pole in Spain after Verstappen loses power
Formula One's early season pacesetter Charles Leclerc survived intense pressure on Saturday to beat world champion Max Verstappen, who suffered a late loss of power, to pole position for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix.
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Carapaz takes Giro lead as Simon Yates wins stage 14
Simon Yates won stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia on Saturday as Richard Carapaz claimed the overall lead following an action-packed 147 kilometres.
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Turkey's Erdogan puts conditions on support for Nordic nations' NATO bids
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey would not look "positively" on Sweden and Finland's NATO bids unless its terror-related concerns were addressed, despite broad support from other allies including the United States.
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Leclerc takes pole from Verstappen for Spanish Grand Prix
Ferrari's world championship leader Charles Leclerc grabbed pole for the Spanish Grand Prix ahead of Max Verstappen in qualifying at a sweltering Montmelo circuit on Saturday.
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Tilda Swinton says stories are vital as new fantasy film hits Cannes
Tilda Swinton said Saturday that the world needs stories more than ever as her fantastical new fable "Three Thousand Years of Longing", from "Mad Max" creator George Miller, premiered at Cannes.
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Cuban boxers stage victorious professional comeback
With five wins by knockout and another by unanimous decision, Cuban boxers made a triumphant comeback in their nation's first professional contest in six decades in Mexico.
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Asher-Smith sparkles in Diamond League 100m
British sprinter Dina Asher-Smith powered to victory in the 100m in front of a home crowd at the Diamond League meeting in Birmingham on Saturday.
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