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'Resilient' Berrettini powers into French Open last eight

Colombia right-winger accused of 'stealing' national jersey

Still in the game: Athletes who made comeback in their 40s

Iran truce on the rocks as Guards threaten 'new fronts'

New York Times publisher slams AI companies' 'brazen theft' from news outlets

Rodri says Man City future can wait until after World Cup

Villarreal appoint Inigo Perez after Rayo success

Word nerds have a weekend on the tiles at Thailand's Scrabble title

Cobolli stops thinking and quells Svajda fightback at French Open

Czech court orders German neo-Nazi provocateur's extradition

French Open happy with Sabalenka-Osaka in top slot, but men still have edge

Russia’s dollar pivot

Fentanyl trade unravels

Israel riled by US-Iran pact

Red sea gambit with Eritrea

Adobe down 40%: Kodak moment?

Boomers: Selfish or Scapegoats?

US China race hits 2027

Brussels misreads Magyar

Man City women win FA Cup to complete double

Manchester City's women completed a double by thrashing Brighton 4-0 to lift the FA Cup on Sunday.

Zverev eases into French Open last eight

German second seed Alexander Zverev kept alive his hopes of claiming a first Grand Slam title as he beat Dutch lucky loser Jesper de Jong in straight sets at the French Open on Sunday.

Colombia votes amid surge in guerrilla violence

Colombians began voting Sunday in a presidential election that could shift the country's response to rising guerrilla violence, choosing between extending spluttering peace talks or turning to a hard‑right military crackdown.

Frenchman Lanier breaks local hearts to win Singapore Open badminton

France's Alex Lanier dashed Loh Kean Yew's hopes of becoming the first Singaporean in more than six decades to win his national badminton title, beating the home favourite in the Singapore Open men's singles final on Sunday.

Japan's Kaneko holds nerve for maiden European win in Austria

Kota Kaneko was not unnerved by a weather delay late in the fourth round or a lucky bounce on the last hole and shot a closing 67 to take the Austrian Alpine Open for his first European Tour win.

Swiatek exits French Open, Zverev, Ruud eye quarters

Four-time French Open champion Iga Swiatek exited Roland Garros as the top seeds continued to fall at the start of the second week, while Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud both bid to reach the quarter-finals.

Spanish teen Jodar fights back to reach first Slam quarter-final

Rafael Jodar continued his dream French Open debut by roaring back from two sets down to beat Pablo Carreno Busta and reach his first Grand Slam quarter-final on Sunday.

Farewell 'going better than expected' for French Open quarter-finalist Cirstea

Sorana Cirstea said her farewell year is "going way better than expected" after the Romanian veteran reached the French Open quarter-finals for the first time in 17 years on Sunday.

'Super tense' Swiatek falls in bid to regain French Open crown

It was a miserable 25th birthday for Iga Swiatek as a "super tense" Polish third seed was downed in straight sets by Marta Kostyuk to end her quest to reclaim the French Open crown.

Israel PM says capturing Beaufort 'dramatic shift' in Lebanon offensive

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to push deeper into Lebanon after his military took over the medieval castle of Beaufort on Sunday, calling it a "dramatic shift" in the campaign against Hezbollah.

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