South Korean teenager Choi Gaon recovered from a brutal fall to shock US snowboard superstar Chloe Kim in the Olympic women's halfpipe final on Thursday as the American missed out on a historic hat-trick.
Title favourites Inter Milan host a resurgent Juventus in Serie A on Saturday, while a fiery atmosphere can be expected as the stubborn defending champions Napoli await Roma on Sunday.
World number two Iga Swiatek and Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina both crashed out of the Qatar Open on Thursday losing their quarter-finals to Maria Sakkari and Victoria Mboko respectively.
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French ice dancers Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry shared their intense emotions on Thursday, a day after receiving the "greatest gift" of their lives with Olympic gold.
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Tomas Francis may be relishing a rugby life in France full of oysters and champagne but the prop insists it "means everything" to represent Wales again.
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Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo will miss the NBA All-Star Game with a right calf strain, the league announced Thursday, adding the Greek forward to a growing list of talent who will be absent from the mid-season showpiece.
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An elephant's trunk can surpass a human's height and lift trees -- a marvel of strength that's conversely so gentle it can grasp a tortilla chip without breaking it.
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A watched pot never boils and love happens when you least expect it -- turns out, the same logic applies to capturing a star as it collapses into a black hole.
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The UN's climate chief on Thursday urged countries to unite against an "unprecedented threat" to international cooperation from pro-fossil fuel forces -- issuing the appeal as US President Donald Trump rattles the global order.
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Gary Player, the nine-time major winner from South Africa, says he feels sadness that Augusta National has refused his request to play a four-ball round with three of his grandsons.
President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked a landmark scientific finding that underpins US regulations aimed at curbing planet-warming pollution, marking the administration's most far-reaching rollback of climate policy to date.
Gregor Townsend insisted speculation about his own position will be no issue as he looks to get Scotland's Six Nations campaign back on track with a Calcutta Cup win at home to England on Saturday.
A US lawmaker is drafting legislation to block a wave of state and local climate-damage lawsuits against fossil fuel companies, advancing a top priority of the oil and gas industry.
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Ukraine blamed a Russian disinformation campaign Thursday after fake news posted online about its Winter Olympics team, including a story criticising an athlete disqualified for trying to highlight war deaths.
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Stock markets diverged Thursday as traders digested a string of company earnings that mostly suggested economic resilience in line with a bumper US jobs report for January, even though the chances of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts receded.
Russia has blocked the popular messaging service WhatsApp over its failure to comply with local legislation, the Kremlin said Thursday, urging its 100 million Russian users to switch to a domestic alternative.
Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison warned Thursday of possible legal action against Danish firm Maersk and others over the annulment of its contract to operate two ports on the Panama Canal.
Russia announced Thursday it had blocked WhatsApp over its alleged failure to comply with Russian legislation, days after restricting access to rival messaging service Telegram for similar reasons.
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