Ollie Watkins ended his goal drought as the Aston Villa striker sealed a 1-0 win against Lille in the Europa League last-16 first leg on Thursday.
What does it take to rocket down an icy sheet of Dolomite rock at over 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) when missing a limb or suffering visual impairment?
Two-time major-winner Collin Morikawa withdrew from The Players Championship after one hole on Thursday with a back injury.
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Iran vowed Thursday to make the United States regret launching its war against the Islamic republic, and said it would keep up its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz as oil prices soared.
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- Israel strikes Beirut after threatening to expand Lebanon operations
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Danish superchef Rene Redzepi -- whose Noma restaurant was long regarded as the world's best -- said he was stepping down Thursday after allegations that he abused and bullied staff for years.
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Oil prices soared above $100 and stock markets extended losses as Iran's new supreme leader ordered the Strait of Hormuz to be kept closed.
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Indie rock star Morrissey cancelled a concert in Spain's Valencia on Thursday because the din from the city's traditional pyrotechnics festival left him "catatonic" with sleep deprivation.
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Former Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard crossed the line alone after an impressive 21km solo break for his second win in two days in stage five of the Paris-Nice race on Thursday.
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Tottenham have extended the deadline for fans to renew their season tickets because of the growing threat of relegation from the Premier League.
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Two crew on the USS Gerald R. Ford -- the world's largest aircraft carrier currently deployed for the war against Iran -- were injured Thursday in a laundry room fire, the US Navy said.
Boubacar Ould Messaoud, a rights activist who fought incessantly to wipe out slavery in his native Mauritania, died on Thursday in the capital Nouakchott aged 80, a representative of his NGO told AFP.
Broken computer monitors in bombed-out offices, scattered fake police uniforms and phoney hundred-dollar bills: these were the vestiges of a frantic escape of suspected cyberscammers fleeing a resort on the Cambodia-Thailand border.
Chile's Smiljan Radic Clarke, whose modern buildings can sometimes appear "deliberately unfinished," is the recipient of this year's Pritzker Prize, considered the Nobel of architecture, organizers announced Thursday.
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Scotland coach Gregor Townsend said on Thursday the destination of the Six Nations title was "out of their hands" as his team chase glory in Ireland.
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Lufthansa said about half its flights were cancelled Thursday as pilots from the German airline kicked off a two-day strike over pensions.
Oil prices soared Thursday, briefly trading above $100, and stock markets extended losses as fresh attacks against Gulf energy targets offset the release of crude reserves by major economies.
The US military is currently "not ready" to escort tankers through the critical Strait of Hormuz because all its assets are focused on striking Iran, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Thursday.
World War II leader Winston Churchill is to be dropped from the UK £5 banknote in favour of a nature scene, sparking outrage from some lawmakers who said he should not be replaced by an otter or badger.
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