Former 100m world champion Fred Kerley was hit with a two-year ban on Friday after failing to notify anti-doping officials of his whereabouts, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said in a statement.
World number one Aryna Sabalenka launched her bid for an elusive first Indian Wells title with a dominant 6-4, 6-2 second-round victory over Japanese qualifier Himeno Sakatsume on Friday.
Ireland captain Caelan Doris was relieved his side's Six Nations title hopes remained alive after what he called a "scrappy" performance in the 27-17 win over Wales at Lansdowne Road on Friday.
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Pep Guardiola knows Manchester City are not a "complete team" but he is convinced they can still overhaul Arsenal in the Premier League title race.
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Ireland kept their slim hopes of the Six Nations title alive with a hard-fought 27-17 win over Wales at Lansdowne Road on Friday.
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Napoli recorded their first home win in Serie A since late January with a 2-1 defeat of Torino on Friday to tighten their grip on third place and a Champions League spot.
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Federico Valverde's heavily deflected 95th-minute drive snatched Real Madrid a 2-1 win at Celta Vigo in La Liga on Friday.
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US national team star Folarin Balogun was among the scorers as Monaco won 3-1 away to Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 on Friday, dealing a blow to the side from the French capital before they face Chelsea in a crunch Champions League last-16 tie.
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Liverpool moved into the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 3-1 win against Wolves on Friday as the Reds avenged their painful Premier League loss at Molineux just 72 hours earlier.
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Bayern Munich cruised to a 4–1 win over a struggling Borussia Moenchengladbach on Friday, barely missing the absent Harry Kane as they continued their relentless march towards another Bundesliga title.
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Daniel Berger opened up a substantial lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational Friday, carding an impressive 68 to sit 13 under par midway through the tournament at Florida's challenging Bay Hill course.
The Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics started on Friday with an opening ceremony marked by Russian athletes being booed as they paraded behind their national flag for the first time since 2014.
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Fourth-seeded German Alexander Zverev breezed into the third round of the Indian Wells ATP and WTA Masters 1000 on Friday with a brisk 6-3, 6-4 victory over Matteo Berrettini.
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Only nine oil tankers, cargo and container ships, some of which at times concealed their position, have been recorded crossing the Strait of Hormuz since Monday, according to MarineTraffic data analysed by AFP.
Switzerland announced Friday it wanted to buy 30 US F-35A fighter jets rather than 36 after Washington hiked the price, and said its broader defence set-up needed repurposing to face current threats.
Crude prices surged higher Friday as oil fields in Iraq came under attack and US Donald Trump demanded Iran's unconditional surrender, while stocks slumped after data showed a surprise drop in jobs in the United States.
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