Ryo Hisatsune fired a career-best 10-under par 62 on Thursday to take a one-stroke first-round lead in the PGA Tour Pebble Beach Pro-Am as defending champion Rory McIlroy and top-ranked Scottie Scheffler left themselves work to do.
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said his players did not work as a team and were taught a lesson in the first half of the 4-0 Copa del Rey semi-final first leg defeat by Atletico Madrid on Thursday.
Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice said his side cannot be distracted by talk of Manchester City closing in at the top of the Premier League after the Gunners were held 1-1 at Brentford on Thursday.
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Phoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks was suspended one game without pay by the NBA on Thursday after being whistled for his 16th technical foul of the season.
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US snowboarding superstar Chloe Kim said Thursday she was proud of her "baby" after South Korean teenager Choi Gaon dethroned her as Olympic women's halfpipe champion.
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US snowboard superstar Chloe Kim failed in her bid for Olympic history when she was pipped to gold on Thursday while Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said being banned from competing at the Milan-Cortina Games was the "price of our dignity".
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Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Nick Castellanos was released on Thursday by the Major League Baseball club and revealed he brought a beer into the dugout after being removed from a game.
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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.
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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.
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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.
The most powerful version of Europe's Ariane 6 rocket Thursday carried 32 satellites into space for the Amazon Leo network, which aims to rival Elon Musk's Starlink.
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.
Surprised astronomers said Thursday they have discovered a star with planets in a bizarre order that defies scientific expectations -- and suggests these faraway worlds formed in a manner never seen before.
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South Korean teenager Choi Gaon shocked US snowboard superstar Chloe Kim in the Olympic women's halfpipe final on Thursday as the American missed out on a historic hat-trick.
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EU leaders pledged after talks Thursday to move ahead swiftly with reforms to revive Europe's flagging economy but were split on calls for joint debt to help the bloc confront twin threats from China and the United States.
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.
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