Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum could make his NBA season debut on Friday, less than 10 months after suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon in last year's playoffs.
Jacob Bethell is going to have "a hell of a career" with England, said captain Harry Brook, after the left-hander's brilliant 105 on Thursday almost took his side to a record chase against India in the T20 World Cup semi-final.
France coach Fabien Galthie criticised the size of Murrayfield's away dressing room as his Grand Slam-chasing side travel to Scotland for what promises to be the stand-out match of the 2026 Six Nations.
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Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev has made it to Indian Wells for the ATP/WTA hardcourt Masters 1000 after being stuck in Dubai for several days amid Israel and the United States' war with Iran.
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Gregor Townsend is adamant his only concern when Scotland face France in the Six Nations in Edinburgh on Saturday is overseeing a winning performance, regardless of what it means for the destiny of the title.
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Lionel Messi's Inter Miami will face Mexican sides Atletico San Luis, Monterrey and Leon on the first phase of the 2026 Leagues Cup, which will feature matches in Mexico for the first time.
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India clung on to beat England by seven runs in a thrilling T20 World Cup semi-final in Mumbai on Thursday, despite Jacob Bethell's superb 105 that put Harry Brook's side within a whisker of pulling off a record chase.
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Iran's players sang the national anthem and saluted before their defeat to Australia in the Women's Asia Cup on Thursday, after staying silent before their opening game.
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India clung on to beat England by seven runs in a thrilling T20 World Cup semi-final in Mumbai on Thursday, despite Jacob Bethell's superb 105.
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Around 20,000 seafarers and 15,000 cruise ship passengers are stuck in the Gulf because of the Middle East war, the UN's International Maritime Organization told AFP on Thursday.
Italy coach Gonzalo Quesada has recalled powerful centre Juan Ignacio Brex for the visit of England in the Six Nations this weekend while Alessandro Garbisi will line up alongside his brother Paolo at half-back.
Oil prices pushed higher while stocks dropped on Thursday as investors tracked developments on the sixth day of the Middle East war.
Fewer commercial flights were cancelled Thursday in the Middle East despite continued military strikes, with more than 100 flights taking off from the United Arab Emirates, according to a specialist data firm.
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Ukraine and Russia each freed 200 prisoners of war on Thursday, the first part of an exchange that will see them swap 500 people each in total, officials said.
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Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison sought Thursday to calm fears over the future of CNN, pledging to protect the news network's editorial independence as his company closes in on a landmark takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Oil prices pushed higher while stocks dropped on Thursday as investors tracked developments on the sixth day of the Middle East war.
Israel issued an unprecedented evacuation warning on Thursday for the entirety of Beirut's southern suburbs, a stronghold of Hezbollah, sending residents in the district of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing in a panic.
Germany's largest union Thursday accused Tesla of intimidating staff at the US carmaker's factory outside Berlin after it lost a vote to gain control of a body representing workers' interests.
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