US freestyle skier Alex Ferreira won Olympic gold on Friday to complete his set of medals, soaring to victory in a men's halfpipe final littered with errors.
US freestyle skier Alex Ferreira won the first Olympic gold of his career on Friday, soaring to victory in a men's halfpipe final littered with errors.
Elina Svitolina reached her first WTA 1000 final since 2018 with a marathon 6-4, 6-7 (13/15), 6-4 victory over third-seeded American Coco Gauff at the Dubai Championships on Friday.
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World no. 1 Carlos Alcaraz needed six match points before finally toppling defending champion Andrey Rublev 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 on Friday to reach the final of the Qatar Open.
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Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams, 45, has accepted a wild card to play the prestigious Indian Wells WTA hardcourt tournament in March, organizers said Friday.
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Olympic ice hockey tournament favourites Canada came back from two goals down to beat Finland 3-2 in the final seconds to reach the Milan-Cortina Games final thanks to Nathan MacKinnon's late power play goal.
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Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu on Friday paid tribute to Wales coach Steve Tandy for turning him into Test-match leadership material.
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Sweden's women curlers defeated Canada on Friday to set up an Olympic title showdown with Switzerland, who eliminated the United States.
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The Trump administration has framed its divisive push to round up undocumented migrants in Minnesota as a win for his mass deportation agenda, despite a major backlash and decisive local opposition.
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Ireland captain Caelan Doris has told side to put Henry Pollock "under pressure as much as possible" as they bid to win the battle of the back row against England in Saturday's Six Nations clash at Twickenham.
Former Brazil captain Neymar said he is thinking of retiring at the end of the year after being hampered by injuries but hopes to go to the World Cup first.
Stocks pushed higher on Friday after the US Supreme Court overturned most of President Donald Trump's tariffs, which could boost company earnings around the globe.
Captain Mitchell Marsh crashed a belligerent 64 off 33 balls as Australia finished their dismal T20 World Cup with a nine-wicket romp past Oman in Kandy on Friday.
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International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry said on Friday she believes the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics had shown that the Games could be held in a new, more sustainable way.
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The US Supreme Court ruled Friday that Donald Trump exceeded his authority in imposing a swath of tariffs that upended global trade, blocking a key tool the president has wielded to impose his economic agenda.
Stocks moved higher Friday, with Wall Street recovering early losses spurred by weaker-than-expected US growth after the US Supreme Court overturned most of President Donald Trump's tariffs, which could boost company earnings around the globe.
US economic growth cooled much more than expected in the final months of 2025, government estimates showed Friday, capping the first year of Donald Trump's return to the presidency.
European stocks rebounded and oil prices fell Friday as investors reassessed the chances of a US strike on Iran, after heightened geopolitical tensions sparked by President Donald Trump's threats amid talks on a nuclear deal.
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