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Cycling industry bets on smart bikes to boost sales

'High-strung' camels race in Australian outback

Algeria and Austria reach World Cup knockouts after 3-3 thriller

Africa the winner of expanded World Cup amid mixed fortunes for minnows

DR Congo advance but Iran out as wild World Cup group stage wraps

Asia's vendors grapple with rising costs of ever-present plastics

Austria and Algeria reach World Cup knockouts after 3-3 thriller

Messi scores again as Argentina head into World Cup last 32 on a high

Where are they? Dogs disappear before South Korea meat ban

Wissa proud to deliver World Cup joy to war-torn DR Congo

China's bull wrestlers fight to keep tradition alive

South Korea's 'dismal' World Cup ends in group phase

South Korea's turbulent World Cup ended at the group phase on Saturday and could lead to the international retirement of captain Son Heung-min.

England top group to set up DR Congo World Cup clash, Portugal held

England defeated Panama 2-0 on Saturday to clinch top spot in their World Cup group and set up a last-32 clash with the Democratic Republic of Congo as the African underdogs reached the knockout rounds for the first time.

Colombia and Portugal through to World Cup last 32 after thrilling draw

Colombia finished top of World Cup Group K after playing out a highly-entertaining end-to-end 0-0 draw with Portugal on Saturday.

England moving on at World Cup but questions linger

England ground out top spot in Group L after eventually seeing off a stubborn Panama side on Saturday, though Thomas Tuchel's team showed there is further work needed to be true World Cup contenders.

Wissa sends DR Congo into World Cup last 32 clash with England

Yoane Wissa scored twice as DR Congo beat Uzbekistan 3-1 and qualified for the last 32 of the World Cup for the first time in their history on Saturday.

Venezuela quakes kill 1,400 as time running out to find survivors

Rescue crews raced Saturday to find survivors in the rubble of Venezuela's powerful earthquakes as the death toll reached 1,430 and hopes dwindled 72 hours after the earth roared and rumbled.

A painful wait by a pile of rubble in quake-hit Venezuela

Rescue crews working at one of the many buildings destroyed in Venezuela's killer earthquakes called for silence as they heard some kind of sound from a survivor buried in the rubble.

Australia World Cup goalkeeper Patrick Beach has beach named after him

Australian goalkeeping hero Patrick Beach said he was feeling "the love" after a well-known strip of sand in Melbourne was temporarily renamed in his honour.

Tuchel delighted to have Bellingham in 'sweet spot' for England at World Cup

England coach Thomas Tuchel hailed Jude Bellingham after the Real Madrid star scored one goal and made another in Saturday's 2-0 World Cup win over Panama, describing the number 10 as being "in a sweet spot".

Take brutally hot weather seriously, heatstroke survivor warns

History professor Ethan Borden Krizman was in high school when he collapsed 20 years ago at a race, suffering from heat stroke, but he says he remembers it well.

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