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Swiatek races into Toronto semis as Svitolina battles through

'Big Four' bowlers back as ageing Australia begin gruelling run

AI's hunger for power sparks US private gas plant boom

Memphis AI data center fuels pollution fight in Black neighborhood

Ceuta leader wants migrant detention centre after influx

Return of displaced Syrian Kurds to hometown suspended after violence

Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 111

Swiatek races past Shnaider into Toronto semi-finals

Rain postponements wreck Montreal Masters schedule

Meta pushes global AI vision amid race with OpenAI, Anthropic and China

Notts Forest owner Marinakis sues Palace over gun banner - reports

US judge ends graft case against India's Adani

A US judge threw out a case against Indian billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani on Monday after the Trump administration decided to drop the fraud and bribery allegations against him.

Koech gets three-year ban, stripped of US 1,500m title

Kenyan-born American runner Jonah Koech has accepted a three-year ban for blood doping and been stripped of his 2025 US 1,500-meter title, the US Anti-Doping Agency announced on Monday.

Anderson retires after 10 MLB seasons after 'too much pain'

Tim Anderson, a two-time All-Star shortstop and 2019 American League batting champion, announced his retirement from Major League Baseball on Monday at age 33, saying he no longer enjoyed playing.

Sensational Ingebrigtsen back with more European gold

Jakob Ingebrigtsen sealed a sensational comeback from achilles tendon surgery to win a record-extending seventh European championship gold in Birmingham on Monday.

Colombia in state of emergency as quake kills 111

Colombia declared a state of emergency on Monday after a powerful earthquake killed at least 111 people, damaged more than 1,500 buildings and left an unknown number of people buried under rubble.

'A scare': Brazil player leaps into tunnel in joy over goal

A Brazilian footballer said Monday he was recovering well after an exuberant goal celebration saw him jump over a barrier and disappear into a tunnel.

Britain's Amy Hunt wins European women's 100m gold

Britain's Amy Hunt scorched to victory in the 100m at the European athletics championships in Birmingham on Monday.

USA Swimming CFO Hilliard arrested for alleged theft

Cory Hilliard, USA Swimming's chief financial officer, was arrested on Monday in Colorado on charges of theft, embezzlement and official misconduct during his time as a University of Colorado employee.

Global stocks mixed while oil prices jump on Hormuz

Stock markets were little changed Monday, holding near record highs amid thin summer volumes, as investors awaited inflation data this week while mostly shrugging off the latest spike in oil prices.

Ingebrigtsen delivers masterclass for seventh European athletics gold

Jakob Ingebrigtsen consolidated his place as the most successful male athlete in European history on Monday when he won the 5,000m in Birmingham for his seventh individual continental gold.

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