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Viral Korean Olympic shooter scores first acting role as assassin

Farrell set for 'challenge' of downing Bordeaux in Top 14

Springbok Etzebeth diverts attention from looming caps record

Inter on a high ahead of Milan derby as Napoli face Juve test

Bank of Japan leaves key interest rate unchanged

Arnold quits after six years in charge of Australia

Asian markets track Wall Street record to extend global rally

Guirassy and Anton to return to Stuttgart with new side Dortmund

Marseille bidding to continue 'almost perfect' Ligue 1 start

Arnold quits as coach of Australia men's football team

Allies to remember failed WWII parachute operation

Murdoch media empire succession drama plays out in US tribunal

A US tribunal began picking over the bitter spat between media magnate Rupert Murdoch and his children Monday in a case that could determine the fate of his empire, including the influential right-wing Fox News.

Players ignored in loaded football season, says Liverpool's Alisson

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson said on Monday players are being ignored as more matches are played during seasons, ahead of the start of the extended Champions League this week.

England's Curry 'curled up and cried' after serious injury

England's Tom Curry said on Monday he "curled up in a ball" and cried when told the full extent of a hip problem that saw him most of last season and left the Sale flanker fearing for his rugby career.

Glamorgan approach Hollywood's Reynolds and McElhenney over Hundred investment

Glamorgan confirmed Monday that the Hollywood duo of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney had been approached about expanding their investment into British sport from football to cricket by taking a stake in the Welsh Fire, one of the teams in the Hundred competition.

League Cup still 'significant' for Man Utd boss Ten Hag

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag insisted Monday he still believed English football's League Cup remained a "significant" competition.

Brazil's farmers fret over fires and drought

Sugarcane farmer Marcos Meloni is still haunted by his battle last month to fight the flames on his land, as the double-edged disaster of fires and drought hits Brazil's agricultural sector hard.

Top Biden aide says US economy at 'turning point'

The US economy is at an "important turning point," the top economic advisor to President Joe Biden said Monday, calling for safeguards to be put in place to protect gains made in the labor market, ahead of a key Federal Reserve interest rate decision.

Iran president vows to ensure morality police don't 'bother' women

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed Monday to ensure the morality police will no longer "bother" women, in remarks to the media on the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death in custody.

Bayern set sights on dream home Champions League final

Bayern captain Manuel Neuer said Monday his side were fully focused on the Champions League season, with this year's final to be held at Munich's Allianz Arena.

Toll hits 17 as Storm Boris lashes central Europe

Flooding sparked by Storm Boris in central Europe has burst dams, knocked out power and killed at least 17 people, authorities said Monday as some communities were cut off four days into the disaster.

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