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Norris edges Piastri as McLaren top Jeddah practice

Judge denies Sean 'Diddy' Combs push to delay trial

F1 success is 'like cooking' - Ferrari head chef Vasseur

Cycling mulls slowing bikes to make road racing safer

Macron invites foreign researchers to 'choose France'

Klopp 'happy' in new job despite Real Madrid rumours: agent

Alcaraz into Barcelona semis as defending champion Ruud exits

Evenepoel returns with victory in Brabantse Pijl

Maresca confident he will survive Chelsea slump

Arsenal's Havertz could return for Champions League final

Client brain-dead after Paris cryotherapy session goes wrong

Alvarez bags penalty double as Atletico beat Valladolid

Julian Alvarez netted two penalties as Atletico Madrid dispatched bottom side Real Valladolid 4-2 on Monday in La Liga.

Judge to captain USA in World Baseball Classic

New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge will captain the United States in next year's World Baseball Classic, it was announced on Monday.

Lukaku stars as Napoli keep pressure on Serie A leaders Inter

Romelu Lukaku made sure that Napoli would stay three points behind Serie A leaders Inter Milan with a goal and two assists in Monday's 3-0 win over struggling Empoli.

Trump's tariff exemptions give markets relief, but uncertainty dominates

US tariff exemptions for electronics prompted market rallies Monday from Asia to Wall Street, but uncertainty dominated in a global trade war that Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned can have "no winner."

Pope paves way for 'God's architect' Gaudi's sainthood

The Catholic Church has put Antoni Gaudi, the designer of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica nicknamed "God's architect", on the path to sainthood, the Vatican said on Monday.

Harvard defies Trump demands for policy changes, risking funding

Elite US university Harvard risked billions of dollars in federal funding Monday as it rejected a list of sweeping demands that the Trump administration said are intended to crack down on campus antisemitism.

Dhoni snaps Chennai's five-match IPL losing streak

Former India captain M.S. Dhoni rolled back the years with an unbeaten 26 as Chennai Super Kings bounced back from five losses to down Lucknow Super Giants by five wickets in the IPL on Monday.

Mexican president opposes ban on songs glorifying drug cartels

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that she opposed a ban on songs glorifying drug traffickers, after violence erupted at a concert by an artist famous for singing "narcocorridos."

Meta chief Zuckerberg testifies at landmark US antitrust trial

Meta chief and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg took the stand Monday in a landmark US anti-trust trial in which his social media juggernaut stands accused of abusing its market power to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp before they could become competitors.

French prosecutor investigates as man confesses to throwing bottle at Van der Poel

The Lille public prosecutor's office confirmed on Monday that it had opened an investigation into "violence with a weapon" after a water bottle was thrown at Mathieu van der Poel, as he rode to victory in the Paris-Roubaix cycling race.

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