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Maresca challenges Chelsea to react to Fulham blow

Tech slump slays Santa rally, weak yen lifts Japan stocks higher

Test records for Zimbabwe and Williams as Afghanistan toil

LawConnect wins punishing Sydney-Hobart yacht race

Barca's Yamal vows to 'come back better' after ankle injury

Olmo closer to Barcelona exit after registration request rejected

Bosch, Jansen put South Africa on top against Pakistan

Amorim accepts job is on the line if Man Utd keep losing

Malaysia man flogged in mosque for crime of gender mixing

Montenegro to extradite crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon to US

Brazil views labor violations at BYD site as human 'trafficking'

Australia flies medical team to Covid-hit Solomons

Australia flew a small team of emergency medical specialists to Honiara on Saturday after the Solomon Islands requested help in battling a worsening outbreak of Covid-19.

Medvedev cops $12,000 fine for umpire rant at Australian Open

Daniil Medvedev was fined a total of US$12,000 Saturday following his extraordinary outburst at the chair umpire during his semi-final win over Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Australian Open.

Joni Mitchell says boycotting Spotify over Covid 'lies'

Singer Joni Mitchell said Friday she was pulling her music from Spotify over "lies" on the streaming service about Covid-19, just days after fellow musical titan Neil Young did the same.

Thousands of flights canceled as Eastern US braces for winter storm

Thousands of flights in the United States were canceled Saturday as parts of the East Coast braced for a shellacking by a powerful winter storm packing heavy snow and high winds.

DR Congo court set for verdict in murder of UN experts

A military court in Democratic Republic of Congo Saturday is set to pronounce a long-awaited verdict in a mass trial over the 2017 murder of two UN experts in a troubled central region.

US ski star Shiffrin aiming for more Olympic gold

Mikaela Shiffrin will head to Beijing with a proven Olympic track record and on the back of World Cup form after a tumultuous year that has kept her in the spotlight as one of the world's best alpine skiers.

$Avalanche star MacKinnon diagnosed with facial fracture$

Avalanche star MacKinnon diagnosed with facial fracture

Colorado Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon has been diagnosed with a facial fracture and a concussion after being bloodied by a hard hit in Wednesday's NHL game, the team announced on Friday.

Qatar looks to profit from Europe gas fears over Ukraine

Europe's fears of losing Russian gas supplies in the Ukraine crisis will loom large when Qatar's emir meets the US president on Monday but the powerful Gulf ruler has no "magic wand", analysts say.

Peru government says oil spill twice as big as previously thought

The oil spill off the coast of Peru sparked by a volcanic eruption thousands of miles away is twice as big as previously reported, the government said Friday.

Japan's 'Ice Prince' Hanyu reigns over Olympic skating

All eyes will be on Yuzuru Hanyu when he attempts to complete a hat-trick of Olympic figure skating golds in Beijing, but don't expect that to bother him -- Japan's "Ice Prince" revels in the spotlight.

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