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Real Madrid hold Real Sociedad in eight-goal thriller to reach Copa del Rey final

Nuno salutes 'special' Elanga after stunning strike fires Forest

PSG survive scare against Dunkerque to reach French Cup final

Sundowns edge Esperance as crowd violence mars quarter-final

Nottingham Forest beat Man Utd, Saka scores on Arsenal return

Elanga wonder-goal sinks Man Utd as Forest eye Champions League berth

US movie theaters urge 45-day 'baseline' before films hit streaming

Saka scores on return as Arsenal beat Fulham

Third-division Bielefeld shock holders Leverkusen in German Cup

Ball-blasting 'Torpedo bats' making waves across MLB opening weekend

Newsmax shares surge more than 2,000% in days after IPO

Electric Kilde fires Olympic broadside with Kitzbuehel victory

In-form Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde fired an Olympic broadside when he streaked to a "completely wild" victory in the famed World Cup downhill in Kitzbuehel on Friday.

Anisimova stuns Osaka as Nadal sends title warning

Defending champion Naomi Osaka was dumped out of the Australian Open in the third round on Friday by unseeded American Amanda Anisimova to open up the draw for title favourite Ashleigh Barty.

Afghan NGO women 'threatened with shooting' for not wearing burqa

The Taliban's religious police have threatened to shoot women NGO workers in a northwestern province of Afghanistan if they do not wear the all-covering burqa, two staff members told AFP.

England captain Farrell suffers new injury blow ahead of Six Nations

England captain Owen Farrell's prospects of featuring in the Six Nations suffered a fresh setback when club side Saracens said Friday he had sustained a fresh injury in training.

Nadal revels in 'special' return to surge into fourth round

Rafael Nadal dropped a set for the first time at this year's Australian Open but played his best match since injury to overcome Karen Khachanov and steam into the fourth round on Friday.

UK retail sales suffer record drop on Omicron fears

British retail sales suffered a record drop in December as consumers shunned the high street due to Omicron concerns, having snapped up Christmas purchases the previous month, data showed Friday.

Pant puts best foot forward to give India hope

Rishabh Pant made a hard-hit 85 to spearhead India's bid to square the series in the second one-day international against South Africa at Boland Park in Paarl on Friday.

Anisimova soaking up the moment after Osaka upset

Unseeded American Amanda Anisimova said she was just "soaking in the moment" after stunning defending Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka in the third round on Friday.

Ghana probes massive blast after 13 killed

Ghana's government on Friday said it was investigating a massive blast involving a truck transporting mining explosives that killed at least 13 people and wounded dozens more.

Osaka says 'I'm not God' after stunning early Melbourne exit

A philosophical Naomi Osaka said Friday she "is not God" and cannot always win after the defending champion was knocked out of the Australian Open in the third round by unseeded Amanda Anisimova.

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