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Japan close gap on USA in Winter Olympics team skating event

Liverpool improvement not reflected in results, says Slot

Japan PM Takaichi basks in election triumph

Machado's close ally released in Venezuela

Dimarco helps Inter to eight-point lead in Serie A

Man City 'needed' to beat Liverpool to keep title race alive: Silva

Czech snowboarder Maderova lands shock Olympic parallel giant slalom win

Man City fight back to end Anfield hoodoo and reel in Arsenal

Crash ends Vonn's Olympic dream as Johnson wins downhill gold

Diaz treble helps Bayern crush Hoffenheim and go six clear

US astronaut to take her 3-year-old's cuddly rabbit into space

Israeli president to honour Bondi Beach attack victims on Australia visit

Israel's President Isaac Herzog starts a tightly secured visit to Australia on Monday to honour the victims of an antisemitic gun attack on Sydney's Bondi Beach that killed 15 people.

Apologetic Turkish center Sengun replaces Shai as NBA All-Star

Turkish center Alperen Sengun of the Houston Rockets was named to replace injured Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on the World Team for next week's NBA All-Star tournament, the league announced on Sunday.

Romania, Argentina leaders invited to Trump 'Board of Peace' meeting

The presidents of Argentina and Romania said Sunday they have been invited to attend the inaugural meeting of US President Donald Trump's controversial "Board of Peace" in Washington on February 19.

Kamindu heroics steer Sri Lanka past Ireland in T20 World Cup

Sri Lanka's 11th-hour call to draft in Kamindu Mendis proved a masterstroke as the all-rounder produced a match turning cameo to set up a 20-run win over Ireland in their T20 World Cup opener at Colombo’s R. Premadasa Stadium on Sunday.

Age just a number for veteran Olympic snowboard champion Karl

Veteran Austrian snowboard star Benjamin Karl said thoughts of retirement can wait after he retained his Olympic men's parallel giant slalom title before throwing himself half-naked onto the snow.

England's Feyi-Waboso out of Scotland Six Nations clash

England wing Immanuel Feyi-Waboso has been ruled out of next weekend's Calcutta Cup clash away to Scotland and could now miss the whole of the Six Nations.

Thailand's pilot PM lands runaway election win

Fresh from an election win that far surpassed expectations, Thailand's prime minister sat casually on the floor of a conference room at his party headquarters Sunday, joking with reporters before getting up to declare victory.

Sarr strikes as Palace end winless run at Brighton

Ismaila Sarr's second-half goal helped Crystal Palace end a woeful 12-match winless run with a 1-0 Premier League victory away to bitter rivals Brighton on Sunday.

Olympic star Ledecka says athletes ignored in debate over future of snowboard event

Czech snowboard star Ester Ledecka took aim at Olympic chiefs on Sunday amid fears that parallel giant slalom could be axed, saying athletes' voices were considered secondary to "politics and money".

French police arrest six over crypto-linked magistrate kidnapping

French authorities have arrested six suspects, including a minor, after a magistrate and her mother were held captive last week for around 30 hours in a cryptocurrency ransom plot, prosecutors said on Sunday.

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