FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Friday received support from several leading South American football figures as he visited Colombia amidst the crisis engulfing world football's governing body.
Reigning Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina advanced to the fourth round of the WTA Toronto Masters on Friday while French Open winner Mirra Andreeva was eliminated by Canada's Leylah Fernandez.
Ben Shelton threw down eight aces and produced three love games in the second set in dominating Zizou Bergs 6-3, 6-2 on Friday in reaching the fourth round of the ATP Montreal Masters.
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A legal battle between Apple and OpenAI over the ChatGPT-maker's secretive device project escalated this week when the artificial intelligence (AI) developer called the iPhone-maker's allegations "baseless" and asked for the lawsuit's dismissal.
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Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi returned after a broken collarbone to shave almost a full second off the Silverstone track record in Friday's pre-qualifying session for this weekend's British MotoGP.
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US President Donald Trump is moving forward with an attempt to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud allegations, according to a White House letter seen by AFP on Friday, after the Supreme Court batted him back in June.
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Rashid Khan took six wickets as Afghanistan hammered Ireland by 92 runs in the second one-day international on Friday.
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Andrew Flintoff said Friday he had stepped down from his role as coach of the second-string England Lions after his appointment as head coach of the Sydney Thunder in Australia's T20 Big Bash League.
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Chancellor Friedrich Merz convened Germany's national security council Friday to discuss an explosive-laden drone found near a Ukrainian cargo plane and the mid-air collision of another aircraft with an unidentified object this week.
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FIFA president Gianni Infantino arrived on Friday in the Colombian city of Cali to attend hard-right president Abelardo de la Espriella's inauguration, as a crisis sweeps the highest echelons of the football world.
Kasia Niewiadoma crushed her two rivals Marlen Reusser and Demi Vollering to win the Tour de France Femmes Queen stage on Friday and leap into the overall lead.
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Crystal Palace on Friday announced the signing of Japan defender Takehiro Tomiyasu, reportedly on a free transfer.
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The University of Cambridge said Friday that it would be reviewing its hiring process for senior roles as it probes claims of plagiarism by a professor who resigned this week.
The United States unexpectedly lost thousands of jobs in July, government data showed Friday, a blow to US President Donald Trump's claims of leading an economic revival as his Republican Party gears up for crucial midterm elections.
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The United States unexpectedly lost thousands of jobs in July, government data showed Friday, a blow to US President Donald Trump's claims of leading an economic revival as his Republican Party gears up for crucial midterm elections.
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