Hard-hitting batsman Phil Salt was passed fit as England named their team Saturday for their first match in the T20 World Cup.
Spain and Portugal on Saturday braced for another storm heading for the Iberian peninsula, just days after the floods caused by Storm Leonardo killed at least one person in each country.
Pakistan's spinners turned the screws to bowl Netherlands out for 147 in the first match of the T20 World Cup at Colombo's Sinhalese Sports Club on Saturday.
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The Detroit Pistons ended the New York Knicks' eight-game NBA winning streak on Friday, routing the Knicks 118-80 in a top of the table Eastern Conference clash.
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Bolivia's new government plans to restore full diplomatic ties with Washington "as soon as possible," after a nearly two-decade rupture, Foreign Minister Fernando Aramayo told AFP.
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The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics opened on Friday with a glittering ceremony at the San Siro stadium echoed by festivities at Games venues across the snow-capped Italian Alps.
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China has overturned the death sentence of Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, a Canadian official told AFP Friday, in a possible sign of a diplomatic thaw as Prime Minister Mark Carney seeks to boost trade ties with Beijing.
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President Donald Trump on Friday issued a proclamation reopening commercial fishing in protected waters off the Atlantic coast, in a region renowned for its rich biodiversity.
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Michael Carrick said Manchester United must not rush their choice of a permanent new manager after insisting nothing has changed about his own job prospects.
Leeds bolstered their bid for Premier League survival with a vital 3-1 win against relegation rivals Nottingham Forest on Friday.
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The Dow surged above 50,000 points for the first time Friday, shrugging off worries connected to artificial intelligence companies while traders focused on the prospects for US growth and Federal Reserve interest rate cuts.
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China's freestyle ski star Eileen Gu has admitted that injuries "damaged her confidence" before she hit top form again as she prepares for a shot at Olympic triple gold.
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UK police probing Britain's former ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson searched two properties on Friday, authorities said, following fresh revelations in the Epstein files.
Chelsea Women's manager Sonia Bompastor extended her contract until 2030 on Friday, despite the defending champions' recent struggles.
The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics opened on Friday with a glittering ceremony at the San Siro stadium echoed by celebrations at Games venues across the Italian Alps.
A French yoga teacher who was held in a blood and feces-stained Venezuelan jail on suspicion of being a US spy described how guards put him "through hell" in an attempt to break him.
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