The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) on Friday appealed the dismissal of its president Ednaldo Rodrigues to the Supreme Court, a day after a lower court invalidated his employment contract over suspicions of forgery.
World Press Photo said Friday it removed US-Vietnamese photographer Nick Ut's name as the person credited for one of history's most iconic pictures, the Vietnam War image "Napalm Girl", amid doubts over its authorship.
Arne Slot refused to comment on Liverpool's reported pursuit of Bayer Leverkusen defender Jeremie Frimpong, but the Reds boss is already working on plans to make the Premier League champions even stronger next season.
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Kneeling to greet Italy's Giorgia Meloni and gripping France's Emmanuel Macron in a bro hug, Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama hosted Europe's leaders Friday with his showman's panache undampened by torrential rain.
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Championship leader Oscar Piastri topped the times ahead of McLaren team-mate and nearest rival Lando Norris in Friday’s opening practice at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, with the two drivers separated by only 0.032 seconds.
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England's Tyrrell Hatton and American Max Homa made early charges in Friday's second round of the PGA Championship as leader Jhonattan Vegas of Venezuela teed off with a two-stroke advantage.
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Manchester United manager Marc Skinner has challenged his Women's FA Cup-holders to "go through hell" as they bid to deny Chelsea a domestic treble in Sunday's final at Wembley.
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American R&B singer Chris Brown, former boyfriend of superstar Rihanna, was Friday remanded in custody until June 13 by a UK court, charged with assault over a 2023 incident.
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The Council of Europe on Friday said Gaza was suffering from a "deliberate starvation", and warned that Israel was sowing "the seeds for the next Hamas" in the territory.
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As excitement builds for Saturday's Eurovision final, one question looms large: could superstar Celine Dion, now in fragile health, make a show-stopping appearance, 37 years after winning the competition?
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa travels to the United States next week to meet Donald Trump in a bid to rescue deteriorating relations with a vital and increasingly critical trade partner.
Russians and Ukrainians sat face-to-face for under two hours Friday in Istanbul for the first direct talks in over three years aimed at ending their war, with expectations low for breakthroughs.
Ruud van Nistelrooy has hailed Jamie Vardy as "one of the greatest" as the Leicester talisman prepares for his 500th and final game for the club on Sunday.
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World Press Photo suspended on Friday the credit for who took one of the most iconic pictures in history, the Vietnam War image "Napalm Girl", after doubts were raised over the photograph's authorship.
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Defense lawyers for Sean Combs have another stab Friday at the testimony of the music mogul's former girlfriend Casandra Ventura, who will return to the stand for a fourth day of marathon questioning in his sex trafficking trial.
A Thai construction tycoon turned himself in on Friday to face charges of alleged negligence over the collapse of a skyscraper that killed dozens of people in a powerful earthquake, police said.
Eddie Howe has warned his Newcastle players not to get "distracted" ahead of Sunday's trip to second-placed Arsenal as they seek to nail down a Champions League spot next season.
The first direct talks on halting Russia's war on Ukraine in more than three years started Friday in Istanbul, with expectations low that the two sides would agree to end Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II.
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