Luke Jacobson will captain New Zealand for the first time when they face the Sharks in Durban on Tuesday in the second match of the 'Greatest Rivalry' tour of South Africa.
Europe has become one of Honda’s smallest major car markets, but the Japanese manufacturer is not preparing to retreat. Under regional president Hans De Jaeger, its new strategy is built around a deliberately modest recovery: move annual European sales back towards roughly 100,000 vehicles within the next two to three years, preserve pricing power and avoid the costly discounting that has become increasingly common as new brands fight for recognition.
Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in densely populated eastern China on Sunday, meteorological authorities said, after the storm triggered more than 1,000 flight cancellations, evacuations and a top-level alert.
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Lionel Messi was absent following the death of his father as Inter Miami lost 2-1 to visiting Monterrey on Saturday in a Leagues Cup match.
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Italian Luciano Darderi fuelled himself with an expresso shot during a mid-match changeover in a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Nuno Borges on Saturday to reach the Montreal Masters quarter-finals.
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FIFA on Saturday condemned "a concerted and ongoing effort by some to undermine" the world game's governing body and its president Gianni Infantino as the controversy over his now shelved private investment plan rumbles on.
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Italian Luciano Darderi fuelled himself with an expresso shot during a mid-match changeover in a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Nuno Borges on Saturday to reach the Montreal Masters quarter-finals.
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World champions South Africa withstood a 15-phase post-hooter attack to edge Argentina 17-10 in a tense one-off Test in Buenos Aires on Saturday and stretch a winning streak to 12 internationals.
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Diana Shnaider upset world number three Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday to reach the WTA Toronto Masters quarter-finals, where the 15th-seeded Russian will face Poland's Iga Swiatek.
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Michael Carrick said he had to be "careful" with Mason Mount after the England midfielder was involved in an injury scare during Manchester United's 1-1 friendly draw with Paris Saint-Germain in Gothenburg on Saturday.
Manchester United managed a creditable 1-1 draw with European champions Paris Saint-Germain in a Gothenburg friendly on Saturday but the result was overshadowed by an injury to Mason Mount.
New Zealand lock Patrick Tuipulotu said on Saturday he was "surprised" that South African club the Sharks had included former All Black Ma'a Nonu in the matchday 23 to face the tourists.
Ukraine on Saturday denied targeting Bulgaria after a drone exploded close to the strategic Trans-Balkan gas pipeline linking Turkey to Ukraine near the Romanian border.
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FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who has endured a week of scathing criticism revolving around the now shelved private investment plan, has been accused by a British newspaper of paying off an alleged lover while at UEFA.
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Demi Vollering's late attack and solo break for victory earned the overall lead of the Tour de France Femmes on Saturday as overnight leader Kasia Niewiadoma finished third on the day.
MotoGP world championship leader Jorge Martin soared to victory in Saturday's sprint race at the British Grand Prix.
New guidelines to prevent broadcasters sexualising coverage of women athletes will come into place when the European championships start in Birmingham on Monday.
Pitso Mosimane is set to succeed Belgian Hugo Bross as coach of South Africa, the national football association announced on Saturday.
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