Six-time world champion Marc Marquez was taken to hospital after a horror crash in the final warm-up for Sunday's Indonesian MotoGP.
Spanish 18-year-old Carlos Alcaraz was far from downhearted after a battling three-set loss to childhood idol Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals of the ATP Indian Wells Masters.
Their economies rocked by conflict, Russian and Ukrainian authorities have deployed different tactics to defend their weakened currencies, with varying degrees of success.
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In the middle of a bazaar in western Afghanistan, Arezo Akrimi takes out her smartphone and, after a few taps of the screen, changes some cryptocurrency for a bundle of hard cash.
March 20, 2022
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Taylor Fritz ended Andrey Rublev's 13-match ATP winning streak Saturday, beating the world number seven 7-5, 6-4 to reach the Indian Wells Masters final.
March 19, 2022
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France won their first Six Nations title since 2010 by defeating England 25-13 in an impressive all-round display at the Stade de France on Saturday.
March 19, 2022
Davis Riley fired a nine-under-par 62, his best US PGA round by three strokes, to seize a two-shot lead after Saturday's third round of the Valspar Championship.
March 19, 2022
AC Milan kept hold of their three-point lead at the top of Serie A on Saturday with a 1-0 win at Cagliari, while Inter Milan fell further behind their local rivals after being held 1-1 by Fiorentina.
March 19, 2022
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Artist Marcello Quintanilha won the best album prize at the Angouleme comic books festival in France Saturday for his work, "Listen, pretty Marcia".
March 19, 2022
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France won their first Six Nations title since 2010 by defeating England 25-13 in a superb all-round display at the Stade de France on Saturday.
Ireland won the Triple Crown for the first time since 2018, beating Scotland 26-5 in their final Six Nations match at Lansdowne Road on Saturday.
Eastern Antarctica has recorded exceptionally high temperatures this week, more than 30 degrees Celsius above normal, say experts.
Inter Miami slumped to their third defeat of the Major League Soccer season on Saturday as two goals from Brandon Vazquez fired FC Cincinnati to a 3-1 victory over David Beckham's Florida franchise.
March 19, 2022
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Johnny Sexton celebrated captaining Ireland to the Six Nations Triple Crown on Saturday saying he had never been so nervous before a game but securing it is "the reason why you play the game."
March 19, 2022
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Thousands of people in several French cities marched Saturday to protest racism and police brutality.
Italy's Olympic 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs trumped American rival Christian Coleman for 60m gold on the second day of the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade on Saturday, while Yaroslava Mahuchikh claimed a memorable high jump title for war-ravaged Ukraine.
Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs added the world indoor 60m crown to his Olympic 100m title as he scorched to victory in track's shortest event in Belgrade on Saturday.
Johnny Sexton celebrated captaining Ireland to the Six Nations Triple Crown saying he had never been so nervous before a game but securing it is "the reason why you play the game."
March 19, 2022
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