Veteran French politician Jack Lang, a former minister, offered his resignation from a key cultural post on Saturday as pressure grows on him over revelations in the latest release of the Epstein files.
Jaxson Hayes of the Los Angeles Lakers was among four newcomers named Saturday to compete in the Slam Dunk Contest at next week's NBA All-Star festivities in Los Angeles.
Mikaela Shiffrin said Saturday she has learned from the mistakes which cost her Olympic medals four years ago as the in-form ski star prepares for her first race at the Milan-Cortina Games.
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Mikaela Shiffrin said Saturday she has learned from the mistakes which cost her Olympic medals four years ago as the in-form ski star prepares for her first race at the Milan-Cortina Games.
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Italy heaped the pressure on Scotland coach Gregor Townsend on Saturday, running out deserved 18-15 winners in their Six Nations opener played in atrocious wet conditions in Rome.
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Spain and Portugal on Saturday faced fresh storms and torrential rain just days after floods caused by Storm Leonardo proved fatal in both countries and caused significant damage.
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A jury has been confirmed in a landmark social media addiction trial in the US state of California, a process dominated by references to tech giant Meta's divisive founder Mark Zuckerberg.
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Iraq has so far received 2,225 Islamic State group detainees, whom the US military began transferring from Syria last month, an Iraqi official told AFP on Saturday.
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World champion Birk Ruud topped qualifying in the Olympic men's freeski slopestyle competition on Saturday, edging out Norwegian compatriot Tormod Frostad in a strong field.
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Young Czech qualifier Sara Bejlek won the first WTA title of her career on Saturday as she beat Russian second seed Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 in the final of the Abu Dhabi Open.
Two French adventurers reached the end of an epic walk from their hometown to Shanghai on Saturday, after nearly a year and a half crossing 16 countries almost entirely on foot.
Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen scorched to victory in the men's Olympic downhill in Bormio on Saturday, winning the first gold medal of the Milan-Cortina Winter Games.
Australian snowboard veteran Scotty James is hoping to go one better at his fifth Olympics as he targets an elusive gold at the Milan-Cortina Games.
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Czech snowboarder Eva Adamczykova is chasing a second Olympic gold 12 years on from her Sochi triumph -- after swapping her board and goggles for sequins and stilettos.
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Lindsey Vonn's dream of Olympic medal glory is alive after the American ski star again defied a serious knee injury to successfully complete her second training run for the Milan-Cortina women's downhill on Saturday.
Pace bowler Romario Shepherd took the first hat-trick of the 2026 T20 World Cup on Saturday to help the West Indies blow away Scotland's tail and win by 35 runs in their Group C opener in Kolkata.
Newly-crowned Olympic downhill champion Franjo von Allmen is a thrill-seeking adrenaline junkie whose previous success has seen his local butcher name a sausage after him.
Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen claimed the first gold medal of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics as he dominated the men's downhill on Saturday hours after the Games officially opened.
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