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  / 7 months ago

  Osaka beaten in first round in Rouen on clay return

  Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka was knocked out of the first round of the WTA event in Rouen on Wednesday,...

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  More sports

  / 7 months ago

  Transgender survey shows ‘fairness must take priority’ for elite athletes

  Most female athletes support categorisation by biological sex rather than gender identity in women’s contact and endurance sports, in what is...

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  Athletics

  / 7 months ago

  Chinese athletics admits ‘problems’, days on from half-marathon fiasco

  The booming popularity of road running in China has “exposed problems”, the country’s top athletics body says, after a half marathon...

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  Formula 1

  / 7 months ago

  China’s first F1 driver Zhou says ‘endurance’ key to success

  The path to becoming China’s first Formula One driver was a lonely one that required endurance and tough self-discipline, Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu said...

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  Football

  / 7 months ago

  ‘We’ve got one goal: Wembley’, says Dortmund’s Fuellkrug

  Striker Niclas Fuellkrug on Tuesday backed Borussia Dortmund for a return to Wembley, 11 years after the club last reached the...

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  Football

  / 7 months ago

  ‘Great season’ still possible for Bayern, says Kane before Arsenal clash

  Striker Harry Kane said Tuesday Bayern Munich still have a chance of a “great season” by winning the Champions League, before...

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  Basketball

  / 7 months ago

  Watch: Lakers book playoff date with Nuggets, Kings eliminate Warriors

  LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers held off a furious late rally to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 110-106 on...

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  Football

  / 7 months ago

  Silva says double treble an ‘inspiration’ for Man. City

  Bernardo Silva says an unprecedented double treble is an “inspiration and motivation” as Manchester City prepare to host Real Madrid on...

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  Football

  / 7 months ago

  Watch: ‘Very bad’ referee ended Barca’s challenge, says coach Xavi

  Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez claimed the referee’s decision to send Ronald Araujo off in their Champions League knock-out by Paris Saint-Germain...

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  Football

  / 7 months ago

  Arsenal seek to silence doubters as Bayern Champions League test looms

  Arsenal are preparing for a potentially season-defining Champions League clash against Bayern Munich on Wednesday as familiar doubts simmer over whether...

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