Bangladesh's stunning Test win in Australia was years in the making, tracing its roots to reforms introduced after a crisis period in 2019.
Polina Buhrova of Ukraine said that playing at badminton's world championships was a show of defiance, but asked: "How can you feel normal when bombs and drones are falling?"
Coach Andrew McDonald admitted Monday that Australia "let our standards slip" in a stinging first home Test loss to Bangladesh, but defended his ageing team saying they have "a fair bit of cricket left in them".
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A sprawling expanse of white marble waste in India is drawing tourists, filmmakers and social media enthusiasts to a landscape that looks more like a snow-covered valley than a dumping ground.
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Australia's humiliating nine-wicket loss to Bangladesh has accelerated calls for regeneration of its ageing Test team with opener Jake Weatherald and the inconsistent Marnus Labuschagne in the firing line.
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World number one Aryna Sabalenka needed six match points to subdue Talia Gibson on Sunday and join reigning Grand Slam champions Elena Rybakina and Mirra Andreeva in the third round of the Cincinnati Masters.
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On a Turkish hillside overlooking the olive-covered slopes outside Izmir is a cave known to generations of locals as the place where Homer penned "The Odyssey".
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Jason Arday, the ex-Cambridge professor found dead amid a growing furore over claims of academic plagiarism and personal life embellishments, rose from humble roots in Britain to be hailed as an academic superstar.
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Opening arguments were expected on Monday in the trial of a former gang leader accused of orchestrating the murder of Tupac Shakur, 30 years after one of America's most influential rappers was gunned down in Las Vegas.
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The noise of backhoes, cranes and bulldozers echoed across Colombia's quake-hit cities on Sunday as workers labored to remove rubble, though the chance of finding survivors was slim a week after the disaster.
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LONDON, UK / ACCESS Newswire / August 17, 2026 / First Class Metals PLC (LSE:FCM) ("FCM" or the "Company"), the Ontario-focused gold and critical metals exploration company, is pleased to announce that it has submitted an application to OTC Markets Group ("OTC Markets") for the Company's ordinary shares to be quoted on the OTCID basic market ("OTCID") as an International Reporting Company
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More than 31,000 people, including several MPs, have signed a petition urging UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham to hold a public inquiry into alleged media harassment of the late academic Jason Arday, the organisers said Sunday.
Scotland's European badminton champion Kirsty Gilmour, who came out as gay in 2021, said she hopes to see greater acceptance of LGBTQ people in Asia.
As Germany's Opel slashes its engineering ranks and partners with China's Leapmotor, anxiety is running high in Ruesselsheim, the city it has long dominated.
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