When thinking of Australia, one's mind tends to gravitate towards scorching sun and barbecues on the beach, but double Summer Paralympic champion Lauren Parker has set herself the challenge of defying that stereotype by taking on the Winter Games at Milan-Cortina.
Amine Gouiri came off the bench to smash home the only goal on Friday as Marseille consolidated their grip on third in Ligue 1 with a 1-0 home victory over relegation-haunted Auxerre.
Someone's streak will end on Saturday when Carlos Alcaraz, unbeaten in 16 matches to start the season, faces red-hot Russian Daniil Medvedev for a place in the Indian Wells ATP Masters 1000 final.
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Rome's city council on Friday voted overwhelmingly in favour of Serie A club Roma's plan to build a new stadium in the northeast of the Italian capital with a view to hosting Euro 2032 games.
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Brazil revokes visa of US diplomat in Bolsonaro row
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- Cuba releases prisoners, confirms talks with US
- Mignoni returns as Toulon coach after mid-season 'breakdown'
- Germans head to Polish pumps as oil price bites
- UK govt warns petrol retailers against 'unfair practices' during Iran war
Tomos Williams has urged Wales to learn from the example of Italy as they try to end their lengthy losing streak in the Six Nations Championship.
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Formula One races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia will be cancelled or rescheduled as the Middle East war engulfs the region, a source with knowledge of the matter told AFP on Friday.
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The war in the Middle East has largely paralysed the Gulf region's crucial oil industry, which has been hit by attacks and an export blockade.
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Ireland captain Caelan Doris believes his side will have a "ton of motivation" when they face Scotland in a Triple Crown decider in Dublin on Saturday -- a match where the winners will remain in the hunt for the Six Nations Championship title.
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Sports
Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 128 runs via the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern (DLS) method in the rain-affected second ODI at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday.
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Gaelic Warrior eased home to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup, the blue-riband event of steeplechasing, and give trainer Willie Mullins a record-equalling fifth win in the race on Friday.
Only 77 ships have so far crossed the Strait of Hormuz in March as the Mideast war disrupts one of the world's most vital shipping routes, a maritime data firm reported Friday.
Sri Lanka on Friday repatriated the remains of 84 Iranian sailors who perished when their frigate was sunk nine days ago by a US submarine, local officials said.
Notorious Latin American narco trafficker Sebastian Marset, who eluded police for years, was handed over to US authorities after his arrest Friday in Bolivia.
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Economy
The United States has eased some restrictions on Russia's oil sales as it tries to stabilise global energy markets, upended by Iran blocking the Strait of Hormuz amid the war in the Middle East.
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Oil prices stayed under $100 Friday with no end in sight to the disruption in supplies of crude, while stock markets slid lower.
Colombian climber Harold Tejada attacked 4.5 kilometres from the finish in Apt on Friday to win the sixth stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race as Jonas Vingegaard retained a comfortable lead.
France captain Antoine Dupont is wary of a "dangerous" and "physical" England side with nothing to lose in the Six Nations finale on Saturday.
The Pentagon and White House slammed CNN over its Iran war coverage Friday -- with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth saying he looked forward to an ally of President Donald Trump taking over the news network.
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- How Iranians are communicating through internet blackout
- Arsenal's Arteta backs 'incredible' Saka despite patchy form
- Boat Race captains will be French in historic first
- Trump vows intense strikes as Iran war heads into third week
- Tuipulotu says Scotland have 'been to hell and back' ahead of Six Nations title shot
- Senegal to take back assets of phosphate giant ICS
- Global shipping industry caught in storm of war