Legendary jockey Lester Piggott dies aged 86
Legendary flat race jockey Lester Piggott who rode a record nine Epsom Derby winners has died aged 86 his son-in-law said on Sunday.
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Zheng Qinwen: Five things to know about China's new tennis sensation
Teenager Zheng Qinwen has lit up the French Open as the newest star to emerge from China, where the coronavirus pandemic and the Peng Shuai scandal has put top-level tennis on hold for more than two years.
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O'Gara trumps Sexton in Euro final subplot
Ronan O'Gara had the last laugh as the former Ireland fly-half coached La Rochelle to European Champions Cup victory over a Leinster side skippered by his successor Johnny Sexton.
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Koroibete stars in end to stop-start Japanese rugby season
Marika Koroibete led Saitama Wild Knights to the Japanese club rugby union title on Sunday as the ambitious rebranded league ended a stop-start debut season marred by coronavirus outbreaks.
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Nepal flight missing with 22 on board
A passenger plane with 22 people on board went missing in Nepal on Sunday, the operating airline and officials said, as poor weather hampered a search operation.
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Ex-mayor eyes historic leftist conquest of Colombian presidency
Colombians vote Sunday in a first round of presidential elections, with a leftist poised for victory for the first time in the country's troubled history.
Read moreMarket day on Ukraine front charts Russia's advance
The Ukrainian farmer thought it was fear that made her neighbours age so much in the week since she saw them come out for market day on the eastern front.
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Toxic smoke and suspicious plastic plant fires in Turkey
The number of fires breaking out in plastic recycling plants has soared in Turkey.
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Decline in North Sea puffins causes concern
The Isle of May, off Scotland's east coast, is home to one of the UK's biggest colonies of seabirds. Some 200,000 birds, from kittiwakes to guillemots can flock to the rocky outcrop at the height of the breeding season.
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Football fans allowed for China's Covid-delayed kick-off
Fans will be allowed in when the coronavirus-delayed Chinese Super League season kicks off on Friday despite the country's strict Covid controls, state media reported.
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