Sadio Mane got the better of Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah as Senegal beat Egypt to lift the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time during a dramatic weekend of sport. National League North Kidderminster came within seconds of dumping Premier League West Ham out of the FA Cup before themselves making an agonising exit – but Boreham Wood from […]
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Authorities on Sunday broke up a camp of about 380 migrants, mostly from Mexico and Central America, in Tijuana, near the US border. © Guillermo Arias Migrants are seen next to riot police as authorities dismantle an improvised camp outside El Chaparral crossing port in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, near the border with the US.
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A fire started by an arsonist broke out overnight at the cathedral where South Africa’s spiritual father and anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond Tutu is buried, a church leader announced Sunday. The fire was detected in the basement of a section of St. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town at around 2 am (midnight GMT). © RODGER
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The president of the International Olympic Committee said he held a face-to-face meeting with Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis star who disappeared from social media after accusing a former top Chinese Communist Party official of sexual assault. In a statement Monday, the IOC said its president, Thomas Bach, had dinner with Peng on Saturday at
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20 © PA Wire Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists no player can be guaranteed their place (Nick Potts/PA) – PA WireLiverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists there is no room for sentiment in his team selection and previous performance is no guarantee of a regular place. Most of the German’s first-choice side are Champions League and Premier League winners having won the trophies in
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A Chinese city of 3.5 million near the border with Vietnam was on lockdown Monday after more than 70 coronavirus cases were discovered there over the past three days. China, the only major world economy still sticking to a staunch zero-Covid policy, is on high alert for any outbreaks as it hosts the Beijing Winter
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HOUSTON (AP) — Brandon Ingram scored 33 points and tied a career high with 12 assists as the New Orleans Pelicans used a big third quarter to take control of the game and get a 120-107 win over the Houston Rockets on Sunday night. © Provided by Associated Press – Sports Houston Rockets forward Jae’Sean Tate
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Thousands of protesters descended in Ottawa over the weekend. Ottawa’s mayor said that the situation was ‘completely out of control.’The mayor of Canadian capital Ottawa declared a state of emergency on Sunday amid trucker protests against COVID-19 restrictions. © Adrian Wyld/AP Photo/picture alliance Thousands descended on Ottawa over the weekendThousands of protesters descended in Ottawa on
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China welcomed Argentina into its global Belt and Road Initiative Sunday as President Xi Jinping capped a weekend of frenetic diplomatic activity on the sidelines of the Winter Olympics. © Anthony WALLACE China’s President Xi Jinping at the opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics in Beijing on FridayXi has not left his country since the coronavirus
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(Reuters) – Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez urged fans not to jeer winger Ousmane Dembele after the France international was greeted with a chorus of boos on his return to the squad in Sunday’s LaLiga win over Atletico Madrid at Camp Nou. © Reuters/ALBERT GEA LaLiga – FC Barcelona v Atletico Madrid Barcelona bounced back from a
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