England won the toss and elected to bowl in the fourth Test against India at Old Trafford on Wednesday as the tourists picked paceman Jasprit Bumrah for a match they must win.
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World No.1 Jannik Sinner is teaming up once again with Umberto Ferrara, the fitness coach he sacked in the summer of 2024 after it was revealed that the Italian had tested positive for doping, his management team announced on Wednesday.
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Wallabies winger Harry Potter rubbished suggestions Wednesday that Australia have a "losing mentality", but admitted they must be better in the second Test against the British and Irish Lions.
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British and Irish Lions coach Andy Farrell was mulling his options Wednesday ahead of "the biggest game of our lives", with some selection conundrums for the second Test against Australia.
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Tokyo stocks rallied with the yen Wednesday after Japan and the United States finally hammered out a trade deal to slash Donald Trump's tariffs, including those on the crucial car sector.
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Venus Williams made a triumphant return to singles tennis on Tuesday after a 16-month hiatus, defeating fellow American Peyton Stearns 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second round of the WTA and ATP DC Open.
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The International Court of Justice is preparing to hand down its first-ever opinion on climate change, seen by many as a historic moment in international law.
The world's top court will Wednesday deliver a seminal ruling laying out what legal obligations countries have to prevent climate change and whether polluters should pay up for the consequences.
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World champions Australia on Wednesday appointed Kevin Walters head coach for the first rugby league Ashes series against England since 2003.
American transgender women will no longer be able to compete in women's events at the Olympics and Paralympics after a recent policy change by the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC).
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States had agreed to a "massive" trade deal with Japan that would include a 15 percent tariff on its exports.
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