Ireland No 8 Jack Conan expects to front up against a "galvanised" Wales when the two teams clash in the Six Nations Cardiff on Saturday, while Welsh flanker Tommy Reffell is keen to change the "outside noise".
Italy coach Gonzalo Quesada announced two changes Friday to the starting line-up for the meeting with France in Rome in the Six Nations.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and his Chinese counterpart He Lifeng raised mutual concerns on trade and economic issues in their introductory call Friday, as tensions between the world's two biggest economies simmer under President Donald Trump's second term.
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The draw for the Davis Cup play-offs was postponed to allow an investigation into the bizarre ending of the Belgium-Chile qualifying tie, the International Tennis Federation told AFP on Friday.
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Enzo Maresca has given Chelsea a target of winning their last seven Premier League home games as the Blues boss sets his sights on Champions League qualification.
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Swedish authorities said Friday they were investigating suspected damage to an underwater cable in the Baltic Sea, following a string of incidents experts believe are acts of sabotage orchestrated by Russia.
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France's prime minister was under increasing pressure Friday after a former teacher at a Catholic school claimed Francois Bayrou was aware of claims of sexual abuse of young boys there in the 1990s but did not act on them.
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Manchester United were drawn Friday to play Real Sociedad of Spain in the last 16 of this season's Europa League, while Rangers will take on Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce, and Tottenham Hotspur face AZ Alkmaar.
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Maro Itoje has urged England to seize their chances against Scotland while avoiding "blind rage" in Saturday's Six Nations clash at Twickenham.
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Kyiv and Washington are engaged in talks over a deal to hand the United States preferential access to Ukraine's mineral deposits, a source in Kyiv told AFP on Friday -- despite a dramatic spat between leaders Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump.
A notorious Russian prison complex that once housed jailed revolutionaries, toppled ministers and Soviet dissidents will be turned into a hotel, restaurants, museum and art gallery after being sold at auction on Friday, the site's new owner said.
Argentina announced two days of national mourning on Thursday after the bodies of two Israeli Argentine children who had been taken hostage by Hamas were handed over by the group.
Liverpool will take on Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16 of this season's Champions League while Friday's draw also threw up a showdown between reigning champions Real Madrid and their city rivals Atletico.
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Wales take on Ireland in Cardiff on Saturday on the back of a national record 14 straight Test defeats. The latest, against Italy, saw, Warren Gatland leave as coach by mutual agreement with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU).
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Authorities near Sicily's Mount Etna are bracing to control an influx of visitors this weekend, attracted by a two-week flow of lava inspiring high-altitude selfies and other reckless behaviour.
US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he has appointed Alice Marie Johnson, a woman he pardoned in his first term, as "pardon czar" to advise on other cases.
Liverpool will take on Paris Saint-Germain in one of the standout ties in the last 16 of this season's Champions League after the teams were paired together in Friday's draw.
A Dutch court Friday handed a life sentence to a man who shot dead three people and set fire to a Rotterdam hospital during a rampage that sparked pandemonium and shocked the country.
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