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Cross-country king Klaebo warms up for Olympics with record Tour de Ski win
Cross-country king Klaebo warms up for Olympics with record Tour de Ski win

Cross-country skiing great Johannes Klaebo won the prestige Tour de Ski for a record fifth time on Sunday, a month ahead of the Winter Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina.

January 04, 2026

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Crans-Montana's ski tourism continues, in shadow of Swiss tragedy
Crans-Montana's ski tourism continues, in shadow of Swiss tragedy

Painfully aware of the fire tragedy in Crans-Montana, ski tourists said they had opted to stay in the Alpine Swiss resort whose tourism-dependent community remains open for business as it mourns the many victims.

January 04, 2026

Rast ends Shiffrin slalom streak to claim Kranjska Gora double
Rast ends Shiffrin slalom streak to claim Kranjska Gora double

Camille Rast ended US star Mikaela Shiffrin's World Cup slalom streak on Sunday as the Swiss skier completed a double at Kranjska Gora a day after winning the giant slalom.

January 04, 2026

Bangladesh says will not play T20 World Cup matches if in India
Bangladesh says will not play T20 World Cup matches if in India

Bangladesh has requested their matches at next month's T20 World Cup be played in Sri Lanka, after India forced a Bangladeshi player to quit the Indian Premier League.

January 04, 2026

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Myanmar junta frees hundreds of prisoners in annual amnesty
Myanmar junta frees hundreds of prisoners in annual amnesty

Hundreds of prisoners walked free in Myanmar on Sunday after the junta announced annual independence day pardons, just a week after the start of an election that international monitors have denounced as sham.

January 04, 2026

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Root, Brook tame Australia in rain-hit 5th Ashes Test
Root, Brook tame Australia in rain-hit 5th Ashes Test

Joe Root and Harry Brook tamed Australia's all-pace attack with an unbroken 154-run stand on Sunday to rescue England and give them the upper hand after a rain-hit day one of the fifth and final Ashes Test.

January 04, 2026