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Verstappen extends title lead with masterful Spanish win
Verstappen’s Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez battled through the field, after starting 11th, to finish fourth ahead of Ferrari’s home hero Carlos Sainz, Lance Stroll and his Aston Martin team-mate two-time champion Fernando Alonso, who was unable to extend his streak of podiums on home ground....
Djokovic eases into record 17th French Open quarter-final and 55th at Slams
On Sunday, Djokovic fought off a break point in the opening game of the first set before stretching out to a convincing 4-0 lead.Two more breaks then helped him to a comfortable 5-1 advantage in the second set. It took Djokovic just 79 minutes to open a two-set lead.
Hazard to leave Real Madrid after injury-blighted stay
"Real Madrid Football Club and Eden Hazard have reached an agreement whereby the player will leave the club as of 30 June 2023," Real said in a statement.
Real Madrid great Benzema agrees to leave club
Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti had said Saturday there was "no doubt" about Benzema's future at Madrid.
USM Alger lift CAF Cup despite home loss to Young Africans
The supporters flocked to the national stadium hoping the local side would maintain a perfect record in Africa this season having won all seven home matches en route to the final.Instead, they saw Young Africans made a perfect start with Djuma Shabani, one of three changes to the first-leg team, cal...
PSG lose on Messi farewell, Auxerre relegated from Ligue 1
There was little riding on the game itself after PSG wrapped up a record 11th French title last weekend, and Christophe Galtier's side contrived to throw away a two-goal lead.Sergio Ramos, whose own departure from PSG was confirmed on Friday, marked his final appearance by heading in a Vitinha cross...
Zimbabwe opposition activists held after altercation
The men were arrested on Friday in a voter registration centre in Charandura, a rural area a four-hour drive from the capital Harare.
How chocolate could counter climate change
While the biochar industry is still in its infancy, the technology offers a novel way to remove carbon from the Earth's atmosphere, experts say.
180 dead from Sudan fighting buried unidentified as battles rage
Since fighting between Sudan's warring generals erupted on April 15, volunteers have buried 102 unidentified bodies in the capital's Al-Shegilab cemetery and 78 more in cemeteries in Darfur, the Sudanese Red Crescent said in a statement.
'Best player in history' Messi leaving Paris Saint-Germain
The Argentinian was signed two seasons ago from Barcelona to help PSG win an elusive Champions League, but he failed in that aim.