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Spain success driven by hunger to improve, says De La Fuente

England's best 'for a long time' despite Spain defeat, says Kane

Lyon collapse at Stade Francais to suffer first Top 14 loss

Powerful storm pummels northeast US with rain, high winds

Oyarzabal and Spain sink England again as Modric shines for Croatia

Filmmaker Mike Leigh wins top prize at Spain festival with 'last film'

Housing protesters camp in central Madrid after mass demonstration

Spain beat England in Nations League to extend unbeaten run

Louise Trotter expands her palette at Bottega Veneta

Ireland squad vote to play Israel tie despite Gaza unease

Pope prays at Lourdes after huge Paris mass

Gutsy Vollering wins cycling road race world title

USA trims International lead after Presidents Cup four-balls

Vollering wins cycling road race world title

21 migrants including five children dead in Aegean: Turkey

Twenty-one migrants including five children drowned after a boat capsized off the Turkish coast, local officials said on Friday.

Missile targets ship off Yemen as rebels threaten wider campaign

A missile fired at a ship in the Red Sea caused no damage, marine security monitors said Friday, as Yemen's Huthi rebels threatened to expand their harassment campaign which has disrupted global trade.

Migrant relatives sue French state over 2021 Channel tragedy

The family of an Ethiopian man who was among 27 migrants who drowned in 2021 when their boat capsized in the Channel filed a complaint Friday suing the French state in the first such case over the disaster, two groups said.

US data caps stock market gains; bitcoin slides after record

European equities rose Friday but Frankfurt and Paris held beneath record peaks struck the previous day, as dealers mulled US data that dampened hopes for several interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve this year.

First aid boat nears Gaza as war drags into Ramadan

The first Gaza-bound food shipment along a new maritime corridor was visible off the besieged territory's coast, an AFP journalist said, as Palestinians gathered for the first Friday prayers of Ramadan.

England's Tuilagi unsure on Test future before Six Nations finale

England centre Manu Tuilagi said on Friday he is unsure if this weekend's Six Nations finale with France will be his final game for his country.

Holders Man City to face Real Madrid in Champions League quarters

Holders Manchester City will come up against record 14-time winners Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals after being paired together in Friday's draw, meaning the sides will meet in a third consecutive season in the competition.

Olympic doubt for Australian 'mankini' rider after serious fall

Top Australian equestrian Shane Rose's hopes of competing at a fourth Olympics were in doubt Friday after a serious fall, just weeks after escaping punishment for wearing a "mankini" during a showjumping competition.

Recalled Neuer in 'a league of his own', says Bayern's Tuchel

Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel on Friday praised captain Manuel Neuer on the goalkeeper's recall to the Germany squad for the first time in 15 months.

Economic hard times make Swedes cut back on drinking

A slumping economy gave Swedes less to cheer about last year as alcohol consumption fell the most in nearly a decade in the Nordic country, excluding the 2020 pandemic, research showed Friday.

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