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Gatland ready to welcome back Rees-Zammit if NFL 'dream' fades

Gatland ready to welcome back Rees-Zammit if NFL 'dream' fades

Wales coach Warren Gatland said Monday he was ready to keep the door open for Louis Rees-Zammit's return to rugby should his American football stint prove short-lived.

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England's Farrell to join Racing 92 putting doubt over Test future

England's Farrell to join Racing 92 putting doubt over Test future

England fly-half Owen Farrell will join Racing 92 on a two-year deal from next season, the French Top 14 club announced on Monday.

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Nigeria beat Guinea-Bissau to seal AFCON last-16 spot

Nigeria beat Guinea-Bissau to seal AFCON last-16 spot

A first-half Opa Sangante own goal gave Nigeria a 1-0 win over Guinea-Bissau on Monday as the Super Eagles clinched their place in the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations.

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Activists decry Tibet 'cultural genocide' ahead of China rights review

Activists decry Tibet 'cultural genocide' ahead of China rights review

Activists accused China of seeking to "erase" Tibetan cultural and religious identities, urging a review of Beijing's rights record at the UN on Tuesday to focus on its "cultural genocide" in the region.

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Hosts Ivory Coast facing AFCON exit after Equatorial Guinea humbling

Hosts Ivory Coast facing AFCON exit after Equatorial Guinea humbling

Ivory Coast slipped to the brink of a humiliating exit from the Africa Cup of Nations as the hosts suffered a 4-0 thrashing by Equatorial Guinea in their final Group A game in Abidjan on Monday.

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Toothless China on brink of early Asian Cup exit

Toothless China on brink of early Asian Cup exit

China coach Aleksandar Jankovic said it was "difficult to expect more" after a 1-0 loss to Qatar on Monday left their Asian Cup campaign hanging by a thread.

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Tajikistan reach Asian Cup knockouts, China on brink of exit

Tajikistan reach Asian Cup knockouts, China on brink of exit

Debutants Tajikistan struck twice late on to beat Lebanon 2-1 and reach the Asian Cup knockout rounds on Monday but China's hopes are hanging by a thread after defeat to Qatar.

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'Big dream' as debutants Tajikistan reach Asian Cup last 16

'Big dream' as debutants Tajikistan reach Asian Cup last 16

Tajikistan's coach said it was "a big dream" after his side marched into the knockout rounds of their first Asian Cup with a battling 2-1 win over 10-man Lebanon on Monday.

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Paris Olympics: 13 rejected for torch relay for drugs, Islamism

Paris Olympics: 13 rejected for torch relay for drugs, Islamism

French security forces have rejected 13 people who were selected to take part in the torch relay for the Paris Olympics, including some who had committed drugs offences as well as a suspected Islamist, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Monday.

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Turkish parliament to vote on Sweden's NATO membership

Turkish parliament to vote on Sweden's NATO membership

Turkey's parliament is expected to end more than a year of delays that severely strained its ties with Western allies and approve Sweden's membership of NATO this week.

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