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Alba targets trophies after re-uniting with Messi in Miami

Alba targets trophies after re-uniting with Messi in Miami

Spain full-back Jordi Alba says he is targeting more trophies after re-uniting with former Barcelona teammates Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets at Inter Miami.

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Kishan, Gill lead the way as India set West Indies target of 352

Kishan, Gill lead the way as India set West Indies target of 352

India's batting finally fired properly and resulted in a formidable total of 351-5 batting first against the West Indies in the decisive third and final one-day international at the Brian Lara Stadium on Tuesday.

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X sues hate speech tracker over Twitter reports

X sues hate speech tracker over Twitter reports

X is suing a nonprofit group in US federal court over reports that hate speech has flourished at the platform formerly known as Twitter.

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NFL Cowboys rusher Jones gets two-game doping ban

NFL Cowboys rusher Jones gets two-game doping ban

Dallas Cowboys running back Ronald Jones, a two-time Super Bowl champion, was suspended for two games by the NFL on Tuesday for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing substances.

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Drone attacks target Moscow, Crimea and Russia's Black Sea patrols

Drone attacks target Moscow, Crimea and Russia's Black Sea patrols

Russia said Tuesday it downed another wave of Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow, Crimea and vessels in the Black Sea, as a skyscraper in the capital's financial district was struck for the second time in days.

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Niger coup leaves France facing range of dilemmas

Niger coup leaves France facing range of dilemmas

The coup in Niger has left former colonial master France with an array of headaches ranging from how to extract its citizens in the face of a deteriorating security situation to future French military strategy.

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'War for identity': Kyiv pulls hammer, sickle from giant war WWII statue

'War for identity': Kyiv pulls hammer, sickle from giant war WWII statue

Workers lowered a hammer and sickle from a towering sculpture overlooking Kyiv on Tuesday in a campaign to remove Soviet icons that ramped up after Russia invaded last year.

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Mbonambi to become second black Test captain of Springboks

Mbonambi to become second black Test captain of Springboks

Bongi Mbonambi will become the second black Test captain of South Africa on Saturday when he leads the Springboks against Argentina in a Rugby World Cup warm-up match in Buenos Aires.

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Tiger Woods joins PGA Tour policy board in transparency move

Tiger Woods joins PGA Tour policy board in transparency move

Tiger Woods is joining the PGA Tour's newly expanded policy board, the tour announced Tuesday, in a move aimed at cooling player tensions over secrecy surrounding merger talks with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf.

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Birkenstock plans to step into stock market: reports

Birkenstock plans to step into stock market: reports

The owners of Birkenstock are planning an initial public offering as soon as September that could value the German sandal maker at more than $8 billion, reports said Tuesday.

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