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Continuous in prime position to make turf history in the Arc

Continuous in prime position to make turf history in the Arc

Continuous has been given a plum draw boosting his bid to make history and become the first horse to win both the English St Leger and Europe's most prestigious race the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in the same season.

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Oil prices cool after hitting highest levels in almost a year

Oil prices cool after hitting highest levels in almost a year

Oil prices on Thursday reached their highest levels in nearly a year, with Brent North Sea crude advancing towards $100 on tight supplies, an increase that has weighed on stock markets.

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Armenia and Azerbaijan: ex-Soviet neighbours and enemies

Armenia and Azerbaijan: ex-Soviet neighbours and enemies

The fate of the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh has poisoned relations between fellow ex-Soviet neighbours Armenia and Azerbaijan since the 1990s.

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Ryder Cup: How it's won and when

Ryder Cup: How it's won and when

Europe and the United States will battle it out in the 44th edition of the Ryder Cup this weekend at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome, the first edition to be held in Italy.

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Hovland makes hole-in-one on par four in Ryder Cup practice

Hovland makes hole-in-one on par four in Ryder Cup practice

Viktor Hovland made a hole-in-one on the par-four fifth hole during Europe's practice session on Thursday ahead of the 2023 Ryder Cup.

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North Korean shooters in floods of tears after first gold of Games

North Korean shooters in floods of tears after first gold of Games

Three North Korean shooters cried their eyes out on the podium after winning the country's first gold medal of the Asian Games in China on Thursday.

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Farm scientist behind India's 'green revolution' dies

Farm scientist behind India's 'green revolution' dies

India on Thursday mourned the death of scientist Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, the architect of the 1960s "green revolution" that brought an end to the chronic food shortages then plaguing the country.

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Evergreen Asian Games gymnast, 48, dreams of Paris Olympics

Evergreen Asian Games gymnast, 48, dreams of Paris Olympics

Gymnast Oksana Chusovitina made her international debut for the Soviet Union, and while the country may be long gone, the 48-year-old is still going strong.

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Spanish police search football referee headquarters in graft probe

Spanish police search football referee headquarters in graft probe

Police in Spain on Thursday searched the headquarters of the country's football referee committee as part of a probe into payments made by Liga giants Barcelona to a firm owned by a former official of the body.

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Argentina's Cheika backs veterans for Chile 'derby'

Argentina's Cheika backs veterans for Chile 'derby'

Argentina head coach Michael Cheika said on Thursday his much-changed outfit to face Chile in the Rugby World Cup this weekend can prove him a point.

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