Tour de France: Five things to know about Tom Pidcock
Rookie Tom Pidcock won stage 12 of the Tour de France with an precocious performance on an iconic mountain on Thursday.
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Wimbledon trailblazer Jabeur receives Tunisian Order of Merit
Tennis trailblazer Ons Jabeur, who became the first African woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final, was honoured by Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday for "her remarkable sporting successes".
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Russian strikes kill 23 as Zelensky urges 'special tribunal' for Moscow
Russian missiles struck Vinnytsia in central Ukraine Thursday, killing at least 23 people including three children, in what President Volodymyr Zelensky called "an open act of terrorism".
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US doctor under investigation after abortion for child rape victim
Authorities in Indiana said they are investigating a gynecologist who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old girl who had been raped -- a flashpoint case in the wake of the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn the federal right to end a pregnancy.
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California wildfire threat to Yosemite giant sequoias 'almost gone'
The wildfire threat to the world's largest trees in California has almost passed, with the blaze now spreading away from giant sequoia trees in Yosemite National Park, a forestry official said Thursday.
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Pidcock wins Alpine Tour de France stage as Vingegaard retains lead
British rookie Tom Pidcock, riding for Ineos, showed world class skills as he won stage 12 of the Tour de France on the Bastille Day holiday on Thursday.
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Daly calls for British Open return to 'daddy Trump's' Turnberry
Outspoken 1995 British Open winner John Daly called for Turnberry to be put back on the tournament rotation on Thursday, in a show of support for former US president Donald Trump.
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Nigeria's Twitter ban unlawful: W.African court
A seven-month ban on Twitter use in Nigeria was unlawful, according to a court ruling by West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS seen by AFP on Thursday.
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Pidcock wins Tour de France 12th stage, Vingegaard still in yellow
British rookie Tom Pidcock, riding for Ineos, showed world class skills as he won stage 12 of the Tour de France on the Bastille Day holiday on Thursday.
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Papua New Guinea reach semi-finals despite dramatic loss
Papua New Guinea reached the Twenty20 World Cup qualifying tournament semi-finals in Zimbabwe despite a dramatic last-ball Group B loss to Hong Kong on Thursday.
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