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Record-setter Rojas nails third world indoor title

Record-setter Rojas nails third world indoor title

Untouchable Yulimar Rojas set a new outright world record in the triple jump at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade on Sunday en route to winning an unprecedented third title.

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MotoGP legend Marquez 'OK' after 'really big crash'

MotoGP legend Marquez 'OK' after 'really big crash'

Six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez called it "one of the biggest" crashes he'd ever had after being catapulted into the air during the warm-up to Sunday's rain-hit Indonesian Grand Prix.

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'Pure magic or chance?': Rojas smashes triple jump world record

'Pure magic or chance?': Rojas smashes triple jump world record

Yulimar Rojas didn't know whether it was "pure magic or chance", but was left living a dream as she soared to a new world outright triple jump record as she won indoor gold on Sunday.

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Sea of ultra-Orthodox attend Israel rabbi's funeral under heavy guard

Sea of ultra-Orthodox attend Israel rabbi's funeral under heavy guard

An estimated three quarters of a million ultra-Orthodox Jews attended the funeral Sunday of influential rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, known to followers as the "Prince of Torah", with Israeli authorities warning of dangers from massive overcrowding.

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Brignone wins final giant slalom as Worley takes title

Brignone wins final giant slalom as Worley takes title

Federica Brignone won the last race of the women's World Cup season and Tessa Worley grabbed the giant slalom title as Mikaela Shiffrin blew a big lead on the second leg on Sunday.

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Rabada takes five but Afif Hossain shines for Bangladesh

Rabada takes five but Afif Hossain shines for Bangladesh

Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada took five for 39 as Bangladesh were restricted to 194 for nine in the second one-day international against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday.

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Six killed in Belgium as car drives into carnival crowd

Six killed in Belgium as car drives into carnival crowd

A car ploughed into a crowd of early morning carnival-goers in Belgium on Sunday, killing six people and injuring dozens of others, authorities said.

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France set down World Cup marker with superb Grand Slam

France set down World Cup marker with superb Grand Slam

France's first Six Nations title for 12 years showed that Fabien Galthie's impressive team, who beat England in a party atmosphere at the Stade de France, will be hard to stop at the World Cup on home soil next year.

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Shiffrin in control after World Cup giant slalom first run

Shiffrin in control after World Cup giant slalom first run

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin crushed her rivals in the first run of the giant slalom at Meribel on Sunday, leaving the door open for her to clinch a last-gasp World Cup small globe as the overall winner of the discipline

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Saudi Aramco says annual profit more than doubled in 2021

Saudi Aramco says annual profit more than doubled in 2021

Saudi Aramco's net profit soared 124 percent last year as global growth recovered from the Covid-19 downturn, the oil giant announced Sunday, hours after Yemen's Huthi rebels targeted some of its sites.

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