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Wiebes outsprints Vos to win first stage of women's Tour de France

Wiebes outsprints Vos to win first stage of women's Tour de France

Lorena Wiebes outsprinted fellow Dutchwoman Marianne Vos to win the first stage of the women's Tour de France in Paris on Sunday and pull on the leader's yellow jersey.

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Vingegaard heads for Paris and Tour de France crowning glory

Vingegaard heads for Paris and Tour de France crowning glory

Jonas Vingegaard set off for Paris on Sunday to be officially crowned the 2022 Tour de France champion after three weeks and 3,350km of relentless struggle up peaks, over plains and through a crushing heatwave.

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Ruud battles back to beat Berrettini in Gstaad

Ruud battles back to beat Berrettini in Gstaad

Top seed and defending champion Casper Ruud came from a set down to beat second seed Matteo Berrettini 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 in a high quality final of the clay-court ATP event in Gstaad on Sunday.

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Evacuation alert after volcano erupts in southern Japan

Evacuation alert after volcano erupts in southern Japan

Dozens of people were urged to evacuate their homes after a fiery volcanic eruption in southern Japan on Sunday as the national weather agency issued its top-level alert for the mountain.

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Three people killed in Philippine university shooting

Three people killed in Philippine university shooting

Three people were killed Sunday in a rare shooting at a university in the Philippine capital Manila, officials said, in what appears to have been a targeted assassination.

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Chandimal propels Sri Lanka in Mathews' 100th Test

Chandimal propels Sri Lanka in Mathews' 100th Test

Dinesh Chandimal struck his fourth successive half-century to drive Sri Lanka's total before Pakistan hit back with late wickets on Sunday's opening day of the second Test at Galle.

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Scotland cricket board resigns over racism report

Scotland cricket board resigns over racism report

The board of the Scottish cricket federation resigned en masse on Sunday following accusations of institutional racism in a damning independent review which is due to be published on Monday.

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Russia says Odessa strikes hit Western arms

Russia says Odessa strikes hit Western arms

Russia said Sunday that its missile barrage on a Ukrainian port central to a freshly-inked grain export deal had destroyed Western-supplied weapons, after the attack sparked an outcry from Ukraine's allies.

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PSG agree transfer of Mukiele from RB Leipzig

PSG agree transfer of Mukiele from RB Leipzig

Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig have reached an agreement for the transfer of French international defender Nordi Mukiele to Paris, AFP learned on Sunday from a source close to the negotiations.

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Greece battles fierce wildfires amid heatwave

Greece battles fierce wildfires amid heatwave

Greece on Sunday battled three wildfires across the country which forced hundreds to evacuate, as higher temperatures raised concern over more blazes.

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