Archive for the February 9, 2019
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Phil Jones has become the latest Manchester United player to be rewarded with a new contract, signing a deal which will keep him at the club until at least 2023, the club announced on Friday.
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Pioneering baseball great Frank Robinson, the first African-American to become a manager in the major leagues, died Thursday, Major League Baseball announced. He was 83. Robinson, who was reportedly suffering from bone cancer, passed away
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Rohit Sharma became the highest run scorer in Twenty20 international history Friday as India romped to a seven-wicket win over New Zealand in the second T20 in Auckland. Sharma top-scored for the tourists with 50
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Glasgow will host all 13 of cycling's world championships in 2023, the International Cycling Union's (UCI) president David Lappartient announced on Friday. "This historic and innovative competition will be held over two weeks in August
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All medals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be made from metal collected by recycling electronic waste, games organisers said on Friday. Tokyo's organising committee in 2017 launched a project to collect assorted electronic waste
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Terming bowling lineup of the Pakistan cricket team as their weapon in the 2019 Cricket World Cup, Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur has said that his sixth sense says fast bowler Mohammad Amir will give
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Liverpool posted a world record-breaking £106 million ($137 million) net profit last year even after spending £190 million on new players, according to financial results announced on Friday. The club's profit before tax was £125
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The International Paralympic Committee said Friday it will reinstate Russia next month, lifting a suspension imposed more than two years ago over a doping scandal. The IPC will lift the ban by March 15, providing
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Shaking off his defeat in the Australian Open Roger Federer says he's "motivated and looking forward to the future" with a tilt at a ninth Wimbledon title uppermost in his mind. After his last 16
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The dollar held near a two-week high on Friday, as demand for safe-haven assets rose on uncertainties about the path of US-China trade negotiations and broader worries about slowing global growth. Such concerns were brought
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