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Kolbe star goal kicker as Springboks put 80 past Barbarians

Kolbe star goal kicker as Springboks put 80 past Barbarians

Renowned try scorer Cheslin Kolbe kicked 18 points as South Africa beat the Barbarians 80-31 in a season-opening exhibition match in Gqeberha on Saturday.

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Pogacar pips Van der Poel to Swiss Tour TT win

Pogacar pips Van der Poel to Swiss Tour TT win

Tadej Pogacar extended his Tour of Switzerland lead after sensationally pipping his one-day classics rival Mathieu van der Poel by just three tenths of a second in Saturday's individual time-trial.

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Bolivia declares state of emergency and begins removing protester roadblocks

Bolivia declares state of emergency and begins removing protester roadblocks

Bolivia's president on Saturday declared a state of emergency and deployed police and bulldozers to clear anti-government roadblocks that have paralyzed the Andean nation.

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Ukraine's Zelensky, top officials return Polish awards in WWII row

Ukraine's Zelensky, top officials return Polish awards in WWII row

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his top officials said on Saturday they were returning Polish awards, in a spiralling row with key ally Poland over WWII massacres.

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Cerundolo sees off Nakashima to reach Queen's final

Cerundolo sees off Nakashima to reach Queen's final

Seventh seed Francisco Cerundolo booked his place in the final at Queen's Club with a hard-fought 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-4 win over the American Brandon Nakashima on Saturday.

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Spanish judge bans PM's wife from leaving country

Spanish judge bans PM's wife from leaving country

A Spanish judge on Saturday ordered the wife of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Begona Gomez, to stand trial by jury for corruption and banned her from leaving the country.

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Jamieson double rocks England at start of record run-chase

Jamieson double rocks England at start of record run-chase

New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson took two wickets in five balls to leave England reeling at the start of their record run-chase in the second Test at the Oval on Saturday.

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Pegula powers past Sabalenka to reach Berlin final

Pegula powers past Sabalenka to reach Berlin final

American Jessica Pegula rallied past world number one Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 6-7 (4/7), 6-0 to reach the final of the Berlin WTA grass-court tournament for the second time.

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Funeral for art giant David Hockney already taken place: publicist

Funeral for art giant David Hockney already taken place: publicist

The funeral for David Hockney, the acclaimed British artist who died just over a week ago, has already been held in strict privacy, his publicist said Saturday.

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Krishna and Jaiswal power India to ODI sweep against Afghanistan

Krishna and Jaiswal power India to ODI sweep against Afghanistan

Pace bowler Prasidh Krishna's 5-23 and an unbeaten 110 by Yashasvi Jaiswal powered India to a nine-wicket win over Afghanistan in the third ODI and sweep the series 3-0 on Saturday.

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