Kawhi Leonard's return to Toronto is on hold pending conclusion of the NBA's probe of whether the LA Clippers skirted salary cap rules by paying him through a phony endorsement deal.
Veteran politician Andy Burnham was on track Thursday to become Britain's next prime minister as hundreds of Labour lawmakers formally nominated him to succeed Keir Starmer as party leader.
Australian sprint star Gout Gout has pulled out of the world under-20 championships, Australian Athletics said on Thursday, and he is set to miss the rest of the season with a hamstring tear.
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Fendi presented its first haute couture show under designer Maria Grazia Chiuri Thursday, showing off a luxurious collection of black and cream looks -- and an homage to longtime couturier Karl Lagerfeld.
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China factory fire kills at least 28 people
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Star forward Christian Pulisic fractured his leg during the United States' crushing 4-1 World Cup loss to Belgium, the team said Thursday.
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England defender Jarell Quansah will miss Saturday's World Cup quarter-final against Norway, and the last four should the Three Lions progress, after being handed a two-game ban by FIFA.
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Tour de France patron Tadej Pogacar is like basketball great Michael Jordan, according to his team principal Mauro Gianetti.
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The UK on Thursday experienced its eighth day in 2026 with the mercury climbing above 34C, the Met Office said, breaking the previous record by one day.
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Sports
Veteran former Argentina fly-half Benjamin Urdapilleta will come out of a retirement for a second time after signing a one-year contract extension with Perpignan, a source close to the French Top 14 club told AFP on Thursday.
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Erling Haaland said facing England, the land of his birth, in the World Cup quarter-finals is extra special as the aims to extend Norway's historic run into the last four.
Faith Kipyegon will have the unlikely figure of French triathlete Cassandre Beaugrand in the field for the women's 3,000m at Monaco's Diamond League meet on Friday.
FIFA referees chief Pierluigi Collina has hit out at "unfounded allegations" against World Cup match officials in the wake of Argentina's controversial last 16 victory over Egypt.
Through more than four years of the Russian invasion, 27-year-old Oleksiy Virskovsky largely hasn't bothered going to to the underground shelter in the building next door -- despite almost nightly missile and drone attacks.
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Politics
Calling for revenge and rejecting any compromise with the West, Iranians loyal to the Islamic republic braved sweltering heat on Thursday to mass for the burial of supreme leader Ali Khamenei in his hometown of Mashhad.
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Tributes flooded in Thursday to Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, best known for her powerful, haunting love song "Total Eclipse of the Heart", after she died in hospital in Portugal. She was 75.
Reigning champion Tadej Pogacar stamped his authority on the Tour de France on Thursday, winning the mountainous sixth stage and reclaiming the race leader's yellow jersey.
Serial world record setter Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis has spent countless hours batting away questions about how he stays motivated in the men's pole vault.
Sales of previously owned homes in the United States dropped in June, according to industry data released Thursday, as affordability worries continued to weigh on property buyers.
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