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📰 Golf

South Korea's Im seizes lead at Truist Championship, Fleetwood one shot behind

South Korea's Im Sung-jae fired a two-under par 69 to seize a one-stroke lead over England's Tommy Fleetwood after Friday's second round of the PGA Truist Championship.

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⚽ Football

Sofapaka's Edward Manoah blames mass exodus for relegation from FKF Premier League

Sofapaka head coach Edward Manoah has revealed reasons he feels led the club to be relegated from the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Premier League after 17 years.

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Lionel Messi backs Neymar to be included in Brazil's World Cup squad

Lionel Messi has backed former Barcelona teammate Neymar ⁠to be included in Brazil’s squad for this year’s World Cup, describing the ‌forward as one of the world’s best despite concerns ‌over his fitness.

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🏀 Basketball

Wembanyama powers Spurs past Timberwolves as San Antonio take series lead

A dominant Victor Wembanyama powered the San Antonio Spurs to a 115-108 win over Minnesota and a 2-1 lead in their NBA playoff series on Friday.

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Reformed German giants Schalke 04 escape near bankruptcy to return to Bundesliga

Schalke 04 secured promotion back to the Bundesliga last week by claiming a 1-0 victory over Fortuna Dusseldorf to win the 2. Bundesliga, culminating in a significant turnaround from previous financial crises and near-relegation to the third division. Their success has been driven by a new, stable management approach, a strong defensive foundation, and key squad additions during the winter transfer window.

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📰 Darts

Suljovic eases past Menzies to lift home crowd as Austrian Darts Open begins

Mensur Suljovic continued his resurgence on home soil with a commanding victory over Cameron Menzies on day one of the Austrian Darts Open in Graz.

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One stat for each side after the Women's Champions League semis and Europa Cup decider

The UEFA Women's Champions League semi-finals were completed over the weekend, while Friday's UEFA Women's Europa Cup decider produced the competition's first-ever champion. Here is one stat for each of the six teams involved in action.

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🏒 Hockey

Marner hat-trick gives Golden Knights 2-1 series lead over Ducks in convincing fashion

The Vegas Golden Knights took a 2-1 series lead on Friday after they got the better of the Anaheim Ducks 6-2 on the road.

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🏀 Basketball

NCAA March Madness tournaments to expand to 76 teams with renamed opening round

Thursday saw the confirmation of the Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments being expanded from 68 to 76 teams. The various committees involved in the process reached the agreement, with the change to come into effect starting next year.

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🏀 Basketball

New York Knicks close in on conference finals after going up 3-0 on Philadelphia 76ers

Jalen Brunson starred again as the red-hot New York Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 108-94 Friday to move within one win of the NBA Eastern Conference finals.

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🏒 Hockey

Canadiens tie up series with Sabres after convincing win on the road

The Montreal Canadiens have evened up their Eastern Conference second round series with the Buffalo Sabres after prevailing 5-1 at the KeyBank Center.

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📰 Golf

Lucas Herbert shoots 63 to maintain six-shot lead at LIV Virginia

Australia's Lucas Herbert bettered his stellar first round by a shot and opened up a six-shot gulf between him and the field at LIV Golf ⁠Virginia on Friday in Potomac Falls, Va.

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⚽ Football

Oulu lose but cling onto Veikkausliiga lead as TPS shock HJK Helsinki

Mixed fortunes on Friday night for the teams at the top end of the Veikkausliiga have left AC Oulu, TPS and KuPS all level on 12 points, while defeat for HJK meant they missed the chance to take the outright lead for themselves.

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Liiga Finals: Longest game in history goes Tappara's way and levels series

The record for the longest match in Liiga history has been broken for the second time this postseason, as Tappara scored in the 129 minutes and 54 seconds played to win 3-2 at KooKoo and level the Finals series at 2-2.

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Five-star Frosinone thrash Mantova to join Venezia in promotion to Serie A

Frosinone were promoted to Serie A on Friday after thumping Mantova 5-0 and joining Venezia in reaching Italy's top flight for next season.

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Southampton charged by EFL over alleged spying on Middlesbrough ahead of play-off clash

The English Football League (EFL) charged second tier ⁠Southampton on Friday after rivals Middlesbrough complained of spying ahead of a ‌Championship promotion playoff semi-final first leg clash.

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🎾 Tennis

Qualifier Dino Prizmic stuns childhood idol Novak Djokovic at the Italian Open

Croatian qualifier Dino Prizmic stunned his childhood hero ⁠Novak Djokovic 2-6 6-2 6-4 in the second round of the Italian Open ‌on Friday, as the Serbian struggled with exhaustion ‌and backhand errors in his first ‌match on clay this year.

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Nantes relegated to Ligue 2 after suffering narrow defeat at title-chasing Lens

Nantes’ 14-year stay in Ligue 1 came to an end after a 1-0 defeat to title-chasing RC Lens saw Les Canaris relegated to Ligue 2 for the first time since the 2012-13 season.

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Frankfurt's European hopes take a dent after losing to Dortmund in five-goal thriller

Borussia Dortmund sealed a second-place finish in the Bundesliga for the fifth time in eight seasons thanks to a 3-2 win over Eintracht Frankfurt, jeopardising Die Adler’s hopes of qualification for the UEFA Conference League.

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🏒 Hockey

Denmark boost morale before World Championships with comfortable win against Slovakia

A depleted Danish team without some of its biggest profiles on Friday night boosted their morale when they recorded a 3-0 win against Slovakia in the second but last test match ahead of the World Championships in Switzerland which begins on 15 February.

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Nicolas Otamendi and Moises Caicedo cleared by FIFA to play opening World Cup games

FIFA has amended its World Cup disciplinary rules to ensure that minor suspensions picked ⁠up in qualifiers are no longer carried over into the 2026 finals, clearing Argentina defender Nicolas Otamendi and Ecuador ‌midfielder Moises Caicedo for their sides’ opening matches.

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⚽ Football

Viborg suffer cruel blow to their bronze hopes as Sonderjyske celebrate slim away win

Viborg FF on Friday night were dealt a cruel blow to their aspirations of winning bronze medals in the Danish Superliga when they, for the first time, were defeated at home by Sonderjyske by 1-0.

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Who's Missing: Chelsea goalkeeper Sanchez to miss Liverpool game with head injury

Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez will miss the Blues' clash with Liverpool, having failed to recover from a nasty head injury.

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📰 Racing

Johann Zarco dominant in practice for Le Mans Grand Prix as Marc Marquez struggles

Johann Zarco again shone at his home race setting the fastest time Friday in qualifying for the French MotoGP Grand Prix, as reigning world champion Marc Marquez finished 13th.