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Belgian Tim Merlier won the Tour de France seventh stage in a sprint finish at the end of a 175km run from Hagetmau to Bordeaux on Friday.

India suffered a double blow as opener Smriti Mandhana fell agonisingly short of becoming the first woman to score a Test century at Lord's on Friday before England dismissed Harmanpreet Kaur as well.

Portugal appointed Jorge Jesus as their new national team coach on Friday and he said he would continue to call on veteran superstar Cristiano Ronaldo if he is available, insisting the forward will "never" be a problem.

French Open champion Alexander Zverev ended the remarkable run of British wildcard Arthur Fery with a dominant semi-final victory on Friday to reach his first Wimbledon final.

German prosecutors said Friday they had rejected a complaint filed by Commerzbank's staff over alleged market manipulation by Italy's UniCredit in its hostile takeover bid for the Frankfurt-based bank.

England men's cricketers have been advised to avoid drinking alcohol on the day before and after matches under new behaviour guidelines, Britain's Daily Telegraph reported Friday.

Fiji captain Tevita Ikanivere insists his players are unconcerned by a call from the country's top rugby official to "deliver a return on investment".

Glowing minidresses, fairy tale-inspired designers, and clammy celebrities battling another summer heatwave all featured during the just-completed Paris Haute Couture Week.

Hundreds of euphoric supporters welcomed home Egypt's national football team on Friday after the country's best-ever performance at the World Cup, which ended with a thrilling last-16 exit to Argentina.

China and the southern United States were hit last year by some of their worst sand and dust storms in decades, the United Nations said Friday.

An all-round athlete invoking lucky charms including a nose piercing, Linda Noskova is heading into Saturday's Wimbledon final following in the footsteps of compatriot and role model Petra Kvitova.

Karolina Muchova's injury-plagued career was in danger of coming to a premature end just four years ago, but now the Wimbledon finalist is on the brink of a life-changing moment at the All England Club.

Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova will fight for the Wimbledon title on Saturday, but the Czech pair's bond will remain intact no matter who wins their first Grand Slam crown on Centre Court.

Smriti Mandhana's sparkling unbeaten fifty led India to 122-3 against England at lunch on the opening day of the inaugural women's Test at Lord's on Friday.

England World Cup winner Nobby Stiles died with a traumatic brain injury, a court heard Friday as a coroner ruled an inquest into his death must be held.

At least 11 people have been killed in a fast-moving wildfire that tore through a tourist area in Andalusia, southern Spain, trapping motorists in burning vehicles or as they tried to flee on foot.

England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt won the toss and elected to field against India on Friday as Lord's finally played host to its first women's Test in the ground's long history.

From timber and textiles to minerals, Indian entrepreneur Gagan Gupta has spent the past 15 years working to industrialise Africa.

Eleven people were killed including four suspected to be British, and 19 were missing after a wildfire tore through a rugged area of southern Spain, authorities said Friday.

A pioneering project in UK schools has been harnessing the power of trusted mentors and a love of football to tackle what researchers call the "Lost Boys" crisis.

In India, a pavement can be many things -- a hawking site, parking area and garbage dumping space -- but rarely what it is meant to be: a safe path to walk.

In the dead of night on Friday, a large yellow truck led by a police escort made its way through the empty streets of London. Unbeknownst to late night stragglers, it was carrying a 1,000-year-old masterpiece: the Bayeux Tapestry.

Tadhg Beirne said Friday it was a "special, special moment" to be captaining Ireland after being handed the armband to lead the team out for the first time against Japan.

A landfill fire on the outskirts of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, has been put out after burning for more than a week as evacuees returned home, a disaster agency spokesman said on Friday.

Australian captain Harry Wilson insisted Friday that he had complete faith in flyhalf Declan Meredith, who will be making his Test debut against France in Brisbane on Saturday.

European champions Spain are on a World Cup collision course with Kylian Mbappe's France if they can beat Belgium in the quarter-finals on Friday.

The medieval Bayeux Tapestry arrived in London in the early hours of Friday after a hugely complicated journey to leave France for the first time in more than 900 years for an exhibition in the British capital.

The medieval Bayeux Tapestry was on its way to London on Friday, undertaking a hugely complicated journey to leave France for the first time in more than 900 years for an exhibition in the British capital.

Scientists have detected the highly contagious H5 bird flu in an Australian seabird for the first time, the government said Friday.

A lanky businessman ventures into a hole-in-the-wall restaurant and savours his meal alone.

Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash League will open its season this year in Chennai -- the first foreign cricket league to play in the huge Indian market.

The vuvuzelas finally fell quiet in Morocco on Thursday as the only African team left in the World Cup came up against the insurmountable hurdle of France and Kylian Mbappe.

Indian designers are a growing presence at Paris Haute Couture Week -- "overdue" representation for a country that has long played a role behind the scenes, the latest newcomer, Manish Malhotra, told AFP.

Coach Rudi Garcia said "everyone" expects his Belgium team to be eliminated by Spain in Friday's World Cup quarter-final, but backed his side to pull off a famous victory.

Venezuela's devastating earthquake threatens to set back momentum for a democratic transition, with the United States under President Donald Trump even more set on prioritizing stability over elections.

Australia might "blow hot and cold" but they cannot be taken lightly, France coach Fabien Galthie says with both teams desperate to bounce back from gut-wrenching defeats when they meet in the Nations Championship on Saturday.

The best of Lamine Yamal is yet to come at this World Cup, Spain coach Luis de la Fuente warned, ahead of Friday's quarter-final clash with Belgium in Los Angeles.

France captain Kylian Mbappe insisted Thursday his team were not getting carried away about their chances of winning another World Cup despite reaching the semi-finals thanks to a 2-0 win over Morocco on Thursday.

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry would love to play with LeBron James, but he knows he's not the only one who feels the same as the NBA's all-time leading scorer ponders where he'll play next.