New Zealand head coach Dave Rennie pinpointed clinical finishing as a key factor in a shock 33-16 win over arch rivals South Africa on Saturday in the first Test of a four-match series.
Roberto De Zerbi apologised for Tottenham's woeful 3-0 defeat at Brentford as he admitted his players did not fight hard enough in their miserable start to the Premier League season on Saturday.
Charlton maintained their perfect start to the Championship season with a 2-1 victory at West Ham on Saturday, with Hammers boss Nuno Espirito Santo saying afterwards "of course I feel under pressure".
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Big-spending Tottenham found money can't buy instant success as they slumped to a woeful 3-0 defeat at Brentford in their first game of the Premier League season on Saturday.
August 22, 2026
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August 22, 2026
McLaren driver Lando Norris took pole position for Sunday's Dutch Grand Prix, the world champion pipping Mercedes rivals George Russell and Kimi Antonelli into second and third place.
August 22, 2026
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Serena Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, and second-ranked Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, a seven-time Slam singles winner, will compete together in US Open mixed doubles, organizers announced Saturday.
August 22, 2026
Pope Leo XIV visited the tiny republic of San Marino Saturday and later the Italian seaside resort of Rimini, where he exhorted attendees of an influential cultural and political event to be "courageous pioneers" in fighting inequality and poverty.
August 22, 2026
France on Saturday promised to deliver new interceptor missiles to Ukraine amid a surge in Russian strikes that have pushed civilian deaths in the four-and-a-half-year war to their highest since the first months of Moscow's invasion.
August 22, 2026
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Michael Carrick admitted Manchester United have "a lot to learn" after suffering a surprise 2-0 defeat at Hull in their opening game of the Premier League season on Saturday.
August 22, 2026
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The Ebola virus has spread across Democratic Republic of Congo at a frightening speed and one of the authorities' biggest fears is that it reaches the teeming capital of Kinshasa.
Defending champion Akane Yamaguchi stayed on course for her fourth badminton world championship title with a win in the semi-final, while France's Alex Lanier reached the men's final.
Swedish police revealed that a 17-year-old female student was the fatal victim in a sword attack at a high school where widespread tributes were paid Saturday.
Manchester United crashed to a humiliating 2-0 defeat at promoted Hull on Saturday in a dismal start to their Premier League campaign.
August 22, 2026
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South Korea sent its first trial container ship through the Arctic on Saturday, as the Middle East war rattles global shipping, while environmental groups warned the route could accelerate polar ice melt.
August 22, 2026
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The market debut of artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic, a chief rival to OpenAI, could break the record set by SpaceX, US media have reported.
Marcus Trescothick has insisted he wants to continue working with England's Test team even though Mike Hussey has revealed an approach by incoming head coach Stephen Fleming to effectively replace him.
Far from the solemn pomp of the Vatican, nestled under the arcades of the mountain town of Santarcangelo di Romagna, a tailor clad all in black leaned over his sketch.
Indonesia is deploying an additional 1,500 soldiers to Borneo, an official said Saturday, to help tackle wildfires that have burned through swathes of the island and created thick smog choking some areas.
August 22, 2026
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