Premier League clubs voted Friday to overhaul the competition's financial rules, bringing in a new system that focuses solely on spending that directly affects what happens on the pitch.
New York's incoming leftist mayor Zohran Mamdani marches into the White House on Friday for a high-stakes sit-down with President Donald Trump, after a bruising war of words that lit up cable news and social media.
Russian forces fighting in Mali have failed to break the country free from a stifling fuel blockade and attacks waged by suspected jihadists, as the wider Sahel region becomes further mired in conflict.
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England were forced into a late change Friday to their starting side to play Argentina at Twickenham, with Max Ojomoh replacing the injured Fraser Dingwall at inside centre.
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By taking over the Balkan's largest refinery from Lukoil, Bulgaria has for now avoided punishing US sanctions against the Russian oil giant, which enter into force on Friday.
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Paul Pogba has lost none of his "vision and technique" despite not playing for more than two years, his Monaco coach Sebastien Pocognoli said on Friday, as he weighs up whether to hand the 2018 World Cup winner his club debut.
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Negotiators were divided Friday on the last day of fire-delayed UN climate talks, as Europe rejected COP30 host Brazil's latest draft agreement which lacks a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels.
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Europe's main stock markets fell further following sharp losses across global equities this week, including a rout Friday in Asia on fears of a bursting AI bubble.
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Mitchell Starc said Friday he was always confident in his ability to get wickets after bagging seven on the opening day of the first Ashes Test, with more of the same needed to keep Australia alive.
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Armed gang members kidnapped pupils and teachers from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, officials said Friday, in the second such incident in less than a week.
Pep Guardiola said Friday that the "real season starts now" as Manchester City seek to hunt down Arsenal at the top of the Premier League.
Mercedes's team principal and chief executive officer Toto Wolff has sold 15 percent of his shareholding in the Formula One team for $300 million to American billionaire George Kurtz.
Shares in Ubisoft rose sharply as they resumed trading on the Paris stock exchange Friday, a week after the French video game company stunned investors by postponing its results announcement without an explanation.
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Reigning Olympic Super-G champion Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland suffered a potentially serious knee injury while training in Copper Mountain, Colorado, Swiss Ski said on Friday.
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Ukraine woke up Friday to a US proposal that would force it to essentially capitulate to Russia after almost four years of war, requiring Kyiv to give up land, cut its army and hold elections.
Nineteen wickets fell on an opening day of carnage in the first Ashes Test on Friday, with England's attack led by skipper Ben Stokes bowling them into a position of strength after Australia dismissed the tourists for 172.
European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde warned Friday the region was increasingly "vulnerable" to shocks like US tariffs and is lagging behind in areas that will drive growth such as AI.
Arne Slot said on Friday that Liverpool would never use their grief over the death of Diogo Jota "as an excuse" for bad results as he seeks to arrest a shocking run of five defeats in six Premier League games.
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