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By Fernando Kallas PORTO (Reuters) - Portugal survived a nervy finale to move one step closer to reaching the World Cup with a 3-1 win over Turkey, who missed a late penalty that could have forced ext...

PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) - Italy missed out on the World Cup finals again after losing 1-0 at home to North Macedonia in their playoff semi-final on Thursday as Aleksandar Trajkovski's last-gasp strik...

MONTPELLIER, France (Reuters) - Americans Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier performed a flawless free programme to win the pairs title at the figure skating world championships on Thursday. The duo fi...

By Shrivathsa Sridhar and Frank Pingue (Reuters) - Ash Barty's retirement from tennis is symptomatic of how the new generation of players view their careers and sport must rise to the challenge of ens...

(Reuters) - A dominant Naomi Osaka beat German 13th seed Angelique Kerber 6-2 6-3 on Thursday in a one-sided clash of two former world number ones to reach the third round of the Miami Open where Garb...

By Maria Caspani (Reuters) - Arizona and Oklahoma passed bills on Thursday that would ban transgender youth from participating in girls' sports, the latest in a flurry of state legislation passed by R...

(Reuters) - Simona Halep withdrew from the Miami Open ahead of her second-round match on Thursday with a leg injury that the former world number one said will keep her out of action for three weeks. R...

(Reuters) - The New York Yankees are Major League Baseball's most valuable team for a 24th consecutive year, according to the annual list published by business magazine Forbes on Thursday. The 27-time...

MONTPELLIER, France (Reuters) - The International Skating Union (ISU) has replaced its world championship commentators after they made derogatory comments aimed at Canadian Meagan Duhamel. Commentator...

(Reuters) - New York Mayor Eric Adams was expected to lift the city's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for professional athletes and performers on Thursday, allowing unvaccinated Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irvi...