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By Ed Osmond HOYLAKE, England (Reuters) -American Brian Harman led the British Open by four shots midway through his third round on Saturday as Spaniard Jon Rahm soared into contention with a course-record 63 at a soggy Hoylake. Harman, seeking his first major title, dropped two shots in the first four holes before birdies at the fifth and ninth took him back to 10 under par, four ahead of Rahm, […]

(Reuters) – France’s National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) has slammed Paris Saint-Germain after the Ligue 1 champions excluded Kylian Mbappe from their pre-season tour to Asia as a contract standoff between the forward and the club rumbles on. The 24-year-old France captain has been put up for sale by PSG, according to media reports, after relations between the two parties soured last month. Mbappe previously said he would not […]

By Martin Petty (Reuters) – Cambodia holds an election on Sunday that is almost certain to be won by the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) of Prime Minister Hun Sen, extending its nearly four-decade grip on power. WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON SUNDAY? About 9.7 million of Cambodia’s 16 million people are eligible to vote in the election for a national assembly. Polling stations will open from 7 a.m (0000 GMT) […]

By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) -Lewis Hamilton said it felt like a first after beating Max Verstappen by the blink of an eye to take a record-extending 104th pole position of his Formula One career at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday. The 38-year-old Mercedes driver was 0.003 faster than Red Bull’s runaway championship leader for what was also a record ninth pole at the Hungaroring — the most by anyone […]

By Julien Pretot LE MARKSTEIN, France (Reuters) – Thibaut Pinot will be where he wants to be on Monday – in his vegetable garden with his goats running around, far from the chaos of the Tour de France, a race he never loved even if he came close to winning it. The 33-year-old will call it quits in October after the Giro di Lombardia, a Monument classic he won in […]

By Martyn Herman HOYLAKE (Reuters) – Spaniard Jon Rahm described his scintillating third round 63 at Royal Liverpool as his best ever on a links course as he charged back into contention at the Open on Saturday. The Masters champion had endured two frustrating days and was even in danger of missing the cut on Friday — creeping into the weekend on two-over-par after rounds of 74 and 70. But […]

By Julien Pretot LE MARKSTEIN, France (Reuters) -Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark was set to win his second Tour de France title after keeping a close tab on his main rival and 20th stage winner Tadej Pogacar in a final, emotional mountain ride of the race on Saturday. Two-time Tour winner Pogacar, whose title hopes evaporated when he was crushed by Vingegaard in Tuesday’s time trial and cracked in […]

(Reuters) – Fiorentina have signed Brazil midfielder Arthur Melo from Juventus on a season-long loan, the Serie A clubs said on Saturday. The deal includes an option to purchase the player at a later date for 20 million euros ($22.25 million). Arthur, 26, recently returned to Juve after a season-long loan spell at Liverpool, where he made just one substitute appearance, totalling 13 minutes. Having accumulated 22 Brazil caps, he […]

(Reuters) -A Russian war reporter was killed and three were wounded in Ukraine on Saturday in what the defence ministry said was a Ukrainian attack using cluster munitions, prompting outrage from Moscow. In a separate incident, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle said one of its journalists, Yevgeny Shilko, had been wounded elsewhere in Ukraine in a Russian attack with cluster munitions that killed a Ukrainian soldier. It said his life was […]