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South Africa are two wins away from becoming the first team to win the Rugby World Cup four times with England their first opponents in Saturday's semi-final.
Second-placed Nice welcome rivals Marseille to the Allianz Riviera on Saturday amid conflicting form for the two teams, though only four places separate them in the table.
Jorge Martin topped the timesheets in Friday's opening free practice for the Australian MotoGP, with championship leader Francesco Bagnaia lagging in 11th.
Manchester City are aiming to avoid a third straight Premier League defeat for the first time in seven years when they host Brighton on Saturday, while Arsenal will provide a stiff test for resurgent Chelsea.
United States national team midfielder Tyler Adams will be sidelined for five months with a hamstring injury, The Athletic reported on Thursday.
Ketel Marte smacked a bases-loaded single in the ninth inning to drive in the winning run as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat Philadelphia 2-1 on Thursday in the Major League Baseball playoffs.
For Frankie Dettori, come Saturday evening the flying dismounts and unabashed displays of emotions in victory or defeat will be a thing of the past as the great showman retires from European racing, leaving a huge vacuum.
Stand-in Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said his batsmen must take "responsibility" after a collapse in a seven-wicket defeat by India left them struggling to qualify for the World Cup semi-finals.
James Harden missed Philadelphia 76ers practice for a second consecutive day on Thursday for what the NBA club called personal reasons, leaving his status in doubt for next week's season opener.
Terry Stotts, who was the head coach at Portland for the first nine years of Damian Lillard's career, resigned Thursday as an assistant coach of Lillard's new NBA team, the Milwaukee Bucks.
Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson said Thursday that major tournaments making a path for more LIV Golf competitors despite fading world ranking points is "common sense" and "coming soon."
Lewis Hamilton on Thursday criticised the FIA for poor communication in the wake of his track-crossing incident in Qatar and added that he had learned his lesson and was "moving forwards".
Max Verstappen on Thursday dismissed reports of a power struggle between Red Bull team boss Christian Horner and veteran special motorsport advisor Helmut Marko.
Lando Norris on Thursday forecast that he and his in-form McLaren team faced a much tougher and closer scrap for success at this weekend's United States Grand Prix than they faced in recent races.
Lance Stroll’s future with Aston Martin was the source of much speculation again on Thursday after organisers at the United States Grand Prix included Brazilian reserve driver Felipe Drugovich in a promotional poster.
Virat Kohli said he was enjoying the "special feeling" of playing in a World Cup on home soil after his unbeaten century guided India to a dominant seven-wicket win over Bangladesh and left him in sight of Sachin Tendulkar's record for ODI hundreds.
Netherlands fast bowler Paul van Meekeren has been part of two shock World Cup victories but just three years ago was making ends meet delivering food for Uber Eats.
Virat Kohli's unbeaten century sealed India's fourth win from four World Cup matches as the hosts defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in Pune on Thursday.
Everton manager Sean Dyche says he "knows what he needs to know" about the club's off-field issues after a disciplinary hearing into an alleged breach of Premier League spending rules started this week.
India star Virat Kohli struck his third fifty in four World Cup innings when he reached the landmark against Bangladesh in Pune on Thursday.
Pakistan fast bowler Hasan Ali insisted Thursday that the demoralising World Cup defeat to arch-rivals India "wasn't the end of the world".
Fast bowler Hasan Ali believes the fever which has spread through the Pakistan team at the World Cup has been caused by being largely confined to their hotel.
Spin bowlers Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja engineered a top-order collapse as India restricted Bangladesh to 256-8 in a World Cup match in Pune on Thursday.
New Zealand head coach Ian Foster said on Thursday past Rugby World Cup semi-finals will count for nothing during this weekend's last four game with Argentina.
Ben Stokes has declared himself ready for action in England's crucial World Cup clash against South Africa after missing the first three games of the campaign through injury.
Defending champion Taylor Fritz tumbled out of the Japan Open on Thursday after a stunning second-round loss to Japanese wild card and world number 215 Shintaro Mochizuki.
Freddie Steward was recalled at full-back as England coach Steve Borthwick made three changes to the team to play South Africa in the World Cup semi-final in Paris on Saturday.
Six-time Grand Slam winner Boris Becker confirmed on Thursday he has become the coach of Denmark's Holger Rune, returning to the game after a seven-year absence that included a prison term.
Australia skipper Pat Cummins thanked the Netherlands on Thursday for throwing the five-time champions a shock World Cup lifeline with their surprise victory over South Africa.
South Africa coach Jacques Nienaber has named an unchanged matchday 23, the most experienced in Springbok history, from the one that edged France to play England in the World Cup semi-final on Saturday.
India superstar Virat Kohli bowled in a one-day international for the first time in six years after all-rounder Hardik Pandya limped off midway through an over in Thursday's World Cup match against Bangladesh.
South Africa coach Jacques Nienaber has named an unchanged match-day 23, the most experienced in Springbok history, from the one that edged France to play England in the World Cup semi-final in Paris on Saturday.