Rugby-England finally deliver when it matters to win Women's World Cup
By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) -England finally delivered when it really mattered on Saturday when they outclassed Canada 33-13 in front of a delirious record 81,885 Twickenham crowd to win the Women's Rugby World Cup for the third time on a memora...
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Rugby-Funding is tough but that is not why we lost, say Canada
By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) -Canada head coach Kevin Rouet highlighted the uphill task that his team of underdogs had to take on to even reach the Rugby World Cup final after they lost to England at Twickenham on Saturday. "It was a lot of sacrifi...
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NATO to step up vigilance in Baltic after Denmark drone incidents
RIGA (Reuters) -NATO said on Saturday it would "conduct even more enhanced vigilance with new multi-domain assets in the Baltic Sea region" following recent drone incidents in Denmark. In a statement emailed to Reuters, the alliance said the new assets...
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Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to allow soldiers to keep medals awarded for their roles at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which ma...
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Golf-Hovland withdraws from Ryder Cup fourballs due to neck injury
By Frank Pingue FARMINGDALE, New York (Reuters) -Viktor Hovland was forced to withdraw from his Ryder Cup fourball match on Saturday due to a neck injury and will be replaced by Englishman Tyrrell Hatton. The Norwegian, who won his foursomes match 1UP...
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Meryl Streep at Dolce & Gabbana as scenes shot for "Devil Wears Prada" sequel
MILAN (Reuters) -Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci were on the front row of Dolce & Gabbana's Milan Fashion Week show on Saturday, in character as magazine editor Miranda Priestly and her art director as scenes were shot for "The Devil Wears Prada 2". Par...
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Jazz F Georges Niang (foot) sidelined at least 2 weeks
Utah Jazz forward Georges Niang's injured left foot will be reevaluated in two weeks, the team said Saturday. Niang, 32, sustained a stress reaction in the fourth metatarsal during offseason training and conditioning. Acquired in an Aug. 6 trade with...
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Russia warns NATO, EU: any aggression will be met with 'decisive response'
By Tom Balmforth and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned NATO and the European Union on Saturday that "any aggression against my country will be met with a decisive response." As Russia's war rages ...
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Golf-Shut up - McIlroy bites back at hostile Bethpage fans
By Frank Pingue FARMINGDALE, New York (Reuters) -Rory McIlroy had endured enough heckling from the hostile Ryder Cup crowd at Bethpage Black on Saturday and when the Northern Irishman finally snapped back with an expletive, he made sure to back it up ...
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Golf-Rahm's Ryder Cup magic show leaves Bethpage spellbound
By Frank Pingue FARMINGDALE, New York (Reuters) -Jon Rahm has turned the Ryder Cup into his personal magic show as the Spaniard made the impossible look routine with his second highlight reel shot in as many days for Europe at Bethpage Black on Saturd...
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