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13 May 2017 - 9:46am

LA throw down Olympic gauntlet to Paris

Los Angeles have made a final play to the IOC's evaluation committee to host the 2024 Summer Games.
13 May 2017 - 9:14am

Los Angeles throws down gauntlet to Paris in 2024 hosting battle

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles 2024 made a final pitch to the International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Commission on Friday and now will wait and see if...
13 May 2017 - 9:08am

Batshuayi's late winner delivers title for Chelsea

Chelsea were suffering late nerves as a dogged West Brom threatened to prolong the title race but Belgian international Batshuayi prodded home the winner after 82...
13 May 2017 - 8:46am

Chase retires hurt as Windies crawl towards Pakistan total

Chase, the best West Indies batsman by far in the series, reached 60 before being struck on the elbow by a short ball from Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Amir at...
13 May 2017 - 8:02am

Will Genia's Stade Francais win Euro title

Australian halfback Will Genia's French rugby team Stade Francais have beaten Gloucester in the final of the European Challenge Cup.
13 May 2017 - 7:42am

Motor racing - Ocon repaying his parents' sacrifices

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Esteban Ocon's parents never doubted the current Force India driver was destined for great things in Formula One.
13 May 2017 - 7:38am

Spurs will adapt to playing at Wembley, says Pochettino

LONDON (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur will successfully adapt to playing at Wembley next season when it becomes their temporary home despite their struggles at the...
13 May 2017 - 7:32am

Rugby - Stade Francais claim first European title

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Stade Francais ran in two opportunist second-half tries to overpower Gloucester 25-17 in the Challenge Cup final on Friday and claim their...
13 May 2017 - 7:20am

Out of the Blue - How Conte steered Chelsea to the title

LONDON (Reuters) - When Chelsea announced last April that Italian Antonio Conte would become their manager they knew they had signed a winner.
13 May 2017 - 7:08am

Barkley strike seals Everton win over Watford

England international Barkley, who has been told to tell Everton if he wants to stay at the club in the next few days, was allowed to run unchallenged from midway...
13 May 2017 - 7:06am

Jones urges Hartley to remain ruthless

England coach Eddie Jones says skipper Dylan Hartley can be the man to lead the side to the Rugby World Cup in Japan in 2019.
13 May 2017 - 6:40am

Tyler has Wright stuff in Rio schooling

A stunning 9.67 from Australia's defending world champion Tyler Wright was the early highlight of Friday's action at the Rio Pro.
13 May 2017 - 5:52am

Serena Williams, Biles join LA's 2024 Games bid

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tennis player Serena Williams and gymnast Simone Biles are the latest leading athletes to lend their names to the campaign to bring the...
13 May 2017 - 5:34am

Golf - McIlroy to undergo test on troublesome back

Speaking after the second round at the Players Championship on Friday, McIlroy acknowledged that he had aggravated his back.
13 May 2017 - 8:18am

Will Power on pole for IndyCar Grand Prix

Australian driver Will Power has claimed pole position for the IndyCar Grand Prix in Indianapolis.
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12 May 2017 - 9:41pm

Cold water on Trump's claim he coined the phrase 'prime the pump'

US President Donald Trump's claim he invented the phrase 'prime the pump' even had the Merriam-Webster dictionary correcting him.
12 May 2017 - 10:25am

Two Australians to sing in Eurovision grand final as Anja Nissen qualifies

Australian Anja Nissen, Denmark's Eurovision contestant, will join Australian contestant Isaiah Firebrace in the Eurovision finals this weekend.
12 May 2017 - 10:25am

'You are paddleboarding next to 15 great white sharks,' beachgoers warned

Beachgoers in Orange County, California, were warned from a helicopter that a large number of great white sharks were swimming in the area.
12 May 2017 - 3:34pm

One maths lecturer on whether you should enter Powerball

"If you stopped four unrelated strangers in the street and asked their birthdays, you’re 50 per cent more likely to select four people with the same birthday than...
12 May 2017 - 7:54am

Sewage data to form part of welfare drug testing policy

Social Services Minister Christian Porter says data on wastewater prompted the government's new initiative to drug test 5000 new jobseekers.
11 May 2017 - 3:17pm

'I don't want to say what I'll do': Jobless Australians fear drug tests

Welfare recipients fear a new Budget measure that would force the jobless to undergo random drug tests could lead them to desperate measures.
11 May 2017 - 2:29pm

Maritime arrivals to be cut off from welfare in Budget immigration measure

EXCLUSIVE: The government plans to save nearly $50 million by taking away income support for thousands of so-called ‘illegal maritime arrivals’, who have been...
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