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PKL: Patna Pirates roar back to winning ways

Patna Pirates returned to winning ways with an all-round performance as they secured an impressive 40-27 win over Gujarat Giants in the Pro Kabaddi League in Noida on Monday.




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'Messi has been the boost that MLS has needed'

Lionel Messi has more than proven his worth for the league and his team at a vitally important time for the sport in North America, where the FIFA World Cup will be staged in 2026.




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ATP Finals: Bopanna-Ebden start on a losing note

Rohan Bopanna and partner Matthew Ebden were defeated by the Italian duo of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in their opening match.




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Man City's reign over? Dias fires back at doubters

City slumped to a fourth consecutive loss in all competitions with a 2-1 defeat at Brighton and Hove Albion in the Premier League on Saturday




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Magnus Carlsen reflects on chess rating 'deflation'

Magnus Carlsen, the undisputed world number one for over a decade, believes chess ratings today are somewhat "deflated" compared to the past but remains unfazed by the possibility of someone surpassing him.




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ATP Finals: Rejuvenated Medvedev back on track!

Daniil Medvedev might have to delay his holiday plans a while longer after rediscovering his spark to beat Australia's Alex de Minaur in straight sets at the ATP Finals on Tuesday.




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Yukio Okamoto, the hand that cradled the Japan-US alliance




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Majority dissatisfied with Japan's coronavirus response: Nikkei poll





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Always open to exit OVO at the right valuation: Lippo Group’s John Riady

If on a risk-adjusted basis, I think it's a good time to get out, then I will get out, he says.

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India up for sale as PM Modi offers national icons to plug deficit

Modi has launched India’s biggest-ever asset sale, a $29 billion privatization drive that would help prop up the economy.

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  • Air India Ltd
  • Bharat Petroleum Corp
  • IDBI Bank Ltd
  • Life Insurance Corp. of India
  • Reliance Industries Ltd.













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CP Group’s $10b Tesco deal to test mettle of Thai antitrust watchdog

The Office of Trade Competition Commission is awaiting CP Group's request for merger approval to study the impact on the economy, market competition and consumers.

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France holds its breath on the eve of Covid-19 lockdown lifting

As France begins to lift its eight-week Covid-19 lockdown, the government is stepping up efforts to ‘protect, test and isolate’. But many still fear a second wave.  




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Bundesliga CEO adamant season will restart despite positive tests at Dresden

  • Dresden players sent home after two test positive
  • ‘We are not changing our plans,’ says Christian Seifert

The Bundesliga is keen to press ahead with plans to restart the season for the top two tiers next weekend, despite Dynamo Dresden’s squad being quarantined for two weeks.

Dresden’s players were sent home after two tested positive for coronavirus. This means the second tier club cannot play their first two games of the restart – against Hannover on 17 May and against Fürth the following weekend.

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Nathan Redmond: 'It's difficult to post a TikTok video if you've lost 1-0' | David Hytner

The Covid-19 lockdown has given the midfielder the chance to show his acting skills outside the Southampton changing room

Nathan Redmond hustles towards the camera, suited up, fedora jauntily perched and when he starts to lip-sync, the voice is that of Carter – the character played by Chris Tucker in Rush Hour 3. It is the scene involving him, Master Yu and Mi and, for those who have not seen it, has Carter getting into a word-play tangle as he questions Yu and Mi. “Who are you? Yu. No, not me, you. Yes, I am Yu.” It goes from there.

Related: 'People's lives depend on it': the sacked English defender left in limbo | Sid Lowe

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Lockdown diary: 'There's a gran isolating in a tree communicating by catapult!'

Like man buns on scooters and ukulele busking, Covid-19 has now spread to the north from London – inspiring a coronavirus soapcom from our self-isolating comedy-writer

Up here in the north-west, we’re used to living in the slipstream of London’s sleek urban shenanigans. Whatever the cultural breakthrough – man buns on scooters, cashless ukulele busking, emotional support bees – it takes a while to reach the Lancaster and Morecambe Non-Metropolitan Area. If it ever does.

A Street Stranger Watch leads to a death and the appearance at midnight of the street’s original Victorian inhabitants

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