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Football
Soccer-Crystal Palace's Mateta nets brace in 5-2 thrashing of West Ham
LONDON (Reuters) -Crystal Palace's Jean-Philippe Mateta netted a brace as they romped to a 5-2 Premier League rout of West Ham United on Sunday with four goals inside 31 minutes including an exquisite bicycle kick by Eberechi Eze.
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Cycling
Cycling-Pogacar solos to Liege triumph
(Reuters) - Tadej Pogacar destroyed the field with a stunning solo attack to win Liege-Bastogne-Liege on Sunday, the Slovenian's sixth Monument victory of his career.
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Football
Soccer-Villa strengthen grip on fourth with 3-1 win over Bournemouth
BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) -Aston Villa stormed back from a goal down to beat Bournemouth 3-1 on Sunday, with strikes from Morgan Rogers, Moussa Diaby and Leon Bailey helping the Birmingham side to strengthen their grip on fourth place in the Premier League.
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Football
Soccer-Inter not focused on clinching title in Milan derby, Inzaghi says
(Reuters) - Inter Milan manager Simone Inzaghi said his side were prepared for an emotional derby against AC Milan on Monday but were not fixated on clinching the Serie A title by defeating their rivals.
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Football
Soccer-Man City thrash West Ham to go top of Women's Super League
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Two goals in the opening four minutes set Manchester City up for a 5-0 thrashing of West Ham United that sent them back to the top of the Women's Super League on Sunday, with top scorer Khadija Shaw netting twice to take her season tally to 21.
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Football
Soccer-Ducksch's brace boosts Bremen's survival battle in 2-1 win over Stuttgart
BREMEN, Germany (Reuters) - Werder Bremen ended VfB Stuttgart's 11-game unbeaten streak in the Bundesliga after Marvin Ducksch scored a memorable brace to seal the 2-1 win on Sunday, sending the hosts eight points clear of the relegation play-off spot.
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Football
Soccer-Everton grab 2-0 victory over Forest to boost survival hopes
LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -Everton secured three crucial points when they beat relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest 2-0 at Goodison Park on Sunday to improve their own Premier League survival hopes and move five points clear of the drop zone.
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Tennis
Tennis-Rybakina strolls to Stuttgart title in straight-sets win over Kostyuk
STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) -Elena Rybakina had little trouble in seeing off Marta Kostyuk 6-2 6-2 to win the Stuttgart Open on Sunday, her third title this year.
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Other Sports
Motor racing - Red Bull's Verstappen could consider joining rivals Mercedes, says Wolff
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Red Bull's triple world champion Max Verstappen has more depths to him and so could consider a move to rivals Mercedes, even though he is currently in the quickest Formula One car, Toto Wolff, the German team's boss, said on Sunday.
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Athletics
Athletics-Jepchirchir crushes women's-only world record in winning London Marathon
LONDON (Reuters) -Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir crushed the women's-only world record in winning the 44th London Marathon on Sunday, while Kenyan compatriot Alexander Mutiso Munyao pulled away from Ethiopian distance great Kenenisa Bekele to win the men's race.
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Football
Soccer-Tottenham's Udogie out for the season with thigh injury
(Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur have suffered a setback in their pursuit of a top-four place in the Premier League as defender Destiny Udogie is out with injury for the rest of the season, the club confirmed on Sunday
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Boxing
Boxing-Garcia stuns Haney with majority decision win
(Reuters) - Ryan Garcia floored Devin Haney three times on the way to a majority decision victory in their 12-round super lightweight fight on Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
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Other Sports
Surfing-Dolphins accompany Bryan to win at Margaret River Pro, Robinson repeats
(Reuters) - Hawaiian surfer Gabriela Bryan shared a wave with a pod of dolphins as she won her first world championship tour event over Californian rookie Sawyer Lindblad in pumping surf at the Western Australia Margaret River Pro on Sunday.
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Football
Soccer-Chelsea must regroup in fight for Europe spot, says Chalobah
(Reuters) - Chelsea squad must band together and give their all in the seven games remaining to move up in the Premier League standings, defender Trevoh Chalobah said after his side's 1-0 defeat to Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-final.
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Cricket
Cricket-Hyderabad's Abhishek says rapport with Head behind top-order fireworks
(Reuters) - Sunrisers Hyderabad's Abhishek Sharma said his good off-field bond with Australian opener Travis Head had translated into a successful partnership at the top of the order after the pair put Delhi Capitals to the sword in the Indian Premier League.
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Motorsport
Brake problems can’t stop Hafizh from delivering JDT’s first win in ARRC
PETALING JAYA: Hafizh Syahrin Abdullah gave Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) Racing Team their first motor racing victory after winning Race 1 of the second round of the Asian Motorcycle Championship (ARRC) at the Zhuhai International Circuit in China.
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Golf
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Golf
Vu out of the Chevron with back injury
DEFENDING champion and world No. 2 Lilia Vu withdrew from this week’s Chevron Championship before the first round because of a back injury.
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Golf
Bettinardi unveils new and enhanced Series putter line
BETTINARDI Golf, a leading innovator and maker of some of the world’s finest precision-milled putters for over 25 years, unveils its new 2024 BB Series.
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Golf
Royal Selangor to host junior invitational next month
ROYAL Selangor Golf Club have announced the staging of the 2024 RSGC-SportExcel Junior Invitational Championship, set to take place from May 14 to 16 in Kuala Lumpur.