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Gaelic sports: what you need to know

Camogie hurling and Gaelic football are prehistoric sports indigenous to Ireland

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Slovenia beat arch-rivals Serbia to win Eurobasket final

Slovenia's victory in their first major final was all the more sweet as they defeated neighbours Serbia 93-85

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Sarah-Quita Offringa triumphs in Windsurfing World Cup

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Game on for Ashgabat and Fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Ashgabat is in the spotlight.

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Ireland

Irish women's contact sport 'camogie' is not for the faint-hearted

Camogie, an Irish full-contact sport played only by women, is very physical and can seem "vicious and ferocious", says All-Ireland champion Grainne Ní Chatháin

Brazil

From favela to world glory: A Brazilian bodyboarder's story

Junior World Champion Socrates Santana became a champion, against the odds

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Black Pudding Throwing Championship

World Black Pudding Throwing Championships take place near Manchester.

Hungary

Europe's best axe and knife throwers gather in Hungary

Hungary

Daring swim across Danube in Budapest Urban Games

The Budapest Urban Games now includes a challenging swim across Danube for the first time this year. 263 participants dived in despite the strong currents and even whirlpools.

USA

Serena Williams gives birth to baby girl

Former world number one tennis player Serena Williams has given birth to a baby girl at St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida on Friday.

Sport

Shock men's victories on day four of Judo World Championships

Day four of the Judo World Championships was one for the rank outsiders as the field saw some major upsets.

Sport

US Open: Shapovalov upsets Tsonga

The Canadian teenager is the youngest player in a decade to enter the third round

Sport

Mongolian breaks Japan's gold medal stranglehold

Day three of the world championships in Budapest saw a goliath battle for the women’s under 57 kilogram division.

Focus

Ashgabat gears up for Fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Ashgabat, the Turkmenistan capital, awaits the guests of the Fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, also known as AIMAG.

Sport

Sharapova beats Halep in US Open first round

It is Maria Sharapova's first grand slam test after her doping ban.

Germany

Borussia Dortmund sign Yarmolenko on four-year deal

Borussia Dortmund have signed Ukrainian forward Andriy Yarmolenko on a four year deal from Dynamo Kiev for an undisclosed fee.

Sport

Judo honours great and good on its 65th anniversary

Sport

US boxer Floyd Mayweather triumphs over UFC champion Conor McGregor

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Joining the mile high club the hard way

The world's best vertical runners are in Beijing for the latest assault on a tall building, the 330-metre China World tower.

Sport

Mayweather v. McGregor: It'll be all fight on the night

Mayweather-McGregor fight on course to be richest in history