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England remain on track for back-to-back Six Nations titles after entertaining Italy win

England continued to wobble towards retaining the Six Nations crown with an entertaining home win over Italy on Sunday.

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Ireland down France to keep alive Six Nations title hopes

Ireland kept alive their hopes of a third Six Nations title in four years when they came from behind early on to beat France in a bruising contest at the Aviva Stadium in…

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Alpine skiing: Kline celebrates maiden win in Kvitfjell downhill

Slovenia’s Bostjan Kline claimed the first World Cup victory of his career on Friday when he triumphed in a men’s downhill race in Kvitfjell, Norway – a replacement race for the cancelled Lake Louise

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Leicester sack manager Ranieri

Leicester City have sacked their manager Claudio Ranieri

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Hamilton hails new F1 car

Lewis Hamilton hailed his new car as "pretty awesome"

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Juve cruise past 10-man Porto

Juventus cruise past 10-man Porto as Leicester grab away goal

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Force India unveil 2017 car

Force India aim for a top-three finish as the unveil their 2017 car

United Kingdom

Sutton United's pasty-eating goalkeeper resigns after betting probe

Wayne Shaw, affectionately known as the “roly poly goalie”, captured the adoration of football fans around the world during semi-professional club Sutton United’s Cinderella run to the fifth round of

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Rugby: Former Australia lock Dan Vickerman dies aged 37

The world of rugby was sent into shock on Sunday following the news that former Australia international Dan Vickerman has died at his home in Sydney.

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Alpine skiing: Hirscher inches closer to legendary status with slalom world title

The Alpine skiing world championships in St-Moritz ended on a high note for Marcel Hirscher.

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Hermans closes in on Tour of Oman victory

BMC’s Ben Hermans all but assured himself of overall victory at the Tour of Oman on Saturday after winning the penultimate stage five to stretch his lead at the top of the general…

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Shiffrin wins third straight slalom world title

American Mikaela Shiffrin cemented her status as the slalom queen after winning the world title in the discipline for a third consecutive time.

Brazil

Six months on, Rio Olympic venues lie derelict

Organisers promised the Rio de Janeiro Olympics would bring long-term benefits to the Brazilian city and its residents.

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France's Worley slaloms to second gold at world championships

Tessa Worley has won her second gold medal at the alpine skiing world championship in St Moritz, Switzerland.

North Korea

North Korea celebrates the anniversary of the late leader's birth with sports events

Sporting events have been held in Pyongyang to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the birth of the late leader, Kim John Il.

USA

Bet, date... and match? Tennis star honours promise to go out with student

Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard has kept her word over a Twitter bet to go on a date with a 20-year-old student.

Croatia

Skydiving stunt celebrates St. Valentine's

Three of the world's top skydivers have marked this St. Valentine's day by jumping above a heart-shaped island in Croatia.

USA

Lance Armstrong faces uphill struggle in US fraud trial

Lance Armstrong to go to trial in US fraud case

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PSG ready to host Barca as Champions League resumes

The Champions League resumes on Tuesday with the last 16 phase.

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Alpine skiing: Aerni wins shock gold at Worlds

Luca Aerni handed host nation Switzerland their third title from six races at the World skiing championships in St.