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Mexico, Panama reach Gold Cup semis with hat trick for Diaz

Mexico, Panama reach Gold Cup semis with hat trick for Diaz

Mexico and Panama booked their places in the last four of the CONCACAF Gold Cup with victories on Saturday in their quarter-final ties against Costa Rica and Qatar.

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New Zealand vow to get 'gritty' to avoid World Cup embarrassment

New Zealand vow to get 'gritty' to avoid World Cup embarrassment

Jitka Klimkova says her New Zealand team must get "gritty" if they are to end their 32-year wait for a first Women's World Cup win and avoid embarrassment on home soil.

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Norway's Hegerberg hopes to make up for lost time at World Cup

Norway's Hegerberg hopes to make up for lost time at World Cup

The prolific Ada Hegerberg is aiming to cap her return from the international wilderness by firing Norway back among the elite at the Women's World Cup this month.

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Philippines hope 'meteoric rise' to World Cup is game-changer

Philippines hope 'meteoric rise' to World Cup is game-changer

In a country obsessed with beauty pageants, basketball and boxing, the Philippines women's team hope to ignite interest in football when they make the nation's World Cup debut.

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Football: Women's World Cup Group A

Football: Women's World Cup Group A

The FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand kicks off on July 20.

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McLaughlin-Levrone dominates in US championships 400m win, Richardson shines again

McLaughlin-Levrone dominates in US championships 400m win, Richardson shines again

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone continued her push to make the 400m her own Saturday, blazing to victory at the US athletics championships in a world-leading 48.74sec.

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Sweet success: Jordan's beekeepers busy as honey demand soars

Sweet success: Jordan's beekeepers busy as honey demand soars

Jordan's key tourism industry may have been hammered by Covid, but the pandemic gave a boost to another sector, keeping its beekeepers busy as demand for honey has soared.

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Startup bets on kitesurf to blow away shipping pollution

Startup bets on kitesurf to blow away shipping pollution

Inspired by kitesurfing, French firms want to deploy the same wind technology to propel everything from yachts to cargo ships in order to cut the shipping industry's massive carbon footprint.

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Angola, DRC eye iconic rail revamp to quench global minerals thirst

Angola, DRC eye iconic rail revamp to quench global minerals thirst

Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo are pinning hopes for economic revival on the revamp of an iconic African railway connecting mineral-rich inland areas to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Climate change challenges hydropower-dependent Austria

Climate change challenges hydropower-dependent Austria

High in the Austrian Alps, hundreds of construction workers toil in a huge underground project aimed at storing hydropower as climate change has reduced the country's water-dependent electricity production.

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