BBC boss will not step down as Lineker removal sparks sports coverage chaos
The BBC's director general Tim Davie said he will not resign after the publicly-funded broadcaster's sport service was decimated on Saturday by a backlash to Gary Lineker's removal as Match of the Day host.
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Defending champion Swiatek off to fast start at Indian Wells
World number one Iga Swiatek launched her bid for a rare Indian Wells repeat with a convincing 6-0, 6-1 victory over 56th-ranked American Claire Liu on Saturday.
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Former NFL, NBA champion Grant dead at 95
Bud Grant, who won NFL and NBA titles and coached the Minnesota Vikings into four Super Bowls, died Saturday, the club announced. He was 95.
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Match of the Day shortened and silenced in wake of Lineker row
The BBC's flagship football highlights show Match of the Day was cut short on Saturday as pundits and commentators pulled out after presenter Gary Lineker was taken off air by the corporation.
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McIlroy says he needs to switch focus back to golf
World number three Rory McIlroy vowed to turn his focus away from sports politics and back to the game after he missed the cut at the Players Championship on Saturday.
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Mbappe scores last-minute winner as PSG bounce back from European exit
Kylian Mbappe broke away to score a last-minute winner as Paris Saint-Germain beat Brest 2-1 on Saturday, a result that will go a small way towards healing the wound of their midweek Champions League exit at the hands of Bayern Munich.
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Sundowns hammer African giants Ahly to secure last-eight place
South African club Mamelodi Sundowns became the second qualifiers for the CAF Champions League quarter-finals after hammering mighty Egyptian visitors Al Ahly 5-2 in Pretoria on Saturday.
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Tens of thousands of Israelis rally against judicial overhaul
Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated across the country Saturday in the 10th consecutive week of protests against government judicial reform plans that critics view as a threat to democracy.
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Watchdog 'clears' S.Africa's Ramaphosa over cover-up scandal
South Africa's anti-corruption watchdog cleared President Cyril Ramaphosa of any wrongdoing in a preliminary report into a cover-up scandal that has tarnished his reputation, local media reported on Saturday.
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Launch of world's first 3D-printed rocket canceled at last second
The launch of the world's first 3D-printed rocket was ultimately scrubbed after several tries on Saturday, marking a new setback for the private owner of an innovative spacecraft billed as being less costly to produce and fly.
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