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Swiss Belinda Bencic reached the final of the Berlin WTA grass event for the second straight year after battling back to beat second seed Maria Sakkari 6-7, (6-8), 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday. Last year’s Berlin runner-up got off to a shaky start as Greece’s …

Departing Liverpool striker Sadio Mané will undergo a medical at Bayern Munich on Tuesday, British TV channel Sky Sports reported on Saturday. Media reports in Germany and Britain on Friday said the two clubs had agreed an initial transfer fee of €32 m…

Charles Leclerc will take a 10-place grid penalty for the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix after a new control electronic was fitted to his car, his Ferrari team said late on Friday. It’s the third of theses elements used so far this season and only two…

Max Verstappen was fastest in first practice on Friday for the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix in Montreal. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was quickest in second practice. Red Bull’s defending champion Verstappen, who won last weekend in Baku, holds a 21-po…

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that Western sanctions on his country have failed, in an address to Russian economists and ministers at an economic forum in St Petersburg on Friday, some four months after Moscow started its war on Ukraine. “Th…

Second seed Maria Sakkari is into her first ever grass semi-final after dismantling Daria Kasatkina 6-0, 6-3 in Berlin on Friday. The Greek easily secured her first win over the Russian sixth seed in five attempts at the Steffi Graf stadium. “Grasscour…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected the threat of nuclear war emanating from Russia. As soon as one reacts to statements by foreign politicians, it is immediately said that Russia is threatening someone, Putin said on Friday at the Internatio…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again justified the war against Ukraine, which has been going on for almost four months, by saying Russia had had no alternative. “In the current situation, against the backdrop of increasing risks and threats …

Russia has no objections to Ukraine becoming a member of the European Union, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a conference on Friday. “We have nothing against it. It is the sovereign decision of each country to join or not join economic alliances,…

The European Commission on Friday recommended that Ukraine and Moldova become official candidates for European Union membership. Ukrainians are ready to die for the prospect of joining the European Union, European Commission President Ursula von der Le…