MARSEILLE: France’s hopes of winning a maiden Rugby World Cup have received a huge boost after talismanic captain Antoine Dupont was cleared to resume full training ahead of the quarter-finals. Halfback Dupont broke his right cheekbone in an ugly collision with Namibia’s Johan Deysel in pool play last month and …
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Ukraine faced its toughest week so far this year on the eastern front, where its defenders lost more ground to Russian forces but committed enormous resources to holding Bakhmut, a coal-mining town that has acquired emblematic importance to both sides. Russian troops have been launching probing attacks on a wide front in Donetsk, half of …
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