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MotoGP: Francesco Bagnaia cuts Jorge Martin lead with win in Japan

Italy's Francesco Bagnaia celebrates winning the Japanese Grand Prix

Defending champion Francesco Bagnaia heaped the pressure on Jorge Martin – the leader in the overall MotoGP standings – by completing a sprint-race double at the Japanese Grand Prix. Italian Ducati rider Bagnaia, 27, overhauled Pramac Racing’s Martin last season to claim his second consecutive title. And he cut the 26-year-old Spaniard’s lead to 10 points with four races of …

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Scotland battle to WXV2 win over Japan

Scotland scrum-half Caity Mattinson

Scotland’s hopes of retaining their WXV2 title were boosted by a hard-fought win over Japan in Cape Town. First-half tries from Francesca McGhie and Alex Stewart put the Scots in control, but Seina Saito’s score kept Japan in touch at the break. Ayasa Otsuka’s penalty then brought Japan to within four points of Bryan Easson’s side, but Rhona Lloyd strolled …

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Wessel Nijman beats Stephen Bunting 8-5 to win first Players Championship title

Wessel Nijman at last year's World Championships

Dutchman Wessel Nijman claimed his first Players Championship title after an 8-5 victory over Stephen Bunting on the first of three days of action in Wigan. The 24-year-old is back on the tour after serving a suspension for breaching betting and anti-corruption rules. He was banned for five years in October 2020, but half of the ban was suspended and …

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UFC fighter, Ailin Perez twerks in face of opponent during big win in Paris (video)

Ailin Perez of Argentina taunted Daria Zhelezniakova of Russia after dominating her in a bantamweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event in Paris, France.   The fight took place at The Accor Arena on September 28, 2024.  After dominating her opponent, Darya Zheleznyakova, with a first-round head-and-arm choke submission victory, Perez decided to do her patented twerking following the victory  …

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United Rugby Championship: Zebre 42-33 Munster – Italian side secure shock win

Munster's John Hodnett in action against Zebre

Zebre: Geronimo Prisciantelli, Jacopo Trulla, Giulio Bertaccini, Luca Morisi,Simone Gesi, Giovanni Montemauri, Alessandro Fusco, Danilo Fischetti (CAPT), Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, Matteo Nocera, Matteo Canali, Leonard Krumov, Davide Ruggeri, Samuele Locatelli, Giovanni Licata Replacements: Giampietro Ribaldi, Luca Rizzoli, Juan Pitinari, Andrea Zambonin, Giacomo Ferrari, Patricio Baronio, Scott Gregory, Giacomo Da Re Munster: Mike Haley; Calvin Nash, Shane Daly, Tom Farrell, Thaakir …

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England vs Australia: Harry Brook leads hosts to thumping series-levelling win

BBC Sport microphone and phone

England showed their firepower with bat and ball as they levelled the one-day international series with a 186-run thrashing of Australia in a rain-shortened match at Lord’s. Stand-in captain Harry Brook scored a magnificent 87 from 58 balls, while Ben Duckett also made a half-century before Liam Livingstone’s blistering unbeaten 62 from 27 balls took the home side to a …

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