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Freestyle skiing-Canadian Kingsbury to end glittering career on home snow
March 27 (Reuters) - Five-times Olympic medallist Mikael Kingsbury will bring his glittering moguls career to a close this weekend on familiar snow, retiring after the Canadian freestyle skiing championships on his home course of Sommet Saint‑Sauveur in Quebec.
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Football
Soccer-No doubt we are African champions, says Senegal coach
PARIS, March 27 (Reuters) - Senegal coach Pape Bouna Thiaw said there was no doubt his side were African champions despite being stripped of the title this month and that tournaments should be won on the pitch.
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Football
Ghana soccer players' luxury watches stolen from Vienna hotel
VIENNA, March 27 (Reuters) - Two Ghanaian soccer players in Vienna for a friendly against Austria on Friday reported that they each had a luxury watch stolen from their hotel, police said.
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Football
Soccer-Inter Miami names stand in new stadium after Messi
March 27 (Reuters) - Lionel Messi will become part of a rare sporting phenomenon when he plays in Inter Miami's new stadium, with the Major League Soccer club announcing that they will have a stand bearing the Argentine's name.
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Squash
Rachel Arnold beaten at Optasia Championship Q-finals
PETALING JAYA: National squash player Rachel Arnold's run at the Optasia Championship ended in the quarter-finals after she fell to Egypt's Hania El Hammamy on Friday (March 27).
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Football
Soccer-US forward Macario returns home, joins NWSL's San Diego Wave from Chelsea
March 27 (Reuters) - United States forward Catarina Macario has joined San Diego Wave from Chelsea, returning home after signing what the National Women's Soccer League team on Friday called one of the largest contracts in women's soccer history.
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Tennis
Tennis-Alcaraz set for Bernabeu experience as stadium to install practice clay court for Madrid Open
March 27 (Reuters) - World number one Carlos Alcaraz could realise a long-held dream by stepping onto the turf of Real Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium, after Madrid Open organisers announced on Friday plans to install a practice court inside the iconic soccer venue.
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Cricket
Cricket-RCB shift focus to defending title after last season's emotional end, says coach Flower
BENGALURU, March 26 (Reuters) - Royal Challengers Bengaluru are looking ahead to the challenges of the 2026 Indian Premier League as defending champions for the first time, shifting the focus from last season's emotional end to the demands of a new campaign, coach Andy Flower said.
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Football
Soccer-Ligue 1's leading scorer Panichelli suffers knee injury on Argentina duty
March 27 (Reuters) - Strasbourg striker Joaquin Panichelli, the leading scorer in Ligue 1 this season, has injured his right knee while training ahead of Argentina's friendly with Mauritania, the national team said on Friday.
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Cycling
Danial claims Malaysia's first gold at Asian Cycling Championships
PETALING JAYA: Teenager Danial Hakim Zulkaisi showed strong grit to claim Malaysia's first gold medal at the Asian Cycling Championships in Tagaytay, Philippines on Friday (March 27).
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Football
Soccer-Ancelotti shrugs off Neymar chants after Brazil lose to France
March 27 (Reuters) - Brazil manager Carlo Ancelotti played down fans' chants for Neymar, who was not selected for the squad, after their 2‑1 defeat to France in a warm‑up game in Boston on Thursday, saying the focus should remain on the players involved.
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Football
Soccer-Kosovo one game away from fairy tale World Cup qualification
BRATISLAVA, March 27 (Reuters) - It is less than a decade since Kosovo first played a World Cup qualifier, but they stand a single match away from a place at this year's finals in North America.
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Rugby
Rugby-Flyhalf O'Connor targeting Wallabies recall
MELBOURNE, March 27 (Reuters) - Being relieved of Wallabies duties in November was a tough blow for James O'Connor but the veteran flyhalf is not giving up on his test career yet with a home Rugby World Cup on the horizon.
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Football
Soccer-Jordan dream of Morocco-style run as World Cup debut nears
(Refiles to correct dateline to Antalya, Turkey, not Ankara)
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Football
Soccer-Jamaica reach World Cup playoff final with 1-0 win over New Caledonia
March 27 (Reuters) - Jamaica defeated New Caledonia 1-0 in their inter-confederation playoff semi-final in Guadalajara on Thursday to keep alive their hopes of a first World Cup appearance since 1998.
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Other Sports
Olympics-New Zealand to apply new IOC gender policy with 'respect and care'
SYDNEY, March 27 (Reuters) - The New Zealand Olympic Committee on Friday acknowledged the amount of work that went into developing the new Olympic policy on the protection of the female category in elite sport and said it would apply it with "respect and care".
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Football
Soccer-White deserves another chance with England, says Tuchel
March 27 (Reuters) - England manager Thomas Tuchel said Ben White deserves another chance with the national team after the Arsenal defender returned to the squad for the first time in more than three years for World Cup warm-ups against Uruguay and Japan.
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Football
Soccer-Croatia beat Colombia 2-1 in World Cup warm-up
ORLANDO, Florida, March 26 (Reuters) - Croatia secured a 2-1 win over Colombia in a World Cup warm-up match on Thursday, overturning an early deficit with goals from Luka Vuskovic and Igor Matanovic.
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Other Sports
Sailing-Burling confirmed on Luna Rossa's sailing team for America's Cup
March 27 (Reuters) - Helmsman Peter Burling will look to dethrone his former Team New Zealand in the America's Cup as a confirmed driver for Italian challengers Luna Rossa.
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Football
Soccer-Bolivia rally to beat Suriname, reach World Cup playoff final
MONTERREY, Mexico, March 26 (Reuters) - Bolivia came from behind to beat Suriname 2-1 in their inter-confederation playoff semi-final in Monterrey on Thursday, keeping alive their hopes of a first World Cup appearance since 1994.
