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World number three Simona Halep has pulled out of next week’s Qatar Open, organisers of the WTA event announced on Tuesday.

Bitcoin fell sharply on Monday after surging to a record $58,354 a day earlier, as a selloff in global equities curbed risk appetite.

The Minnesota Timberwolves fired head coach Ryan Saunders on Sunday after a disappointing 7-24 start to the NBA season.

League leaders Bayern Munich crashed to a 2-1 defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday as the Bavarian giants gave hope to their Bundesliga title rivals.

Atletico Madrid gave renewed hope to their La Liga title rivals on Saturday by losing 2-0 at home to Levante and missing the chance to extend their six-point lead at the top of the table.

French defender Benjamin Pavard is in quarantine after becoming the latest Bayern Munich player to test positive for the coronavirus, the Bundesliga club announced Thursday.

Serena Williams has been denied the opportunity to match Australian Margaret Court's record of 24 major singles titles after she was beaten by 23-year-old Naomi Osaka at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday.

United States President, Joe Biden, outlined changes he hopes to make to criminal justice and policing in the United States during a town hall on Tuesday night, highlighting issues that his administration may tackle after the COVID-19 relief.

Obinwanne Okeke, better known as Invictus Obi, has received a 10-year jail term for fraud in a United States court on Monday.

Game of Thrones stars, Kit Harington and Rose Leslie, have welcomed their first child together on Tuesday, a baby boy.