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Cook's record double ton puts England in control

AlastairCookreeledoffarecord-breakingdoublecenturytoputEnglandinfullcommandofthefourthAshesTestwithaformidable164-runinningsleadinMelbourneonThursday.Thestoicop

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Warner century after no-ball reprieve hands Australia solid start

DavidWarnerpostedacenturyafterano-ballreprieveandskipperSteveSmithwasontrackforfourstraightBoxingDaytonsasAustraliamadeasolidstarttothefourthAshesTestagainstEng

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Cricket: Women's Big Bash League draws record viewing figures

ThefirstweekendofthethirdeditionoftheWomen’sBigBashLeague(WBBL)hasattractedapeakaudienceof629,000withanaverageof422,550fortheprime-timegamebetweentheSydneySixer

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Cricket-Smith completes epic ton to guide Australia to safety

AustraliacaptainSteveSmithcompletedoneofthemoreinspiringcenturiesofhiscareerashecombinedwithtail-enderPatCumminstopushAustraliato287foreightatteaondaythreeofthe

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Cricket: Ishant Sharma dents Sri Lanka's progress

IndiacontinuedtousetheSriLankahomeseriesastourgamesfortheTestsinSouthAfrica,andstillmanagedtomaintainascendencyovertheopponentstheyhavehadthewoodoninrecenttimes

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Scientists discover mosquitoes' stealth secrets

Stealthymosquitoeshaveevolvedasneakymechanismtoavoidbeingdetectedwhentakingofffromtheirprey,scientistshavediscovered.Unlikeotherinsects,whichpushofffromtheirlan

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USA out of World Cup after controversial goal helps Panama qualify

TheUnitedStatesfailedtoqualifyfortheWorldCupforthefirsttimesince1986afterlosingtoTrinidadTobagoandacontroversialgoalforPanama.ChristianPulisichasbeenabrightspar

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England v West Indies: Bairstow hits 141 as England win series

JonnyBairstowmadeanunbeaten141andJasonRoy96asEnglandcruisedtoanine-wicketwinoverWestIndiesinthefifthandfinalone-dayinternationalinSouthampton.England'sspinnersM

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Pentagon: US bombers fly off east coast of the DPRK

USbombersandfighterescortsflewoffthecoastoftheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)Saturdayinashowofforceagainstitsnuclearweaponsprogram,escalatingalreadysky-

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Kuldeep Yadav hat-trick inspires India to 50-run win over Australia

Australiahavegone2-0downintheirone-dayinternationalseriesagainstIndiaaftercollapsinginKolkata.Set253forvictory,thevisitorslosttheirlasteightwicketsfor117runswit

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Brathwaite's 8,000-mile trip pays off as Windies beat England

WestIndiescaptainCarlosBrathwaitewasrewardedformakingan8,000-mileroundtriptoChester-le-StreetasthetouristsbeatEnglandby21runsinaloneTwenty20internationalonSatur

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5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan's Hokkaido prefecture

Anearthquakewithapreliminarymagnitudeof5.7struckoffJapan'sHokkaidoprefectureat5:44p.m.localtime,JapanMeteorologicalAgencysaidonSunday.(ASIAPACIFICDAILY)

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US military aircraft in 'mishap' off Australia

The US Marine Corps said Saturday that a major search and rescue operation was underway for three missing service members following a "mishap" involving an American military aircraft off the Australian coast.

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Two dead after huge earthquake hits off Turkey

AtleasttwopeoplewerekilledafterahugeearthquakestrucknearapopularholidaydestinationofftheTurkishcoastonThursday,reportedAFP.AccordingtotheUSGeologicalSurvey(USGS

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6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Papua New Guinea

A6.4-magnitudeearthquakestruckoffthecoastofPapuaNewGuineaonThursday,38kmsouth-south-eastofTaron,offtheislandofNewIreland.InitialU.S.GeologicalSurveyreportssugge

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Lewis ton carries West Indies to thumping T20 win over India

EvinLewisblazedhissecondhundredagainstIndiatoleadtheWestIndiestoarampagingnine-wicketvictoryintheone-offT20internationalatSabinaParkonSunday.Replyingtothetouris

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Italy threatens to shut ports to foreign boats saving migrants

ItalyhasthreatenedtopreventvesselsflyingunderforeignflagsfromdisembarkingmigrantsrescuedintheMediterraneaninitsports,asourceclosetothegovernmentsaidWednesday."W