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Wimbledon 2017: Two-time champion Kvitova ousted by Brengle

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Wozniacki overcomes wobble at Wimbledon

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Jelena Ostapenko wins first match after French Open triumph

Latvia’sJelenaOstapenko,playingherfirstmatchsincewinningtheFrenchOpen,survivedatoughbattleattheAegonInternationalonMonday,winningatopsy-turvycontestagainstSpain

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Top seeds Djokovic, Kerber hoping for pre-Wimbledon form at Eastbourne

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Macron camp talks up electoral reform plan as likely landslide grows

New French President Emmanuel Macron's government reaffirmed on Friday its plan for electoral reform as the scale of the likely parliamentary majority it is set to win grew and predicted voter turnout shrank.

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Macron camp talks up electoral reform plan as likely landslide grows

NewFrenchPresidentEmmanuelMacron'sgovernmentreaffirmedonFridayitsplanforelectoralreformasthescaleofthelikelyparliamentarymajorityitissettowingrewandpredictedvot

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French President Macron heads for crushing parliamentary majority

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France election: Macron party set for big parliamentary win

The centrist party of French President Emmanuel Macron looks on course to win a landslide victory following the first round of parliamentary elections.

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France's Macron set for biggest majority since De Gaulle

‍Emmanuel Macron's party is set to win the biggest parliamentary majority for a French president since Charles de Gaulle's 1968 landslide, a survey of voter intentions for the coming legislative elections showed on Tuesday.

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France's Macron set for biggest majority since De Gaulle

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2017 French Open: Chinese pairs fare smooth in doubles

Chinesewomen'stennisplayersrecordedstableperformanceinwomen'sdoublesfirstroundwiththreepairsgoingthrough,whilemen'stopseedAndyMurraywascontestedinhisquestforala

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Murray looks for French Open tennis tonic

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Ethiopia's former FM elected new head of WHO

Ethiopia'sformerForeignMinisterTedrosAdhanomGhebreyesuswaselectedasthenewDirector-GeneraloftheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO)onTuesday.Theelectionbeganbehindclosed

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Thompson takes record five-shot LPGA Kingsmill win

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Djokovic, Nadal struggle in Madrid Open

NovakDjokovicgotofftoaraggedstartinhisfirstmatchattheMadridMastersonWednesday,whileRafaelNadalneededalmostthreehourstoadvancetothethirdround.Djokovic,thedefendi

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French presidential candidate Fillon postpones farm fair visit

Conservative French presidential candidate Francois Fillon abruptly postponed a high-profile campaign event on Wednesday and a newspaper reported he had been summoned by magistrates investigating allegations over payments to his wife.

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Election in Jakarta heads for run-off after tense campaign

The race to become governor of Indonesia’s capital was heading for a second round between the incumbent Christian and a Muslim former education minister after neither appeared to win a majority in a Wednesday election.