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Football
Soccer-Champions League underdogs Dortmund are in it to win it says Terzic
LONDON (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund have not travelled so far in this season's Champions League to be mere witnesses to Real Madrid lifting the trophy for a record-extending 15th time, coach Edin Terzic vowed on Friday on the eve of the Wembley showdown.
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Football
Soccer-Hayes will not change team's 'American DNA' as she takes the reins
(Reuters) - Emma Hayes has no desire to change the "American DNA" of the United States women's team as she steps onto the sidelines for the first time on Saturday as head coach of a squad hungry for redemption.
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Other Sports
Rallying-Ogier leads opening leg of Rally Italy in Sardinia
(Reuters) - Toyota's Sebastien Ogier led the opening leg of Rally Italy after winning two of Friday's four stages in Sardinia.
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World
Explainer-What to know as Mexico prepares to elect its first woman president
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexicans head to the polls on Sunday in a historic presidential election in which the two main candidates are women, ushering in a new political era for Latin America's second-largest economy.
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World
Canada's GDP unchanged in March
OTTAWA, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Canada's real gross domestic product (GDP) was essentially unchanged in March, following a 0.2 percent increase in February, Statistics Canada said Friday.
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Cricket
Cricket-England bowler Carse to serve three-month ban over betting
(Reuters) - England and Durham bowler Brydon Carse will serve a three-month suspension over historical betting on matches following an anti-corruption investigation by the Cricket Regulator.
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World
Chinese vice premier urges efforts on Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program
HOHHOT, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng has urged efforts to fight desertification in the eastern part of the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, a large-scale afforestation project, and shore up the ecological barrier in northern China.
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Motorsport
Motor racing-Ocon responds to online abuse, says he will race in Canada
(Reuters) - Esteban Ocon confirmed he would race in next week's Canadian Grand Prix and said he was "deeply saddened" by online abuse directed at him since a collision with Alpine team mate Pierre Gasly in Monaco last weekend.
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World
Eye health, vision checks cover over 95 pct of Chinese children aged 0-6
BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Remarkable progress has been made in the prevention and control of myopia among Chinese children and adolescents, with the coverage rate of eye health and vision checks for children aged 0 to 6 reaching 95.1 percent, a health official said on Friday.
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World
El Salvador presidential inauguration bomb plot foiled, police say
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -Police say they have thwarted a plot to detonate explosives at locations across El Salvador on Saturday, when President Nayib Bukele is set to be inaugurated for a second term.
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World
1st LD Writethru: Chinese proficiency final competition held in Nepal
KATHMANDU, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The 23rd Chinese-Bridge Chinese proficiency competition for foreign college students concluded its final here on Friday.
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Football
Soccer-Italy's Spalletti shrugs off loss of Acerbi from Euro squad
(Reuters) - Italy manager Luciano Spalletti shrugged off the loss of experienced defender Francesco Acerbi to injury as his side assembled for the first day of training on Friday ahead of Euro 2024.
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World
Chinese proficiency final competition held in Nepal
KATHMANDU, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The 23rd Chinese-Bridge Chinese proficiency competition for foreign college students concluded its final here on Friday.
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Tennis
Tennis-Birthday girl Swiatek swats aside Bouzkova to reach French Open last 16
PARIS (Reuters) -World number one Iga Swiatek celebrated her 23rd birthday in style with an emphatic 6-4 6-2 victory over Marie Bouzkova to move into the last 16 at the French Open on Friday.
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Football
Soccer-Courtois to start for Real in Champions League final, Ancelotti says
LONDON (Reuters) -Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti ended his side's goalkeeper debate on Friday by announcing that Belgian Thibaut Courtois will start over Ukraine's Andriy Lunin in Saturday's Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund at Wembley.
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Athletics
Athletics-World Athletics to trial new events like mixed 4x100 relay, steeplechase mile
(Reuters) - World Athletics unveiled plans to test new events such as a mixed 4x100 metres relay and a steeplechase mile in their four-year business strategy published on Friday, with the aim of providing faster paced and more exciting events.
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World
Journalist challenges rule banning hijab in French press card photos
PARIS (Reuters) -A Paris-based Moroccan journalist who wears the hijab said on Friday she was appealing against a rule that bans women from covering their head in photos on the French press ID card.
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World
German police shoot knifeman who attacked far-right rally
BERLIN (Reuters) -German police said they shot and wounded a man armed with a knife who attacked a right-wing demonstration in the southwestern city of Mannheim on Friday.
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