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(Reuters) – Police arrested 31 people in connection with plans to disrupt Saturday’s Epsom Derby, including a man who was detained after running onto the track, as major sporting events in Britain continue to be affected by protests. Last month, protest group Animal Rising issued a call for volunteers to help disrupt the event by entering the track. Surrey Police made 19 arrests in the build-up to the race, with […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Auguste Rodin, ridden by Ryan Moore, won the 244th Epsom Derby on Saturday as Frankie Dettori, on 4-1 favourite Arrest, finished 10th in his bid for a fairytale final victory in the blue riband event of British flat racing. The win, with 9-2 shot Auguste Rodin chasing down 66-1 outsider King of Steel to triumph by a length, was Moore’s third in the classic after Workforce in […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Auguste Rodin, ridden by Ryan Moore, won the 244th Epsom Derby on Saturday as Frankie Dettori, on 4-1 favourite Arrest, finished 10th in his bid for a fairytale final victory in the blue riband event of British flat racing. The win, with 9-2 shot Auguste Rodin chasing down 66-1 outsider King of Steel to triumph by a length, was Moore’s third in the classic after Workforce in […]

By Shrivathsa Sridhar PARIS (Reuters) – Casper Ruud is not haunted by memories of his punishing defeat by Rafa Nadal in last year’s French Open final but the Norwegian fourth seed said on Saturday he hoped to make his presence felt again with more eyes on him. With the 14-times champion Nadal absent at Roland Garros this year due to injury, Ruud continued his bid to claim a first Grand […]

By Shrivathsa Sridhar PARIS (Reuters) – Casper Ruud is not haunted by memories of his punishing defeat by Rafa Nadal in last year’s French Open final but the Norwegian fourth seed said on Saturday he hoped to make his presence felt again with more eyes on him. With the 14-times champion Nadal absent at Roland Garros this year due to injury, Ruud continued his bid to claim a first Grand […]

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester City moved to within one victory of completing a momentous treble as they beat Manchester United 2-1 in the FA Cup final on Saturday thanks to Ilkay Gundogan’s double. City captain Gundogan entered the record books as he scored the fastest goal in FA Cup final history, crashing home an exquisite volley after 12 seconds. United, seeking to win both domestic cups in […]

By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) – Walt Disney’s Pixar Animation Studios has eliminated 75 positions, including that of the director of and producer of the box office disappointment “Lightyear,” in the first significant job cuts at the studio in a decade, sources say. Among those targeted in a round of layoffs were Angus MacLane, a 26-year veteran animator who was part of the senior creative team on such acclaimed films as […]

By Huseyin Hayatsever and Ezgi Erkoyun ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan called on Turks to put aside their differences and focus on the future as he assumed office for a new five-year term on Saturday. Erdogan was sworn in at a ceremony at the parliament in Ankara and is will later name a new cabinet whose make-up is expected to signal a possible change of direction in economic policy […]

By Huseyin Hayatsever and Ezgi Erkoyun ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan called on Turks to put aside their differences and focus on the future as he assumed office for a new five-year term on Saturday. Erdogan was sworn in at a ceremony at the parliament in Ankara and is will later name a new cabinet whose make-up is expected to signal a possible change of direction in economic policy […]