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By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan held his last election rallies in Istanbul on Saturday, accusing the opposition of working with U.S. President Joe Biden to topple him while making a final appeal ahead of the biggest challenge to his 20-year rule. Polls show Erdogan trailing the main opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu a day ahead of one of the most consequential elections in Turkey’s modern history. However, […]

By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan held his last election rallies in Istanbul on Saturday, accusing the opposition of working with U.S. President Joe Biden to topple him while making a final appeal ahead of the biggest challenge to his 20-year rule. Polls show Erdogan trailing the main opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu a day ahead of one of the most consequential elections in Turkey’s modern history. However, […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Saturday that Ukrainian aircraft had struck two industrial sites in the Russian-held city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine with Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles supplied by Britain. Reuters could not verify the battlefield reports. Britain on Thursday became the first country to say it had started supplying Kyiv with long-range cruise missiles, which will allow it to hit Russian troops and supply […]

(Reuters) -Two goals by striker Romelu Lukaku helped Inter Milan to a 4-2 win over mid-table Sassuolo in Serie A on Saturday, lifting them up to third with three games remaining in the season. Lukaku, Lautaro Martinez and Sassuolo defender Ruan Tressoldi’s own goal put the hosts three goals up by the hour mark but the visitors pulled two goals back to keep Inter on their toes until Lukaku sealed […]

MADRID (Reuters) -Marco Asensio’s late goal earned Real Madrid a 1-0 victory over lowly Getafe in LaLiga on Saturday as they rested key players ahead of their Champions League semi-final against Manchester City. The win lifted Real on to 71 points, two ahead of local rivals Atletico who play at bottom side Elche on Sunday. Runaway leaders Barca have 82 points and will get the chance to clinch their 27th […]

(Reuters) -Russian news outlet Kommersant said two Russian fighter jets and two military helicopters had been shot down on Saturday close to the Ukrainian border, in what would be a spectacular coup for Kyiv if confirmed. Kommersant said on its website that the Su-34 fighter-bomber, Su-35 fighter and two Mi-8 helicopters had made up a raiding party, and had been “shot down almost simultaneously” in an ambush in the Bryansk […]

CASABLANCA (Reuters) – South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns held out for a goalless away draw against holders Wydad Casablanca in Saturday’s first leg of their African Champions League semi-final despite playing most of the match down to 10 men and finishing with nine. Sundowns host the return leg in Pretoria next weekend but will be without midfielder Neo Maema, who will be suspended after being dismissed on Saturday for a clumsy […]

By Frank Pingue TORONTO (Reuters) – The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) held a game in Canada for the first time on Saturday in what amounted to a celebration of women’s basketball while perhaps planting the seeds for an expansion franchise. The sold-out pre-season game played at the home of the NBA’s Toronto Raptors offered the latest sign that there is a growing appetite in Canada’s biggest city and financial […]

(Reuters) -Two goals by striker Romelu Lukaku helped Inter Milan to a 4-2 win over mid-table Sassuolo in Serie A on Saturday, lifting them up to third with three games remaining in the season. Lukaku, Lautaro Martinez and Sassuolo defender Ruan Tressoldi’s own goal put the hosts three goals up by the hour mark but the visitors pulled two goals back to keep Inter on their toes until Lukaku sealed […]