The fight to bring London Diamond League 'home' to Crystal Palace

Usain Bolt sails through the finish line at Crystal Palace track with competitors alongside him and crowds in the background.Image source, Getty Images

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Usain Bolt was among the giants of athletics to grace the London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace, seen here in 2009

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What are we all playing this weekend?

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Image credit: Museum of Modern Art / Abraham Bosse, Jean Leblond

Another horrendously hot Saturday, another wedding to go to. I am all in favour of love, but could we please reschedule it to a cooler day in the year? Mercifully this one's a London wedding and it can be reached and returned from on the tube. Though travelling on a hot carriage and not arriving looking like a boiled saveloy pressed into a too-small suit will be a challenge.

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Eyes on the prize: Can stuttering Argentina get past Switzerland?

Three wins to go. How can your team reach the final and win the World Cup 2026? Click here to find out.

Who: Argentina vs Switzerland
What: FIFA World Cup 2026 – Quarterfinal
Where: Kansas City Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, the United States
When: Saturday at 8pm (01:00 GMT on Sunday)
How to follow: We will have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 22:00 GMT before our live text commentary stream.

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MLB Best Home Run Bets For July 11, 2026—De La Cruz And Olson

Elly De La Cruz hits a home run.

Elly De La Cruz can homer in a plus matchup in his homer-friendly home ballpark tonight.

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Friday’s MLB best home run bets were duds, as Munetaka Murakami and Bryce Eldridge failed to hit homers. Those misses dropped the season’s record for the MLB best home run bets to 16-55, with three no-bets for players who didn’t start on the day their home run props were suggested.

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Football on BBC Sport: Join us for more action and drama this summer and beyond

A massive summer of football is well under way - and more of you than ever are spending it with BBC Sport.

In recent weeks, a record number of people have been coming to our website and app, and we've seen huge numbers across live pages, articles and videos.

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Labour MPs call for Andy Burnham to restore aid spending target set by Brown

Influential backbenchers are calling on Andy Burnham to reclaim Labour’s leadership on international development and chart a course back to spending 0.7% of national income on overseas aid.

In a collection of essays to be published soon by the New Economics Foundation (NEF) thinktank, MPs lay out proposals for a Burnham-led government to rethink foreign policy.

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Pokémon Go 'A Thunderous Discovery' Zeraora Special Research quest steps

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Published Jul 11, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT

Make sure to claim this research doing Pokémon Go Fest: Global 2026

Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Game Freak/Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, Scopely Explore

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Pokémon Go 'Genetic Mastery' choose a path quest steps — Mega Mewtwo X or Y?

One of the biggest perks of Pokémon Go's Go Fest: Global 2026 event is the free Timed Research, "Genetic Mastery." This research is only available on July 11 and 12, but it gives you a free Mega Mewtwo of your choosing, so you should make sure to complete it while you can.

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World Cup 2026: Jordan Pickford - Time to finally give England goalkeeper credit he deserves

Pickford has been a model of consistency for Everton and England, as proved by his Premier League statistics.

In the last two league seasons, Pickford's clean sheet record of 23 in the last two seasons is second only to David Raya, the keeper with Premier League champions Arsenal, who has 32.

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Pianist Jayson Gillham ‘very disappointed’ after losing Melbourne Symphony Orchestra discrimination case

The concert pianist at the centre of a high-profile unfair dismissal case has revealed his deep disappointment with his courtroom defeat.

Federal court justice Graeme Hill on Friday threw out Jayson Lloyd Gillham’s case against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, finding he was not unfairly dismissed.

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