Geordan Murphy quits international rugby after failing to make the Ireland squad for the tour to New Zealand.

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Murphy announces Irish retirement

Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas wins the prologue of the Tour de Romandie, with team-mate Mark Cavendish third.

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Thomas wins Romandie opening day

Singer George Michael cancels the remaining dates of his tour while he is treated in Vienna for “severe” pneumonia, his publicist confirms.

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Sick George Michael shelves tour

Great Britain cyclist Bradley Wiggins is confident he can win the Tour de France and Olympic gold in 2012.

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Wiggins confident he can win Tour

Ben Swift will make his Tour de France debut as one of three British riders in the Team Sky line-up for the event.

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Brit Swift in Sky’s Tour line-up

Sarah Palin brought some chaos and political buzz to the 24th annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle ride Sunday, riding into the Pentagon parking lot around noon on the back of a Harley and quickly drawing a crowd of reporters, fans and gawkers. Palin’s decision to make the ride a kickoff stop in a week-long tour of historic sites of the Northeast caused consternation among some attendees while renewing speculation about her political future. Palin and her staff have declined to offer any details about the coming stops on the tour. Instead, they have been putting updates online after each event. She’s given no hint of her purpose in staging these events beyond “appreciat[ing] the significance of our nation’s historic sites, patriotic events and diverse culture.” Read full article > >

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Palin makes ride in Rolling Thunder in D.C. her kickoff to Northeast tour

Prince William visits parts of Victoria later that have been devastated by floods, on the last leg of his tour of New Zealand and Australia.

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Prince visits flood-hit Victoria

AT CAMP RAMADI, IRAQ Officially, the year-long mission remaining for roughly 48,000 U.S. troops in Iraq is to “advise and assist” this country’s security forces. Unofficially, it is to fight off boredom and to stay alert and safe in the long, empty stretches that dominate their days.

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The daily grind of the goodwill tour

India are handed a major World Cup worry after Sachin Tendulkar is forced to fly home from their tour of South Africa with a hamstring injury.

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India sweat on injured Tendulkar

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wound up her tour of the Persian Gulf on Thursday with some strong words: Arab leaders must liberalize their political systems and clean up their economies or risk “sinking into the sand” of extremism, she told a…

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Clinton Criticizes Arab Leaders

Scotland is to bid to host the opening stage of the Tour de France in Edinburgh or Glasgow in 2017.

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Scotland bids for Tour de France’s Grand Depart

Scotland is to bid to host the opening stage of the Tour de France in Edinburgh or Glasgow in 2017.

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Scotland bids for Tour de France’s Grand Depart

Eight U.S. tourists died today in Aswan, Egypt, after their tour bus crashed into a parked dump truck, officials say. Nineteen Americans were injured along with the driver and tour guide.

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8 U.S. tourists killed in Egypt bus crash

Eight US tourists die, and 21 are injured, when their tour bus hits a stationary lorry in southern Egypt, local media and police say.

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Egypt crash kills eight Americans

Matt Prior hits an unbeaten century as England hit back to grind out a draw in the tour fixture with Victoria after a rain-affected final day in Melbourne.

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Prior ton salvages England draw