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Queensland produced an exhilarating comeback against New South Wales to level the State of Origin series in Melbourne. Selwyn Cobbo grabbed a second-half hat-trick as Queensland scored 36 points after the interval.
Graeme McDowell is set to participate in the US Open golf tournament after a six-year absence. He feels this week’s tournament is as much about his nine-year-old son Wills as it is about his own return to the major arena.
Hearts will face Austrian club Sturm Graz in the second round of Champions League qualifying. The Edinburgh club will be playing in the qualifiers of Europe’s top club competition for the first time in 20 years. Sturm Graz will host the first leg on 21/22 July, with the reverse fixture the following midweek.
Wout van Aert, a key rider for Visma, will miss the Tour de France due to an elbow injury. He suffered the injury in a training crash before the Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes stage race in France. Van Aert’s team, Visma, will announce his replacement on June 23.
Amy Pu, a Taiwanese-born referee, made history by becoming the first female referee in British professional boxing. She refereed her first professional bout in Poland in September 2023 and made her UK debut in March 2024. Pu aims to referee a world title fight, possibly at Wembley or MGM in Las Vegas.
The article is about two Welsh sisters, Hannah and Aimee Watson, who are competing in the Hyrox World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden. They are balancing their athletic ambitions with their teaching careers.
Romano Schmid opens the scoring for Austria with a ‘wonderful’ strike into the top corner against Jordan. The article is about a World Cup match.
Lionel Messi scores a hat-trick to reach 16 World Cup goals, equalling Miroslav Klose’s record. The match report is available for UK users only.
Iraq’s Aymen Hussein scored a goal in their World Cup opener against Norway, despite Iraq losing 4-1. Hussein has had a difficult journey to the World Cup, having experienced personal tragedy and being detained at Chicago’s O’Hare airport.
Erling Haaland scored a goal after a huge goalkeeping shocker by Jalal Hassan of Iraq in a World Cup match between Norway and Iraq. The goal was an easy one for Haaland. The match is ongoing.