Highlights: 2025 Tour de France Femmes, Stage 4
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World Aquatics Championships 2025: Leon Marchand breaks Ryan Lochte's record; Luca Urlando wins gold in butterfly
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Igor Paixão on moving to Marseille: ‘I want to leave everything on the pitch for this club'
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