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Pole vault star Duplantis loses for 1st time in 3 years at home Diamond League event

By The Associated Press

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Swedish star Armand “Mondo” Duplantis fell to his first loss in the pole vault since 2023 at his home Diamond League event in Stockholm on Sunday.

Duplantis cleared 5.80 meters — 0.51 lower than his latest world record — but failed twice at 6.00 and once at 6.05.

Kurtis Marschall of Australia won with a vault of 5.90.

It was Duplantis’ first outdoor event of the year.

″I felt a bit unfocused today,” Duplantis said in quotes on olympics.com, “and I really did not want to lose here in front of my family and fans.

“I have not lost in three years, but hats off to Kurtis today who beat me fair and square and I have no excuses.”

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Bangladesh secures maiden ODI series win over Australia

By The Associated Press
MIRPUR, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh secured its first one-day international series win over Australia on Thursday. A 2 1/2-hour rain delay forced a revised DLS target of 192 in 41 overs and Bangladesh reached 195-5 with six overs to spare to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. “It's an amazing feeling,” batter Najmul Hossain Shanto said. "The way we played this series, we showed a lot of courage. We have been working really hard the last few months, and we wanted to improve our game. I'm really proud to be part of this team." The depleted Australians started the match losing three wickets without a run on the board. Half-centuries from Marnus Labuschagne (55 not out) and Xavier Bartlett (52) bailed them out to 187-8 in 42 overs.
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