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1. Sabalenka v Rybakina live: Australian Open latest score updates as world No 1 stunned in thrilling final set

   Rybakina battled back from 0-3 down in the final set to hand world No 1 Sabalenka another brutal defeat in a grand slam final

2. Inside Gray-Nicolls and the past, present and future of cricket bat-making

   150 years since cricket bats were first made in Robertsbridge, Harry Latham-Coylevisits the East Sussex village to find out how an English institution are planning for the future

3. The potential outcomes if Trump strikes Iran

   The US president has renewed threats against Iran, weeks after promising to come to the aid of anti-government protesters

4. Omid Djalili: ‘Iranians will fight to the very end against this regime’

   British-Iranian comedian Omid Djalili tells Caspar Barnes about the brutal protest crackdown – and whether US intervention could usher in a new era for Iran

5. New bill proposed in India to ban social media for under-16s

6. Xi Jinping’s purge continues with Chinese emergencies minister latest to be accused of corruption

   Official put under investigation for ‘serious violations of discipline and law’, watchdog says

7. Coordinated attacks by Baloch separatists kill 10 security personnel in Pakistan

   Separatists from Pakistan's Balochistan province have claimed responsibility for nearly a dozen coordinated attacks across southern Pakistan

8. Elena Rybakina beats Aryna Sabalenka in thrilling Australian Open final

9. Elena Rybakina wins Australian Open by beating No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka for her 2nd Grand Slam title

   Elena Rybakina has won the Australian Open title with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 victory over top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka that avenged her loss in the championship decider here in 2023

10. Harry Brook warned he faces ‘troubling times’ after admitting to nightclub lie

    Harry Brook admitted to lying about a nightclub incident in New Zealand in a statement released on Friday night