The race, which starts a week earlier than usual on 27 June to accommodate the Tokyo Olympics, has eight mountain stages and three hilly stages and should suit the 2019 champion Egan Bernal and his Ineos teammate Chris Froome.
England eased to a 6-0 victory over their hosts in the Bulgarian capital on Monday but the game was blighted by offensive chants, forcing the match to be halted twice in the first half.
Cristiano Ronaldo has lost count of the number of records he has broken, the Portugal forward said after scoring the 700th goal of his career during a 2-1 defeat to Ukraine on Monday.
The Wallabies face a confident England, whose pack are one of the best in the tournament, in the first quarterfinal in Oita on Saturday.
The 'Pretty Brown Eyes' pop star revealed that he and Cyrus were together earlier this week after rumours began to swirl when he was spotted visiting her in hospital recently.
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The country is in the grip of a major downturn that has provoked biting shortages of fuel, medicine, and currency as well as hyperinflation which has seen many families living on a single meal a day.
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Protesters have five main demands, which include universal suffrage and an independent inquiry into what they say has been excessive force by police in dealing with the demonstrations.
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Polling stations closed at 6:00pm (1600 GMT) without serious incidents, according to local NGOs, although there were some reports of vote tampering.
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The new charges, which are not yet public, are part of the same criminal case but stem from a separate incident, according to the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance.
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The match at the Vasil Levski stadium was temporarily halted by the referee in the first half under a three-step UEFA protocol to tackle racist abuse from the crowd.
