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  Olympic Games

  / 3 months ago

  Epic pool rivalry lights up first day of Olympic medal action

  A mouthwatering 400m women’s freestyle headlines the first full day of sporting action at the Olympics on Saturday after a soggy...

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  Olympic Games

  / 3 months ago

  Watch: Perec follows idol Ali in lighting Olympic cauldron

  Marie-Jose Perec was rewarded for her career as France’s greatest track athlete when she lit the Paris Olympics cauldron along with...

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  Olympic Games

  / 3 months ago

  Updated: Historic river parade launches Paris Olympics

  A historic boat parade down the River Seine launched the Paris Olympics with spectacular French flair Friday, as the City of...

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  Football

  / 3 months ago

  Players unaware of spying scandal as Canada Olympic coach sent home: official

  Canadian soccer chiefs on Friday pleaded for FIFA not to deduct points from their women’s Olympic football team amid a drone-spying...

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  More sports

  / 3 months ago

  Snoop Dogg stars as flame sails into Paris for opening ceremony

  The Olympic flame cruised into Paris on Friday on a diesel-belching tug, the torch held aloft by its white-clad bearer, having...

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  More sports

  / 3 months ago

  ‘Raw meat’: British team hit out at Paris Olympics food

  France may be the home of haute cuisine but the British team have been less than impressed about the food on...

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  Formula 1

  / 3 months ago

  Verstappen hit with 10-place grid penalty for Belgian GP

  Dutch reigning Formula One world champion Max Verstappen was handed a 10-place grid penalty at the Belgian Grand Prix on Friday...

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  Cycling

  / 3 months ago

  Evenepoel unhappy with ‘holes’ in road for Olympics time trial

  Remco Evenepoel, one of the favourites for Olympic time trial gold on Saturday, criticised the presence of numerous “holes” on the...

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  Boxing

  / 3 months ago

  Canelo to defend super middleweight crowns against Berlanga

  Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez announced on Thursday that he will defend three super-middleweight world boxing titles on September 14 against undefeated...

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  Football

  / 3 months ago

  Historic French club Bordeaux to become amateur after bankruptcy

  Former French Ligue 1 champions Bordeaux on Thursday said they will become an amateur club for the first time in almost...

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