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  Athletics

  / 3 years ago

  Australia track and field athletes isolating in COVID-19 scare: official

  Multiple members of Australia’s Olympic track and field team were placed in isolation on Thursday after a positive coronavirus case involving...

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  Olympic Games

  / 3 years ago

  Watch: Dressel crowned sprint king as Chinese women smash world record

  US superstar Caeleb Dressel flew faster than Kyle Chalmers to add the Olympic 100m freestyle crown to his two world titles...

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  More sports

  / 3 years ago

  USA women take first Olympic 3×3 basketball gold

  The USA women’s team won the first Olympic 3×3 basketball title on Wednesday as they beat the Russian Olympic Committee team...

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  More sports

  / 3 years ago

  Nerveless Hashimoto, 19, clinches coveted all-around gold for Japan

  Japanese teenager Daiki Hashimoto won the coveted men’s all-around gymnastics title with a superb final horizontal bars routine at the Tokyo...

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  Football

  / 3 years ago

  England women set for Wembley return with World Cup qualifier

  England will return to Wembley for their 2023 Women’s World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland on October 23, it was announced...

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  More sports

  / 3 years ago

  Richarlison fires Brazil into Olympics quarter-finals, Germany out

  Richarlison continued his fine form at the Olympics with a double as Brazil eased into the quarter-finals after a 3-1 win...

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  MotoGP

  / 3 years ago

  Crutchlow replaces injured Morbidelli for next three MotoGPs

  British rider Cal Crutchlow will replace Italian Franco Morbidelli, who had left knee surgery at the end of June, for the...

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  More sports

  / 3 years ago

  Slovenia’s Roglic banishes time-trial demons to win Olympic gold

  Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic put his Tour de France nightmares behind him, powering to Olympic gold in the men’s time trial on...

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  More sports

  / 3 years ago

  Watch: Fiji outgun New Zealand to defend Olympic rugby sevens title

  Fiji defended their Olympic rugby sevens title with an entertaining 27-12 victory over New Zealand at the Tokyo Stadium on Wednesday....

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  More sports

  / 3 years ago

  Swiss sprinter Wilson fails doping test, out of Olympics

  Swiss sprinter Alex Wilson has been suspended from the Olympic Games after failing a drugs test, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU)...

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