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'Next Mayweather' destined for stardom after Olympic boxing final
AFP, Published on 19/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Shakur Stevenson grew up in a rough area of New Jersey, the oldest of nine siblings in a family where every cent counted.
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Schalke's Uchida jets to Japan after injury set-back
AFP, Published on 19/08/2016
» BERLIN - Japan defender Atsuto Uchida is set to fly home on Friday to be treated by a specialist doctor after suffering with on-going knee problems, his Bundesliga...
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New Zealand wins men's sailing 49er gold medal
AFP, Published on 19/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - New Zealand's Peter Burling and Blair Tuke sealed the men's 49er sailing gold at the Rio Olympics on Thursday with another dominant win in the...
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Excluded Russian Isinbayeva elected to IOC athletes commission
AFP, Published on 19/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva was Thursday elected onto the International Olympic Committee's athletes commission despite...
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Three-day Obama trip to Laos set for Sept 6
AFP, Published on 19/08/2016
» WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will visit Laos next month, a first for a US president, in a trip that begins with a G20 summit in China, the White House...
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China woos Suu Kyi with red-carpet welcome
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/08/2016
» BEIJING - China is ready to work with Myanmar's new government to push relations to a new level, Premier Li Keqiang told State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi Thursday...
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US golfer Lewis grabs Olympics lead from Ariya
Published on 19/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Ariya Jutanugarn shot even par in the second round of the Rio 2016 women's golf tournament, and fell three shots behind American Stacy Lewis...
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Rio police: US swimmers lied, faked robbery
AFP, Published on 19/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Star US swimmer Ryan Lochte and three of his Olympic teammates were not robbed, Rio's police chief said Thursday, adding it was not clear if...
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Naked Trump leaves New York in giggles until demolished
AFP, Published on 19/08/2016
» NEW YORK - A naked statue of Donald Trump, complete with bulging belly and elaborate yellow hair, caused laughter and merriment in New York Thursday until it...
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Brazil win women's 49er FX sailing gold medal
AFP, Published on 19/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian sailors Kahena Kunze and Martine Grael won a scintillating medal race to grab the women's 49er FX skiff gold at the Rio Olympics on...