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Beijing Olympics set to open under cloud of Covid, rights fears
AFP, Published on 04/02/2022
» BEIJING: A Winter Olympics overshadowed by rights concerns and Covid will officially begin in Beijing on Friday with an opening ceremony at the "Bird's Nest" stadium.
The pandemic that cancelled the Copa America... in 1918
AFP, Published on 11/06/2021
» SAO PAULO - "Rio is a giant hospital," screamed one headline.
Premier League lockdown: winners and losers
AFP, Published on 15/06/2020
» LONDON - The Premier League finally makes its long-awaited return on June 17 following a three-month coronavirus lockdown.
Back-in-form Azarenka warns best is yet to come
AFP, Published on 31/03/2016
» MIAMI - Victoria Azarenka says she is playing better now than when she was ranked number one in the world in 2012 and warns rivals that her best is yet to come.
Olympic sailing champions race in huge Rio 'toilet'
AFP, Published on 02/08/2014
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Twenty-three Olympic medalists start trials on Saturday for the 2016 Rio Games in a bay littered with dead animals, television sets, sofas, shoes and not much clean water.
India to drop 'Terry' pic from cigarette warnings
AFP, Published on 11/04/2012
» An Indian health warning on cigarette packets that uses an apparent picture of England footballer John Terry with a set of blackened lungs is to be withdrawn, officials said Wednesday.