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Curtain set to fall on Beijing Olympics after tears, doping and Gu
AFP, Published on 20/02/2022
» BEIJING: A Beijing Winter Olympics beset by concerns about rights and Covid in the build-up and tarnished by a Russian doping scandal once underway were set to close on Sunday.
Questions swirl as Russian skater awaits doping fate
AFP, Published on 12/02/2022
» BEIJING: Questions grew on Saturday over why it took six weeks for Kamila Valieva's failed drug test to come to light, as the 15-year-old Russian figure skater fights to stay at the Beijing Olympics.
'Snow Queen': Valieva's coach under scrutiny in Olympic doping scandal
AFP, Published on 12/02/2022
» MOSCOW - The coaching team surrounding Kamila Valieva has come under fierce scrutiny after the 15-year-old Russian figure skater was engulfed by a doping controversy at the Beijing Olympics -- and none more so than Eteri Tutberidze.
Russian Olympic teen skater Valieva tested positive for banned drug
AFP, Published on 11/02/2022
» BEIJING - Russian skating sensation Kamila Valieva failed a drugs test in December, Olympic testers confirmed Friday, and the IOC is now appealing against Russia's decision to allow her to continue competing in Beijing.
Can't find love? China's party cadres lend a hand
AFP, Published on 11/02/2022
» BEIJING - Zhang Shaoge wants to get married, but after struggling to meet the right woman through friends and work -- he has put his heart in the hands of China's Communist Party.
Djokovic back in Serbia after deportation
AFP, Published on 17/01/2022
» Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic arrived back home in Belgrade Monday after his deportation from Australia over his coronavirus vaccination status demolished his dream of earning a record 21st Grand Slam title in Melbourne.
Australian Open begins after Djokovic saga
AFP, Published on 17/01/2022
» MELBOURNE: The Australian Open finally began at Melbourne Park on Monday after a chaotic and controversial build-up dominated by the visa saga that engulfed world number one Novak Djokovic.
Classic rock albums turning 50
AFP, Published on 15/01/2022
» PARIS - There must have been something in the water in 1972 -- there almost certainly was for these guys.
Tennis chief doesn't want 'to punish billion Chinese people' over Peng
AFP, Published on 06/12/2021
» PARIS: International Tennis Federation president David Haggerty said Sunday that his organisation will not boycott China over the Peng Shuai affair as "we don't want to punish a billion people".
Djokovic to make Australian Open decision 'very soon'
AFP, Published on 04/12/2021
» MADRID - Novak Djokovic ended his rollercoaster season with a Davis Cup defeat on Friday and then promised to make a decision on his Australian Open participation "very soon".