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Domestic violence charges dropped against boxing champ Davis
AFP, Published on 13/08/2025
» MIAMI — Domestic violence charges have been dropped against unbeaten world lightweight boxing champion Gervonta Davis over a June incident with his ex-girlfriend.
UK 'jobs miracle' turns into employers' nightmare
AFP, Published on 14/07/2022
» KESWICK: Job vacancies seem to come ten-a-penny in Keswick, a tourist town in England's picturesque Lake District, as the hospitality sector cries out for staff -- shortages which are a direct result, critics say, of the coronavirus pandemic and of Brexit.
Kerley shines, Richardson stumbles at US athletics World Championship trials
AFP, Published on 24/06/2022
» EUGENE (UNITED STATES) - Sha'Carri Richardson crashed out of the 100m heats at the US athletics World Championship trials on Thursday as Olympic silver medallist Fred Kerley made a statement in the men's first round.
New York latest to roll back mask mandates as US eyes normalization
AFP, Published on 10/02/2022
» NEW YORK - New York on Wednesday joined a wave of Democrat-run US states to roll back mask mandates, as health officials increasingly talk about America moving towards a phase where Covid-19 doesn't disrupt daily lives.
Thompson-Herah leads host of Olympic champions to Diamond League glory
AFP, Published on 10/09/2021
» ZURICH: Jamaican sprint queen Elaine Thompson-Herah led a host of Olympic champions to glory in an action-packed Diamond League final in Zurich on Thursday, just a month after the end of the Tokyo Games.
Thompson-Herah headlines raft of stars for Diamond League finale in Zurich
AFP, Published on 08/09/2021
» ZURICH: Jamaican sprint queen Elaine Thompson-Herah will be one of 19 Olympic champions vying for prize money and glory in the Diamond League final in Zurich, just a month after the end of the Tokyo Games.
Star of Italy's medal-winning Olympic squad returns to hero's welcome
AFP, Published on 10/08/2021
» ROME - The star of Italy's Olympic team, Lamont Marcell Jacobs, returned home as a national hero on Monday after the country's best performance in the Games' history capped an unforgettable summer of sport for the Mediterranean nation.
Shared gold, knitting and cardboard dogs: memorable moments of Tokyo Olympics
AFP, Published on 08/08/2021
» TOKYO - The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics may have lacked crowds, but there was no shortage of memorable moments. Here are some of the Games' memorable moments:
Puerto Rico win first Olympics athletics gold, Belarusian sprinter 'safe'
AFP, Published on 02/08/2021
» TOKYO - Hurdler Jasmine Camacho-Quinn claimed Puerto Rico's first Olympics athletics gold on Monday but Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya was absent from the women's 200m after claiming her country had forced her to leave the Games.
Jacobs storms to shock Olympic 100m crown as Italy celebrates golden double
AFP, Published on 01/08/2021
» TOKYO: Lamont Marcell Jacobs stormed to a shock victory in the Olympics 100m final on Sunday to cap a golden double for Italy on a dramatic day of athletics action at the Tokyo Games.