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Biggest-ever Asian Games ready for liftoff in China after Covid delay
AFP, Published on 21/09/2023
» HANGZHOU (CHINA) - The biggest Asian Games in history, boasting about 12,000 competitors -- more than the Olympics -- will open on Saturday in the Chinese city of Hangzhou after a year's delay because of Covid.
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Empty seats tell story as Qatar World Cup party falls flat
AFP, Published on 21/11/2022
» AL KHOR, Qatar: Thousands of empty seats told the sad story as Qatar's long-awaited World Cup debut ended in a bad case of stage fright on Sunday.
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Singapore dressed up to party like it's 2019 for F1 return
AFP, Published on 27/09/2022
» SINGAPORE: With tickets selling fast and party suites costing up to $70,000 a night, Singapore is putting the pedal to the metal when it hosts Asia's first Formula One race this weekend since the pandemic.
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Liverpool look to end dismal start, Arsenal on the up
AFP, Published on 26/08/2022
» LONDON: Troubled Liverpool will be desperate to get their first win of the Premier League season when they face Bournemouth on Saturday.
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Paris Olympics face tough hurdles with two years to go
AFP, Published on 22/07/2022
» PARIS: As he left the Tokyo Olympics last August, Tony Estanguet, head of the Paris 2024 organising committee, told AFP he was "prepared to run a marathon at 100-metre speed."
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Tens of thousands salute triumphant Warriors in San Francisco
AFP, Published on 21/06/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Tens of thousands of fans poured onto the streets of San Francisco on Monday to salute the victorious Golden State Warriors as the team celebrated its fourth NBA championship in eight seasons with an open-top bus parade.
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Daily tests, cardboard beds: 24 hours at Tokyo's Olympic Village
AFP, Published on 13/07/2021
» TOKYO: For athletes competing at the Tokyo Games, the Olympic Village will be almost all they see, with strict coronavirus rules preventing them from leaving the compound except to train and compete.
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Questions over policing and W.Cup bid after violent Wembley scenes
AFP, Published on 13/07/2021
» LONDON: England football chiefs and police on Monday faced questions over the chaotic and violent scenes around Wembley Stadium for Sunday's Euro 2020 final, with concerns it could affect the country's 2030 World Cup bid.
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From London to Saint Petersburg, Euro 2020 raises fears of new virus spread
AFP, Published on 02/07/2021
» PARIS: As Euro 2020 heads towards its conclusion, and ever larger crowds flock to matches, there are increasing concerns about games becoming super-spreader events as the Delta variant of coronavirus fuels a rise in infections around Europe.
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Keen Danish fans find loophole in Covid rules
Published on 26/06/2021
» COPENHAGEN: Hundreds of Danish football fans boarded buses in Copenhagen late Friday for a lightning 12-hour visit to Amsterdam, taking advantage of a loophole in Covid travel limits to attend Saturday’s Euro 2020 match against Wales.
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