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Ghanaian footballer Atsu rescued from Turkish quake
AFP, Published on 07/02/2023
» ACCRA: Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu has been rescued from the rubble of the earthquake that killed and injured thousands in Turkey and neighbouring Syria, Ghana's Football Association confirmed on Tuesday.
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Some 220 Ukrainian athletes, coaches killed in war
Kyodo News, Published on 01/02/2023
» KYIV: At least 220 Ukrainian athletes and coaches have died in the war against Russia, with over 340 sports facilities damaged or ruined, Reuters news agency reported Tuesday, quoting Ukraine's sports minister.
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SEA Games in Vietnam postponed
AFP, Published on 08/07/2021
» The Southeast Asian Games, which were due to take place in Vietnam this year, have been postponed because of the pandemic and will most likely be held in 2022, a member of the organising council said Thursday.
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Canadians pack into cooling centers as heat wave death toll doubles
AFP, Published on 01/07/2021
» VANCOUVER - Inside one of Vancouver's 25 air-conditioned cooling centers on Wednesday, visitors quietly read books or worked on laptops as the death toll in Canada's British Columbia province rose into the hundreds from a record-smashing heat wave.
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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.
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Copa America limps to start line despite pandemic
AFP, Published on 11/06/2021
» RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil kicks-off the Copa America that almost never was on Sunday, on home soil for the second time in three years with minnows Venezuela as their opponents in a tournament already dominated by issues off the pitch.
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Criticism, jokes as Copa America moved to Brazil over Covid
AFP, Published on 01/06/2021
» BRASíLIA - When Covid-19 overwhelmed Argentina too badly to host the South American football championships, officials decided to move the tournament to pandemic-battered Brazil of all places, drawing criticism from epidemiologists and a flurry of jokes.
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Covid deaths at record high as EU approves second vaccine
AFP, Published on 07/01/2021
» BRUSSELS - The EU cleared a second coronavirus vaccine for use Wednesday, in a relief to struggling European countries as the world reached a grim new record of 15,700 deaths in 24 hours.
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Neymar laughs off reports of New Year's party for 500
AFP, Published on 01/01/2021
» RIO DE JANEIRO:- Neymar laughed off controversy Thursday over reports he was throwing a mega New Year's party for 500 guests, posting a video online of preparations for what he called a "low-key dinner" with family and friends.
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2020: Sport battles through a year like no other
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 26/12/2020
» Sport has experienced some difficult times over the years, but nothing has created so much havoc in the world's sporting calendar as the Covid-19 virus. No sport escaped the wrath of the pandemic. Little did we know back in March that the disruption would go on for so long and take such a toll.
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