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Pakistani mountaineer races rivals, hunts funds to chase summit record
AFP, Published on 10/07/2023
» LAHORE (PAKISTAN) - Pakistani mountaineer Shehroze Kashif faces sub-zero temperatures and biting winds in his race to scale the world's highest peaks, but his biggest challenge is finding the money.
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Mira Rai: child soldier, ultra-runner, mentor
AFP, Published on 08/03/2022
» KATHMANDU: For years Nepali child soldier turned ultra-runner Mira Rai trained alone every morning, but now she leads other young women up and down the hills, hoping the sport can help them break cycles of poverty and discrimination.
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Nature Strip wins world's richest turf race
AFP, Published on 16/10/2021
» SYDNEY: Star sprinter Nature Strip, ridden by James McDonald, lived up to his billing as favourite to win the world's richest turf race, The Everest, in front of thousands of cheering punters in Sydney on Saturday.
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Djokovic conquers 'Everest,' eyes 52-year landmark at French Open
AFP, Published on 13/06/2021
» PARIS - Novak Djokovic can become the first man in 52 years to win all four Grand Slam titles twice in the French Open final on Sunday after conquering Rafael Nadal, the 'Mount Everest' of Roland Garros.
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Djokovic stuns 13-time champion Nadal in French Open epic, faces Tsitsipas for title
AFP, Published on 12/06/2021
» PARIS: Novak Djokovic handed 13-time champion Rafael Nadal only his third defeat in 16 years and 108 matches at the French Open on Friday to reach his sixth Roland Garros final after an epic showdown which even beat the country's Covid-19 curfew.
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Covid threatens Everest climbing comeback plans
AFP, Published on 07/05/2021
» EVEREST BASE CAMP (NEPAL) - More than 30 sick climbers have been evacuated from the foot of Mount Everest, raising fears that coronavirus may scupper a hoped-for bumper season on the world's highest mountain.
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Nation prepares to stop for a Melbourne Cup behind closed doors
AFP, Published on 02/11/2020
» MELBOURNE: Australia's "race that stops a nation" will Tuesday be staged in front of empty grandstands, devoid of the roars from tens of thousands of punters when the Melbourne Cup is run behind closed doors for the first time in its long history.
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How the coronavirus has hit global sport
AFP, Published on 09/03/2020
» PARIS: AFP Sport looks at the effects on sport of the coronavirus, which at 11pm on Sunday had killed 3,792 people while infecting more than 109,000 in 99 countries worldwide.
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Djokovic and Biles win Laureus sports people of year awards
AFP, Published on 19/02/2019
» MONACO - Novak Djokovic's stupendous comeback from injury last year which saw him win two Grand Slam titles earned him the Laureus Sportsman of the Year Award on Monday at a lavish ceremony.
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Shot put queen Adams now Dame Valerie
AFP, Published on 31/12/2016
» WELLINGTON - Shot put queen Valerie Adams received one of New Zealand's highest awards on Saturday, being made a dame in the New Year honours list.
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