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Arm wrestling grips India with glitzy dreams
AFP, Published on 11/08/2023
» NEW DELHI - Athletes flex muscled biceps before going hand-to-hand in a newly televised arm-wrestling league seeking to take the sporting spotlight in otherwise cricket-mad India with a glitzy Bollywood-style makeover.
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Belarus athlete leaves Japan on Vienna-bound flight
AFP, Published on 04/08/2021
» TOKYO: Belarusian Olympic athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left Japan on a Vienna-bound flight on Wednesday and was expected to head for Poland, where she has been offered a humanitarian visa.
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British PM's time in power set to end in Brexit humiliation
AFP, Published on 24/05/2019
» LONDON - Battered British Prime Minister Theresa May's short but dramatic tenure is set to end after her legacy-defining battle to win parliamentary approval for her Brexit deal proved too elusive.
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Taboos KO'd by Pakistan's mother-daughter boxing duo
AFP, Published on 31/10/2016
» KARACHI - Slim, powerful, and with an unwavering gaze, 19-year-old Razia Banu jabs at the face of her opponent -- her own mother, a widow inspired to join her daughter in smashing taboos in Pakistan's sultry port city Karachi.
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Theresa May prepares to take over as Brexit PM
AFP, Published on 13/07/2016
» LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron steps down on Wednesday and Theresa May prepares to take his place following a momentous referendum to leave the European Union that has sent shockwaves around the world.
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Mediation fails between Maradona and ex on 'missing' $6m
AFP, Published on 26/08/2015
» BUENOS AIRES - An attempt at mediation has failed between former Argentina football captain Diego Maradona and his ex-wife Claudia Villafane, whom he blames for the disappearance of $6 million from his fortune.
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Doping ban looms for Kenyan marathon champ Rita Jeptoo
AFP, Published on 16/01/2015
» NAIROBI - Disgraced Kenyan drugs cheat Rita Jeptoo appeared before a disciplinary hearing on Thursday, although officials said a decision on her suspension from distance running would be delayed pending further investigations.
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Doping ban looms for Kenyan marathon champ Rita Jeptoo
AFP, Published on 15/01/2015
» NAIROBI - Disgraced Kenyan drugs cheat Rita Jeptoo, once considered the world's top female distance runner, arrived in Nairobi Thursday for a hearing to find out how long she will be banned from the sport.
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Kenyan runner Jeptoo accused of long-term EPO doping
AFP, Published on 07/11/2014
» NAIROBI - Kenyan marathon runner Rita Jeptoo has been implicated in illegal doping dating back more than three years, according to her estranged husband and legal documents seen by AFP Friday.
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Business booms for high altitude Kenyan running town
AFP, Published on 09/02/2014
» Take a tour around the small Kenyan town of Iten and the scene is something of a who's who of the athletics world.
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