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Rio Games takes cue from World Cup
AFP, Published on 15/07/2014
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Citing a highly successful World Cup, 2016 Rio Olympics organizers claimed Monday that the event would take its cue from football and make South America's first Olympiad one to remember.
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Sri Lanka star Jayawardene to retire from Test cricket
AFP, Published on 14/07/2014
» Star Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene said Monday he would retire from Test cricket after the series against Pakistan in August, drawing the curtain on an almost two decade-long Test career.
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World Cup success eases Rio Olympics fears
AFP, Published on 12/07/2014
» RIO DE JANEIRO - The World Cup's success will help ease concerns over Rio de Janeiro's preparations for the 2016 Olympics, the city's mayor said Friday, promising that everything will be ready on time.
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Messi on target to match Maradona
AFP, Published on 10/07/2014
» SAO PAULO - Lionel Messi says Argentina have "one little step left" to climb against Germany in the World Cup final on Sunday where he has the chance to emulate Diego Maradona.
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IOC chief says Brazil World Cup exit won't sour 2016 Games
AFP, Published on 09/07/2014
» International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said Wednesday he was confident Brazil's World Cup humiliation would not sour the mood ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics, and that the city would be ready.
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Germany's Loew faces big Brazil test
AFP, Published on 08/07/2014
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Another semi-final is another battle of nerves for Joachim Loew, who risks becoming Germany's nearly man.
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Sydney Convicts tackle homophobia with historic rugby match
AFP, Published on 06/07/2014
» SYDNEY - Wallabies great John Eales hailed the courage and spirit of the Sydney Convicts after they became the first gay rugby team in the world Sunday to play on the same bill as a professional match.
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Messi-dependent Argentina face Belgium test
AFP, Published on 05/07/2014
» BRASíLIA - Argentina will once again turn to Lionel Messi for inspiration when they tackle star-studded Belgium in Brasilia on Saturday in a World Cup quarter-final haunted by ghosts of yesteryear.
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Messi test for Belgium as last eight looms
AFP, Published on 02/07/2014
» Four-time footballer of the year Lionel Messi's misfiring Argentina and Belgium completed the line-up for the World Cup quarter-finals and will face each other in a repeat of the 1986 World Cup semi-final.
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Broad calls for life ban for all fixers
AFP, Published on 01/07/2014
» England all-rounder Stuart Broad called Tuesday for all those found guilty of match-fixing to be given the same lifetime ban as handed down to former New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent.
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