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'Twisting again' Biles prepares gymnastics comeback
AFP, Published on 04/08/2023
» CHICAGO: Simone Biles makes her long-awaited return to gymnastics in Chicago on Saturday, with the dreaded "twisties" firmly behind her in what could be the first step on the road towards next year's Olympic games.
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England face tricky Nigeria test as World Cup quarter-finals beckon
AFP, Published on 07/08/2023
» BRISBANE (AUSTRALIA) - The United States' exit gives England a golden opportunity to win the Women's World Cup but they face a tricky encounter with Nigeria on Monday in the last 16, before co-hosts Australia face Denmark.
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British MotoGP - five talking points
AFP, Published on 04/08/2023
» SILVERSTONE (UNITED KINGDOM) - MotoGP returns at Silverstone this weekend after its mid-term break. AFP Sport looks at five talking points ahead of the British MotoGP, the ninth round of the 20-race season:
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'No hesitation' as Biles prepares for return
AFP, Published on 05/08/2023
» HOFFMAN ESTATES (UNITED STATES) - Four-time Olympic gold medal gymnast Simone Biles geared up for her highly anticipated return to competition with an impressive practice session ahead of Saturday's US Classic -- her first event since the Tokyo Olympics.
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Australia face must-win World Cup clash, Japan take on Spain
AFP, Published on 31/07/2023
» SYDNEY - Co-hosts Australia have to beat Canada on Monday or risk an unthinkable exit from the Women's World Cup in the first round, while former champions Japan take on Spain with top spot in their group on the line.
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Track, BMX, road, mountain all rub shoulders at cycling's world championships
AFP, Published on 02/08/2023
» GLASGOW - Remco Evenepoel is among the stars assembling for the world cycling championships in Scotland with 13 disciplines including road races, BMX, mountain biking and track racing on the menu from Thursday.
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‘Voodoo wrestling’ is spellbinding fun in DR Congo
AFP, Published on 02/08/2023
» KINSHASA: There has been a power cut, and under moonlight in a poor quarter of DR Congo's capital, wrestler Maitresse Libondans explains how she invokes her ancestors to cast spells that rout her opponents.
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Coe defends Budapest as worlds venue and hails doping case
AFP, Published on 01/08/2023
» PARIS - World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has defended the choice of Hungary's capital Budapest to host this month's world championships and also said the sport's latest doping case was actually a reason to celebrate.
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'Shameful' as Ukrainian fencer disqualified for refusing to shake hands with Russian
AFP, Published on 28/07/2023
» MILAN - Ukraine's Olha Kharlan was disqualified from the world fencing championships for refusing to shake hands with her beaten Russian opponent on Thursday in a decision blasted as "absolutely shameful".
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Alarm as seawater heats up off Florida Keys, imperiling reef
AFP, Published on 29/07/2023
» SUMMERLAND KEY (UNITED STATES) - Super-heated seawater off the Florida Keys has grown so perilous to the world's third-largest barrier reef that scientists are now removing samples of coral from ocean nurseries to place in cooler land-based tanks.
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