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One year on from shutdown, US sport inching back to normalcy
AFP, Published on 10/03/2021
» LOS ANGELES - One year after Covid-19 sent sport across North America grinding to a halt, professional leagues and tours are inching back towards normalcy after absorbing a multi-billion-dollar financial hit.
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Italy imposes tough virus curbs as US cases hit record highs
AFP, Published on 25/10/2020
» ROME: Italy unveiled tough new restrictions on Sunday to help curb surging coronavirus cases, while the pandemic has taken centre stage in the US election campaign as infections there hit record levels.
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US Olympic swim champion, a rape survivor, fights abuse in sport
AFP, Published on 05/03/2020
» NEW YORK - Three years after the trauma of being raped by a stranger while jogging outside a university campus, American swimmer Nancy Hogshead-Makar lit up the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles by winning three gold medals and a silver.
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Sjostrom pips Dressel for first ISL MVP crown
AFP, Published on 22/12/2019
» LAS VEGAS - Sarah Sjostrom dominated Cate Campbell in the final round of the freestyle skins race to lock up International Swimming League's first season Most Valuable Player award as the glitzy new series concluded on Saturday.
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Tropical fish swim into Europe's waters as common species head north
AFP, Published on 25/09/2019
» PARIS - Cod, sole and plaice might be regulars on European dinner tables but as climate change heats the oceans common species are heading to cooler northern waters -- with profound potential consequences for fish stocks and consumers.
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Egypt's rebounding tourism threatens Red Sea corals
AFP, Published on 30/04/2019
» HURGHADA (EGYPT) - In serene turquoise waters off Egypt's Red Sea coast, scuba divers ease among delicate pink jellyfish and admire coral -- yet a rebounding tourism sector threatens the fragile marine ecosystem.
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China's Huawei steps up charm offensive, rejects security fears
AFP, Published on 06/03/2019
» DONGGUAN, China: Chinese telecom giant Huawei insisted on Wednesday its products feature no security "backdoors" for the government, as the normally secretive company gave foreign media a peek inside its state-of-the-art facilities.
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Tourists flee islands as tropical storm Pabuk closes in
AFP, Published on 03/01/2019
» KHAO LAK, Phangnga: Tens of thousands of tourists have fled some of the country's most popular islands and resort areas as tropical storm Pabuk closes in and threatens to batter the southern region with heavy rains, winds and seven-metre waves.
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Magnificent seven for Hosszu at short sourse swimming worlds
AFP, Published on 12/12/2016
» MONTREAL - Katinka Hosszu brought the curtain down on a week of dominance at the Short Course World Swimming Championships on Sunday by clinching her seventh gold medal of the meet.
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Irish village gears up to party for local hero Trump
AFP, Published on 15/12/2016
» DOONBEG (IRELAND) - On a windswept coastline in western Ireland, a sleepy hamlet is preparing one hell of an inauguration party on January 20 when billionaire tycoon and local investor Donald Trump becomes US president.
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