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Defending Olympic tennis champ Murray escapes Fognini scare
AFP, Published on 12/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Defending champion Andy Murray survived a huge scare to reach the Olympic Games quarter-finals on Thursday, coming back from 3-0 down in the deciding set to defeat Italy's Fabio Fognini.
Rio organisers insist Games safe despite latest shootings
AFP, Published on 12/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Organisers insisted the Rio Olympics were safe on Thursday despite a second bullet being fired into the equestrian venue and a brutal military police shooting not far from the Maracana stadium.
Venus breaks her Rio duck
AFP, Published on 12/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Venus Williams finally broke her Rio duck Thursday when she teamed with Rajeev Ram to reach the Olympic Games mixed doubles second round.
From Chechen war to Rio fairytale for Canadian boxer
AFP, Published on 12/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Boxer Arthur Biyarslanov escaped the death and terror of war in Chechnya to represent his adopted homeland of Canada at the Rio Olympics on Thursday, a fairytale end to a traumatic journey.
Britain set women's team pursuit world record at Rio
AFP, Published on 12/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Britain broke the women's team pursuit world record with a time of 4min 13.260sec in qualifying at the Rio Olympics on Thursday.
Golden-shoed Lin avoids Rio badminton slip-up
AFP, Published on 12/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Chinese badminton legend Lin Dan, wearing golden shoes, avoided an opening match banana skin against Austrian David Obernosterer on the first day of Olympic badminton on Thursday.
Classy Cam McEvoy back in action after 100m free flop
AFP, Published on 12/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Cameron McEvoy wasn't making any excuses Thursday in the wake of his crushing disappointment in the 100m freestyle, congratulating young teammate Kyle Chalmers for ending Australia's drought in the elite Olympic event.
Golden Krpalek wins Czech's first Olympic judo medal
AFP, Published on 12/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Lukas Krpalek claimed the Czech Republic's first ever Olympic judo medal by winning gold in the under-100kg division in Rio on Thursday.
Moody's sees bleak future
News, Published on 12/08/2016
» The approval of the new constitution at the referendum on Sunday may alleviate uncertainty in the short term but political and economic challenges persist in Thailand, Moody's Investors Service said Thursday.
NACC to probe amnesty bill MPs
News, Published on 12/08/2016
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is set to investigate a group of 40 former Pheu Thai Party MPs who tabled a controversial 2013 amnesty bill for abuse of authority in what is seen as a bid to clip the wings of the party.