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Bach says controversial Beijing Olympics 'will change winter sports'
AFP, Published on 03/02/2022
» BEIJING - The Beijing Olympics will "change the scale of winter sports forever", IOC president Thomas Bach said Thursday, on the eve of a Games beset by concerns about human rights and Covid.
China: US 'paying athletes to disrupt Olympics'
AFP, Published on 29/01/2022
» BEIJING: The United States is paying athletes to “create disturbances” during the Beijing Winter Olympics, Chinese state media reported on Saturday.
Counting the coronavirus cost at Tokyo's Olympics
AFP, Published on 08/08/2021
» TOKYO - The pandemic affected almost every part of Tokyo's Olympics, forcing a historic postponement, the banning of almost all spectators, and ending the dreams of more than a few athletes.
Johnston's British racing landmark is poetry in motion
AFP, Published on 23/08/2018
» LONDON - Mark Johnston became Britain's most successful winning trainer on Thursday when Poet's Society won at York's prestigious Ebor meeting eliciting roars from the packed stands.