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Hong Kong protest leaders may face jail as China tensions rise
AFP, Published on 15/08/2016
» HONG KONG - Three leaders of Hong Kong's "Umbrella Revolution" face possible jail sentences Monday over protests that sparked massive rallies in 2014, as fears grow that Beijing is closing its grip on the city.
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Podium to proposal as Chinese pair dive into marriage
AFP, Published on 15/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Chinese diver He Zi had a day to remember as no sooner had she stepped down from the podium than boyfriend and fellow Olympic medallist Qin Kai got down on one knee to propose.
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Klishina sample bottles tampered with: journalist
AFP, Published on 15/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - A German journalist behind many revelations on doping in Russia said Sunday that Russian long jumper Darya Klishina had been prevented from competing at the Rio Olympics after two of her sample bottles were found to have been tampered with.
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Wrestler Borrero claims Cuba's first gold
AFP, Published on 15/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Greco-Roman wrestler Ismael Borrero claimed Cuba's first gold medal of the Rio Olympics when he won the men's 59kg category on Sunday.
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Suarez gives Barcelona edge in Supercup
AFP, Published on 15/08/2016
» MADRID - Luis Suarez and Munir El Haddadi shot down Sevilla to give Barcelona a comfortable victory in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup final on Sunday.
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'Unsanitary swamp' - divers damn Rio's murky pool
AFP, Published on 15/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Olympic divers slammed Rio organisers on Sunday for not replacing the murky green water in their pool that has proved a smelly eye-sore.
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Veteran's 'Vault of Death' fails to upstage Biles
AFP, Published on 15/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Forty-one-year-old Uzbek gymnast Oksana Chusovitina had warned that she was ready to pull out the 'vault of death' in her bid to upstage US teen sensation Simone Biles in Rio.
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Chinese lifter Meng grabs gold in women's +75kg
AFP, Published on 15/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Chinese lifter Meng Suping grabbed gold in the women's +75kg category on Sunday as Sarah Robles claimed a rare weightlifting medal for the United States.
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Hansen breaks record but fluffs elimination
AFP, Published on 15/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Danish reigning omnium champion Lasse Norman Hansen broke the Olympic individual pursuit record on Sunday but then almost blew the defence of his Olympic crown.
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Aussie golfer Allenby arrested outside American casino
AFP, Published on 15/08/2016
» LOS ANGELES - Australian golfer Robert Allenby was arrested for disorderly conduct outside an American gambling casino, just hours after missing the cut at the John Deere Classic tournament.
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