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Mon, 14 Feb 2022 08:23:51 GMT
Figure skating favourite Valieva cleared to compete in Games despite doping
Aged just 15, Russian prodigy Kamila Valieva came to Beijing favourite for figure skating Olympic gold. Instead, she is embroiled in a doping scandal that could have seen her thrown out of the Games and will follow her for the rest of her young care...

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 08:22:10 GMT
Olympic mascot cakes land Chinese bakers in trouble
Officials cited licensing concerns for their swoops on the gastronomic homages to Bing Dwen Dwen. Generally depicted in a full-body ice suit, Bing Dwen Dwen has sparked long queues at Olympic souvenir shops -- with many willing to fork out more tha...

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 08:16:13 GMT
Knee woes out of mind as Goggia eyes Olympic downhill defence
Goggia sustained the injury in a crash on home snow in Cortina d'Ampezzo last month. She admitted that she quickly ditched her crutches after just three of the 10 recommended days because she feared it would harm her fitness. After finishing fourt...

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 07:28:11 GMT
Russia's Valieva - 'fragile little girl' in doping spotlight
"When I was three years old I would tell my mother, I want to be an Olympic champion," she said after she led the Russians to gold in the team event on February 7. "I believe my next dream will come true too," she added, an apparent reference to ...

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 07:21:04 GMT
Four go on trial in Paris over jihadist murder of French priest
Four alleged accomplices in the murder of an 85-year-old French priest go on trial in Paris on Monday after years of investigations into one of the most grisly jihadist attacks that have rocked France in recent years. 

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 07:06:12 GMT
Australian ex-49er Hayne wins appeal over sex assault conviction
The 33-year-old -- best known outside Australia for a short-lived attempt to break into America's NFL -- was found guilty last year on two counts of intercourse without consent in 2018. He was sentenced to a maximum five years and nine months, but ...

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 06:52:18 GMT
Key US-Canada border crossing reopens after Covid protests
The blockading of the Ambassador Bridge, which handles an estimated 25 percent of trade between the two countries, had disrupted business in the world's largest economy and forced automakers in both the United States and Canada to halt or scale back...

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 06:50:57 GMT
Key Canada-US bridge reopens after police remove protesters, vehicles
North America's busiest trade link reopened for traffic late Sunday evening, ending a six-day blockade, Canada Border Services Agency said, after Canadian police cleared the protesters fighting to end COVID-19 restrictions. 

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 06:30:19 GMT
Russian skater Valieva cleared to continue at Olympics: CAS
CAS said it had rejected appeals by the International Olympic Committee, the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Skating Union to have the suspension of the 15-year-old reinstated. The prodigious Valieva is now able to take part in the s...

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 06:02:11 GMT
Hong Kong leader says city 'overwhelmed' by Omicron wave
Authorities have adhered to mainland China's policy of stamping out the smallest outbreak with mass quarantine, widespread tracking, and prolonged social distancing measures since the start of the pandemic. But the extremely contagious Omicron var...

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 05:56:11 GMT
Battling Burrow vows to return after Super Bowl agony
But Joe Burrow was unable to write the fairytale ending to the Bengals roller coaster season as his team were pipped to victory by the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday. The charismatic 25-year-old quarterback was buffeted throughout the Rams defense, who...

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 05:52:15 GMT
Bungee baby Hackett flies high, then crashes, at Beijing Olympics
AJ Hackett helped popularise the extreme sport in the 1980s and made headlines when he bungee-jumped from the Eiffel Tower in a much-publicised 1987 stunt. One year later, he founded the world's first commercial bungee site. Now his daughter is fo...

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 05:52:14 GMT
Humphries storms to Olympic gold to end German domination
The 36-year-old was peerless at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre, building on her commanding overnight lead to clock 4min 19.27sec over the four heats. Her winning margin of 1.54sec over her USA team-mate Elana Meyers Taylor, who took silver, is...

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 05:32:12 GMT
Mbappe future focuses all attention as PSG face Real Madrid
The clock continues to tick down on the World Cup-winning striker's contract in Paris which expires in June, five years after he joined his hometown team from Monaco in a 180 million-euro ($204m) deal. It is understood PSG turned down an equivalent...

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 05:30:17 GMT
Kupp salutes Stafford after Super Bowl thriller
Rams star wide receiver Kupp was named Super Bowl MVP after a championship-winning performance that included plucking the winning touchdown from Stafford's pass with less than two minutes remaining. It was a Hollywood-style moment of redemption for...



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