CAIRO (AP) Egypt has arrested eight people after soccer fans tore out seats and chanted against the government during a game earlier this month.
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CAIRO (AP) Egypt has arrested eight people after soccer fans tore out seats and chanted against the government during a game earlier this month.
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MOSCOW (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin has said in a new documentary that he approved of a plan to shoot down a hijacked passenger jet four years ago.
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GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) The most talked-about athlete in the Paralympics barely plays, but who cares? The diminutive but hard-nosed reserve forward on South Korea’s sled hockey team proudly admits he’s just happy to be here.
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AMSTERDAM (AP) �� In a stunning finish to the speedskating Allround World Championships, Dutchman Patrick Roest won the title Sunday after Sverre Lunde Pedersen of Norway fell in the closing 10,000-meter race as he was on track for a convincing overall victory.
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AMSTERDAM (AP) A week ago, Amsterdam residents and visiting tourists were walking and skating along frozen canals in the Dutch capital.
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) A plastic surgeon in South Africa says he doubts that a triathlete who suffered severe leg injuries after men attacked him with a saw will be able to compete ”in the near future.”
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OFTERSCHWANG, Germany (AP) US skier Mikaela Shiffrin wins women’s World Cup overall title for second straight year.
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TOKYO (AP) Egyptian sumo wrestler Osunaarashi says he will retire to take responsibility for being involved in a car accident while driving without a license.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) If you’re at the front of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, chances are you’re speaking Norwegian.
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) A South African triathlete who suffered severe leg injuries when attackers cut his legs with a saw says he will focus on recovery so he can run and cycle again.
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BANGKOK (AP) The action was hot and heavy – especially heavy – as competition began Thursday in Thailand’s King’s Cup Elephant Polo tournament, a quirky charity event whose proceeds benefit the beasts who are the games’ stars.
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BRUSSELS (AP) The Belgian football federation says it will not change its mind about choosing a rapper known for lacing his songs with obscene and misogynistic lyrics to produce its official World Cup song.
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) A South African athletic director says assailants attacked a top national triathlete who was cycling to a training session and cut into his legs with a saw, causing severe injuries.
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LONDON (AP) Johnson: UK involvement at World Cup in Russia may not `go ahead in the normal way’ if Russia link proven in ex-spy case.
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TOKYO (AP) The most damage inflicted in sumo in recent times has been to the image of Japan’s tradition-steeped national sport.
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LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) The International University Sports Federation has selected Lake Placid as the host for the 2023 Winter World University Games.
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MONACO (AP) The IAAF says CEO Olivier Gers is resigning because of a clash over commercial strategy.
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In 1984, while stationed in London for The Associated Press, I phoned Roger Bannister to request an interview for the 30th anniversary of his becoming the first man to run a mile in under 4 minutes. His initial response was: ”Is there still any interest in this?”
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BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) The world of athletics stopped to watch Roger Bannister run as a black-and-white video was shown on a giant screen at the world indoor athletics championships on Sunday.
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BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) Poland set a world record in the 4×400-meter relay at the world indoor athletics championships on Sunday, with the United States also inside the old mark.
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LONDON (AP) The Associated Press interviewed Roger Bannister several times in his later years, including for the 50th and 60th anniversaries of his landmark sub 4-minute mile.
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LONDON (AP) Roger Bannister, the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile, has died. He was 88.
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LONDON (AP) Family statement: Roger Bannister, the 1st runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile, has died at the age of 88.
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BOSTON (AP) Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray has an additional job title: children’s book author.
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IVRY-SUR-SEINE, France (AP) With revolutionary slogans and a message of support for the unemployed, this was no ordinary wrestling event.
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BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela left it until late but successfully defended her triple jump crown at the world indoor athletics championships on Saturday.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Hundreds of barking dogs and excited fans are converging on Alaska’s largest city for Saturday’s ceremonial start of the famed Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
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BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) Christian Coleman doesn’t want to be known as the next Usain Bolt.
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CHICAGO (AP) A new monument near Chicago’s Soldier Field will celebrate the Special Olympics and the site where its first event was held 50 years ago.
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BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) Danil Lysenko reversed his world outdoors result with Mutaz Essa Barshim by winning their world indoors high jump duel on his last leap on Thursday.
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