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‘Capitalistic motherf**ker’: Jake Paul taunts UFC boss Dana White in withering new takedown
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Josh Giddey makes NBA history as youngest player to record a triple-double
Luka Doncic returned from a 10-game, 23-day absence and recorded 14 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds for Dallas having been out of action with an ankle injury and then entering the league's Covid-19 protocols.
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Olympics: Tokyo 2020 chief does not rule out cancelling Games
The head of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee has not ruled out cancelling the Olympic Games.
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U.S. Women’s Gymnastics Team Alternate Tests Positive For COVID-19 At Olympics
The positive test was the latest in growing line of daily reports of athletes and others testing positive at the pandemic-delayed Olympics.
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Tokyo Olympic Games: State of emergency announced as Covid cases rise
Japan has declared a state of emergency in Tokyo which will run throughout the Olympic Games, to combat coronavirus.
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Sha’Carri Richardson Is Left Off the U.S. Olympic Team
After a drug test picked up marijuana and knocked her out of the 100-meter event, USA Track & Field declined to select her for a relay in Tokyo
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South Korea submits bid to co-host 2032 Olympics with North Korea
South Korean capital Seoul said on Thursday it has sent a proposal for co-hosting the 2032 Olympics with the North's Pyongyang to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in a bid to keep its hopes alive despite Brisbane being the front-runner.
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John Geddert, former Olympic gymnastics coach, kills himself after being charged with human trafficking, sex assault
The state of Michigan announced two dozen felony charges including 20 counts of human trafficking against John Geddert, the head coach of the 2012 Olympic gymnastics team.
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Super Bowl 2021: Tom Brady wins seventh title as Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Kansas City Chiefs
Tom Brady steered the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a comfortable 31-9 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs to extend his record for Super Bowl wins to seven.
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Russia banned from using name, flag, anthem at Olympics, world championships through 2022
Country's athletes still allowed to compete if not implicated in doping or coverup
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Olympic chiefs set 4-week deadline to decide on fate of coronavirus-threatened Tokyo 2020 Games
Tokyo 2020 organizers have set a four-week deadline in which to decide on a potential postponement of the Games, as the Covid-19 outbreak continues to threaten the event.
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Canada & Australia will NOT send teams to Tokyo in 2020 as Japan admits postponing Olympics over Covid-19 ‘may become an option’
The Canadian and Australian Olympic Committees have decided not to send teams to the Tokyo 2020 games, urging the IOC to postpone the event for one year, due to a global health crisis that is "far more significant than sport."
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New Olympic look amid virus crisis
Emergency talks are scheduled to discuss the Tokyo Olympics but as coronavirus sweeps across the world, some are maintaining a sense of humour.
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'Absolutely not': Japan reacts to Donald Trump’s calls to postpone Olympics amid coronavirus pandemic
Officials in Japan have said they have no plans to delay or cancel the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo, in response to President Donald Trump’s suggestion to postpone the tournament due to the global virus pandemic.
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What Netflix's Aaron Hernandez documentary got very wrong
The documentary introduces themes that seem to have very little bearing on the case at hand.
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Behind the black curtain with Tom Brady: Tears and concerns over Patriots’ dynasty
Tom Brady disappointed but not ready to hang it up
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Super Bowl mayhem: Philadelphia goes wild with looting, shooting and torn up light poles
A blast of unknown origin has occurred in Philadelphia and several people have reportedly been injured in street violence amid celebrations of the Philadelphia Eagles’ victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII.
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Eagles win first Super Bowl as Nick Foles has game of his life
The final play was a deep ball from Brady that fell incomplete in the end zone.
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