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Two-time Olympic champion Valerie Adams announces retirement from shot put
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Auckland [New Zealand], March 1 (ANI): New Zealand's sporting icon Dame Valerie Adams has called time on her legendary shot put career on Tuesday.
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Delhi HC issues notice on removing Taekwondo Federation of India ad-hoc ch
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New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the Central government, Indian Olympic Association and others on the plea moved by Odisha Taekwondo Association and others.
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Women in China along with ethnic minorities are most disproportionately af
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Beijing [China], March 1 (ANI): Despite all tall claims of modernity and respect for human rights, the women in China, along with the ethnic minorities, are the most disproportionately affected people, a Canada-based think-tank reported.
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IOC recommends ban on participation of Russian, Belarusian athletes from a
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Lausanne [Switzerland], February 28 (ANI): The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) discussed again on Monday, the dilemma that the Olympic Movement is currently facing after the breach of the Olympic Truce by the Russian government and the government of Belarus
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Yasar Dogu: Ravi Dahiya clinches gold after defeating Uzbekistan's Gulomjo
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Istanbul [Turkey], February 28 (ANI): Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Ravi Dahiya on Sunday clinched the gold medal in the finals of the Yasar Dogu Ranking Series in Istanbul.
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Video of chained woman sparks outrage in China
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Beijing [China], February 27 (ANI): The woman, identified as 44-year-old Xiao Huamei, originally from Yunnan province in China, in a video, was found chained by the neck to an outdoor shed, incoherent and shivering in the cold in rural eastern China.
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US-born Eileen Gu representing Beijing at Olympics courts controversy for
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Hong Kong, February 27 (ANI): Eileen Gu has been at the thick end of controversy since the news of her competing as an Olympian for China and not the US surfaced.
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Suppression of dissent during Winter Olympics is testimony to Communist pa
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Beijing [China], February 27 (ANI): China's control of the public dissent during the Beijing Winter Olympics is a testimony to the power and grip of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over the country.
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Another Uyghur torchbearer of 2018 Beijing Olympics detained by Chinese au
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Beijing [China], February 27 (ANI): A Uyghur doctor, who served as a torchbearer in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, is serving an 18-year jail sentence, said a media report.
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Grindr makes exit from China, sets new rules to protect queer athletes com
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Beijing [China], February 27 (ANI): As there is still a huge stigma surrounding the LGBTIQ+ community in China, a popular LGBTQ+ dating app, Grindr, which was taken off from the app stores of the country, has decided to tighten the privacy for the queer athletes competing in Beijing.
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I refuse to listen to national anthem of Russia: Szczesny insists to not p
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Warsaw [Poland], February 26 (ANI): Poland international goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny on Saturday called on FIFA and UEFA to take action and hold the Russian Federation accountable for their actions.
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Australian athletics icon John Landy dies aged 91
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Canberra [Australia], February 26 (ANI): The 1956 Olympic bronze medallist, former world 1500m and mile record-holder John Landy has died at the age of 91.
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