World Athletics
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Athletics: Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis clears 6.22m to break his own world record
The Olympic champion Duplantis improved his own record of 6.21m that he set in winning the world title outdoors in Oregon last year.
AFP
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Athletics: USA Olympic champion Randolph Ross gets three-year suspension for doping
Ross, a member of the US 4x400m squad which won gold in Tokyo last year, has been suspended for three years for breaking anti-doping rules.
AFP
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Watch replay: Athletics World C’ships men’s 100m final – Fred Kerley leads the US to a clean sweep
Fred Kerley won gold, Marvin Bracy finished second and Trayvon Bromell took the bronze in a podium sweep for the United States in the men’s 100m sprint event.
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A journalist examines the similarities and the differences between Indians and Pakistanis today
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The unsolved mystery of the fake PMO officer in Kashmir
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Court rejects plea seeking FIR against Rahul Gandhi’s Cambridge University speech
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China’s dam-building spree on Mekong River has turned Thai fishing villages into ‘ghost towns’
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Mo Farah reveals he was illegally trafficked to UK and forced to work as child servant
In a BBC TV documentary, Farah reveals that his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin.
AFP
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Sebastian Coe says athletics could exclude trans athletes, Rugby League issues ban
World Athletics could follow swimming, cycling and Rugby League in banning trans athletes from women’s events.
AFP
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Justin Gatlin interview: ‘I don’t think I was born in the wrong generation’
The five-time Olympic medallist spoke about his longevity in athletics, competing with the greatest, life after sport, the lows of his career and more.
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Watch: SUV is stranded in the middle of a river, passengers have to be rescued
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‘Can you feel it?’ Watch Jennifer Aniston and Jimmy Fallon guess what’s inside mystery box
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Watch: Massive fire breaks out in a factory in Gujarat’s Valsad, huge plume of smoke covers the sky
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Caught on camera: The moment when a train collided with a bus at a railway crossing in Bangladesh
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‘A reporter is arrested under a law meant for terrorists...’: A newspaper editor on press freedom
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Watch: Armand Duplantis clears 6.19m to break his own pole vault world record
After easily clearing 5.61m, 5.85m and then 6m, he passed 6.19m at his third attempt.
AFP
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Tokyo Marathon: Eliud Kipchoge wins race but falls short of breaking his own world record
The 37-year-old Kenyan was just over a minute slower than the world record time he had set at the Berlin Marathon in 2018.
AFP
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Technology in sport: New rules for running shoes after Paris Olympics
The move comes at a time where carbon and foam soles in athletics shoes appears to be improving performances.
AFP
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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ review: Even higher stakes and crazier action
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Watch: Oppression and rebellion in Independence-era drama ‘August 16 1947’
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‘Gumraah’ trailer: Crime thriller stars Aditya Roy Kapur in a double role, Mrunal Thakur as a cop
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How OP Nayyar was one of the original disruptors of Hindi film music
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Watch: The blunder years in ‘School College Ani Life’ starring Tejasswi Prakash, Karan Parab
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'I could have won Tokyo Olympics 100m', says retired Bolt
The first Olympic 100m final since Bolt’s departure was a subdued affair, with Jacobs clocking 9.80sec at a Covid-emptied Tokyo National Stadium.
AFP
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Athletics: Record-breaking Kenyan distance runner Agnes Tirop found dead with stab wounds
Only last month, she smashed the women-only 10km world record at the Road to Records Event in Germany.
AFP
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Data check: Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce produce a 100m season for the ages
Jamaican sprint queen Elaine Thompson-Herah led a host of Olympic champions to glory in an action-packed Diamond League final in Zurich on Thursday.
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The Field
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Women’s Boxing World C’ships: Nitu, Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain, Saweety reach finals
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IND v AUS: Rohit Sharma on workload management for World Cup – ‘Up to IPL franchises and players’
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ISSF World Cup Bhopal: Rhythm-Varun win mixed pistol silver; Rudrankksh-Narmada claim rifle bronze
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Watch: When Mesut Ozil produced 19 assists for Arsenal in the 2015-’16 Premier League season
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Football: India earns narrow win over Myanmar in tri-nation opener; Women’s team draw against Jordan