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Tearful Messi confirms he is leaving Barcelona, in talks with PSG
BARCELONA (Reuters) -A tearful Lionel Messi confirmed on Sunday he was leaving FC Barcelona after the club said it could no longer afford paying the Argentine's high wages, adding he was in negotiatio...
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Factbox – Biles, Belarus and sports drama: Tokyo’s Olympics were full of surprises
TOKYO (Reuters) - In an action-packed Tokyo Olympics that were held in the shadow a pandemic, the upsets were not just confined to the stadiums and sports fields. The following were some of the bigges...
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Delta variant, Louisiana doctors, slowly cracking vaccine resistance
By Brad Brooks PONCHATOULA, La. (Reuters) - The crowd inside Floyd's Family Pharmacy was abuzz with an agitated energy. Whether arriving for scheduled COVID vaccines or testing, people were motivated ...
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‘CODA’ breaks new ground for deaf movie theater-goers
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Going to the movies isn't much fun for deaf people. Screenings in theaters with captions are limited and the special glasses and equipment needed to read them ...
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MLB roundup: Giants knock off Brewers in wild 11-inning game
LaMonte Wade Jr. delivered a go-ahead single in the 11th inning and Brandon Belt added a two-run homer, his second long ball of the game, to give the San Francisco Giants a wild 9-6 comeback victory o...
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Prehistoric cave paintings in Spain show Neanderthals were artists
By Jon Nazca and and Mariano Valladolid ARDALES, Spain(Reuters) - Neanderthals may have been closer to our species of prehistoric modern human than previously believed after cave paintings found in Sp...
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Weightlifting: Tokyo 2020 marked by firsts, but recent scandals cloud outlook
By Junko Fujita TOKYO (Reuters) - Weightlifting was marked by a series of breakthroughs at the Tokyo Olympics -- the first openly transgender athlete to compete at any Games and the Philippine's first...
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REVIEW-Olympics-Athletics-Amazing records, sprint shocks, but shoe tech clouds the glory
By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - Two incredible 400m hurdles races, a women's sprint clean sweep, a stunning 100m shock and a shared high jump gold medal will be the indelible athletics memories fr...
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U.N. condemns Zimbabwe child marriages as girl dies after giving birth
HARARE (Reuters) - The United Nations has condemned the practise of child marriage in Zimbabwe following the death of a 14-year-old girl after she gave birth at a church shrine, an incident that cause...
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Olympics-Water polo-Serbia earn men’s gold in win over Greece
TOKYO (Reuters) - Serbia beat Greece to win the gold medal in the men's water polo competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. Greece were awarded silver, while Hungary claimed bronze after beating S...
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