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Olympics-Soccer-Malcom grabs golden glory for Brazil
(fixes spelling of Malcom throughout) By Simon Evans YOKOHAMA (Reuters) -Brazil retained their Olympic football title with substitute Malcom scoring an extra-time winner in a 2-1 victory over Spain in...
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Hungarians grab their partners in nation’s wife-carrying contest
TAPIOBICSKE, Hungary (Reuters) - Some 40 Hungarian husbands, with their wives on their backs, clambered over rough terrain on Saturday in the nation's second wife-carrying contest. A previous race in ...
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Protesters in France denounce COVID health pass rules for fourth weekend
PARIS (Reuters) - Protesters marched in cities across France on Saturday in a fourth consecutive weekend of demonstrations, denouncing what they see as oppressive rules compelling them to get COVID-19...
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Olympics-Athletics-Chopra spears India’s first gold, relay relief for U.S. men
By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) -Sifan Hassan won the 10,000m for a brilliant distance double, Jakob Ingebrigtsen took the 1,500m in style and javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra secured instant national ...
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German SPD goes on the attack with jab at rival’s Catholicism
By Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats have broken a taboo in modern German politics by taking aim at the religious beliefs of a close aide to Armin Laschet, the conservative can...
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Messi to hold news conference on Sunday after shock Barcelona exit
(Reuters) - Six-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi will hold a news conference on Sunday at Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium following his surprise departure, the La Liga club said. Messi will speak at ...
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Handball: France win gold with 25-23 victory over Denmark
TOKYO (Reuters) - France claimed the Olympic men's handball gold medal with a 25-23 victory over Denmark in the final at the Olympics on Saturday. Denmark had to settle for the silver medal while Spai...
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Olympics-Athletics-Emotional Lasitskene soars to high jump gold
TOKYO (Reuters) -Russian Mariya Lasitskene added Olympic gold to her three world titles, winning the women's high jump at the Tokyo Games with a leap of 2.04 metres on Saturday. Australia's Nicola McD...
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Wrestling: Sadulaev beats Snyder in clash of titans, Japan claim two golds
By Ece Toksabay CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - Russian Abdulrashid Sadulaev beat American Kyle Snyder 6-3 in the men's Olympic freestyle heavyweight gold medal bout on Saturday in an absorbing contest betwe...
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Baseball: Japan win gold medal with 2-0 victory over United States
YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Japan won the Olympic gold medal in baseball at the Tokyo Games on Saturday by beating the United States 2-0. The U.S. claimed the silver medal and the Dominican Republic t...
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