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Athletics-Richardson seizes spot on Team USA; Felix continues bid
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - Sha'Carri Richardson's coronation is complete. Billed as American athletics' next star, the 5-foot, 1-inch dynamo didn't disappoint, torching the 100-metre finals in 10.87 w...
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Golf-McIlroy targets final-round 68 at U.S. Open
By Andrew Both SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy is finally back with a chance at the business end of a major championship, two strokes from the lead at the U.S. Open and in with a chance to ...
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Olympics-Organisers show off Olympic village a month before Games begin
By Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) -Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics opened the athletes' village to the media on Sunday, showing off apartments and a timber-laced shopping plaza where 11,000 athlet...
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Taiwan to ‘adjust’ Hong Kong office operations in ‘one China’ row
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan will "adjust" the operations of its representative office in Hong Kong after the government there demanded its officials sign a document supporting Beijing's claim to Taiwan ...
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Olympics-Ledecky completes Tokyo to-do list qualifying in 800 at U.S. trials
(Reuters) - Katie Ledecky completed her Tokyo Games to-do list with a win in the 800 metres freestyle at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials on Saturday and heads to Japan ready to defend her three Rio g...
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Golf-‘Goosebumps’ as Canadian Hughes sees maiden major title in reach
By Andrew Both (Reuters) - It was "goosebumps" for 30-year-old Canadian Mackenzie Hughes, who rocketed up the leaderboard at the U.S. Open on Saturday and will play in the final group of a major for t...
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Golf-Reality check ends fairytale Bland run at U.S. Open
By Andrew Both SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Reuters) - Halfway U.S. Open co-leader Richard Bland received a sobering reality check when he plunged out of contention with a six-over-par 77 in the third round at ...
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Both sides in Peru’s contested election double down in weekend rallies
LIMA (Reuters) - Supporters of socialist Pedro Castillo and conservative Keiko Fujimori took to the streets by the thousands in Peru on Saturday, as tensions rose over the result of the June 6 preside...
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‘Forces for good will prevail’ – Taiwan welcomes massive US vaccine aid
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan reacted with an outpouring of thanks to the United States for shipping 2.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the major semiconductor-producing island, more t...
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ATP roundup: Andrey Rublev rallies into Halle final
No. 4 seed Andrey Rublev of Russia was tested by Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili but advanced with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 victory on Saturday to reach the final of the Noventi Open in Halle, Germany. It's the...
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