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Rio Olympics: Brazil to distribute 9 million condoms

Brazil’s government will hand out nine million condoms for free around Rio de Janeiro during the Olympics in August, a push meant to encou...

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BREAKING: Oscar Pistorius Trial Judge Rejects Neighbors’ Testimony

The judge in Oscar Pistorius’s trial for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp said the court couldn’t rely on the testimony of most of the...

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Jamaican Sprinting Legend Usain Bolt To Retire After Olympics

Usain Bolt plans to retire after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Bolt said Wednesday he wants to win more gold in Rio, set another worl...

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Paralympic Gold Medalist Pistorius To Face New Weapons Charges In South African Court

Paralympic gold medalist Oscar Pistorius will face new charges of recklessly discharging a weapon in public when he appears in a South Afric...

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World Championships - Jamaica's Fraser-Pryce Storms To Women's 100m World Title

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce produced a masterful display of sprinting to complete a Jamaican 100 metres double at the world championships with v...

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Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare Breaks African 100m Record With 10.79 Secs Run In London {VIDEO}

Blessing Okagbare produced double African Records on her way to claiming a well deserved victory in the 100m at the Sainsbury’s Anniversary ...

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American Former World Champion Tyson Gay Tests Positive For Banned Substance

Tyson Gay has tested positive for a banned substance and has said he'll pull out of next month's world championships in Moscow. G...

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Athletics - Jamaican World Champion Sprinter Fails Dope Test

Jamaica's 200m world champion Veronica Campbell-Brown has tested positive for a banned diuretic, sources close to Jamaican athletics tol...

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Sports - Athletics Champion Kiptanui Reveals How Kenyan Athletes Are Doping

Three-times world 3,000 metres steeplechase champion Moses Kiptanui said on Friday doping was taking place in Kenyan running camps. ...

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South Africa's Pistorius Arrested After Girlfriend Shot Dead

South African Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius, commonly known as the "Blade Runner", was arrested on Thursday af...

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South African Olympic Mountain Biker Killed In Accident

South African Burry Stander, one of the world's top mountain bike athletes, was struck by a minibus taxi and killed while cycling on a c...

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Sports - Assault Charge Against Olympic Champion Kemboi Dropped

An assault charge against Kenyan 3,000 metres steeplechase world and Olympic champion Ezekiel Kemboi has been dropped after his accuser with...

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Merritt Sets 110m Hurdles World Record, Bolt, Blake Win

Olympic champion Aries Merritt of the United States broke the world record in the 110 metres hurdles while Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Yohan Bl...

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Paralympics 2012 - Malawi Withdraws Due To Lack Of Funding

Malawi has withdrawn from the 2012 Paralympics due to lack of funding. Visually-impaired sprinters Chisomo Jeremani and Janet Shedani ...

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Olympics - Somali Athlete Drowns Trying To Reach Europe

A Somali Olympic athlete has reportedly drowned while attempting to reach Europe on a migrant boat. Runner Samia Yusuf Omar was trying...

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Uganda - Olympic Champion Kiprotich Given Hero's Welcome

Crowds in Uganda have given a hero's welcome to Stephen Kiprotich, the country's first Olympic gold medal winner in 40 years. ...

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Olympics - Guinea And Ivory Coast Athletes Missing In London

Athletes from Guinea and Ivory Coast have joined several other Africans who have gone missing following the London Olympics, officials s...

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Olympics - Kenyans To Investigate Poor Track Showing

Kenyan authorities are frustrated that foreign athletes who train in the country turned the tables on the east African nation, whose dis...

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Olympics - Congo Athlete And Coaches Go Missing After Games

A Congolese judo competitor and three other members of the central African country's Olympic delegation have gone missing in London ...

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Olympics - London Bids Adieu With Musical Madness

London bade a flamboyant and madcap farewell to the Olympic Games with a romp through British pop and fashion, bringing the curtain down...

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