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Chinese team wins annual China-Egypt Wushu Sanda championship

For the consecutive year, China's Wushu team won the annual "Horus Wushu Sanda Championship" between China and Egypt here on Saturday. The competition was organized by

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Queen, Prince Harry, senior royals set for crisis meeting

Prince Harry the Duke of Sussex and Meghan Markle the Duchess of Sussex attend the Your Commonwealth Youth Challenge reception at Marlborough House, May 7, 2018. /AP Photo Queen Elizabeth II w

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Xinhua Photos of the Day (Jan. 12)

BEIJING, Jan. 12, 2020 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2020 shows China's Five-h

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Olympic champion Zhang Hong: Sports spirit shapes my life

File photo:China's IOC member Zhang Hong (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang) China's International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Zhang Hong explained on Saturday how sports had shaped her life. "The sports sp

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Andrew Yang won the internet, but can he win a 2020 caucus?

On a recent swing through Iowa, Andrew Yang was moving through his stump speech, a string of stories and statistics that can sound like an economics seminar. There was

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New Oman ruler vows to uphold late sultan’s peaceful policy

Oman’s new ruler, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, vowed Saturday to uphold his predecessor Sultan Qaboos bin Said’s foreign policy approach, which steered the Arab co

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Russia's skeleton athlete Nikitina breaks 20-year-old track record at La Plagne World Cup

With a time of one minute 1.35 seconds in heat two at the IBSF World Cup race in La Plagne, France, on Friday Russia's Elena Nikitina, the winner of the women's skeleton race, was almost 1.5 seconds

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South Korea's Gangwon to host 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games

The Olympic flag is seen during the opening ceremony of the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games at Vaudoise Arena, Lausanne, Switzerland, January 9, 2020. The South Korean province of Gan

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South Korea's Gangwon to host 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games

The 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) will be hosted in Gangwon province, South Korea. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the decision following its Session on Friday in Lausann

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2019: Most violent year in Mexico since record-keeping began

2019 was the most violent year in Mexico, as the country saw more than 34,000 murder nationwide over twelve months.In addition to murders, violence is up across the board, with kidn

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South Korea's Gangwon to host 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games

The Olympic flag is seen during the opening ceremony of the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games at Vaudoise Arena, Lausanne, Switzerland, January 9, 2020. The South Korean province of Gan

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Russia's skeleton athlete Nikitina breaks 20-year-old track record at La Plagne World Cup

With a time of one minute 1.35 seconds in heat two at the IBSF World Cup race in La Plagne, France, on Friday Russia's Elena Nikitina, the winner of the women's skeleton race, was almost 1.5 seconds

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IOC president takes YOG as laboratory for new sports

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said on Friday that Wushu's introduction as an official sport demonstrates the Youth Olympic Games's role as a laboratory for new spor

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China-India Youth Dialogue launched to mark 70th anniversary of ties

The China-India Youth Dialogue has been held at the Chinese embassy in New Delhi, which was attended by a group of Indian students from various streams. This was the s

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Xinhua Photos of the Day (Jan. 10)

Beijing, Jan. 10, 2020 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.Police stand guard as protestors take part in a

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(Sports Focus) Lausanne 2020, start now for future

Gina Zehnder, Swiss figure skating athlete, lights the cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games held at Vaudoise Arena in Lausanne, Switzerland on Jan. 9, 2020. (Xi

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Senegalese Olympic Committee President says Wushu enjoys high popularity in Africa

Though Wushu's Youth Olympic Games debut is two years away, the Chinese Kungfu has already enjoyed high popularity in Senegal as well as in Africa, said Mamadou N'Diaye, President of Senegalese Nati