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China's Super Dan beat Malaysia's Lee in epic 40th encounter

China'sLinDandefeatedMalaysia'sLeeChongWeiintheir40thencountertoreachthesemifinalsoftheAllEnglandOpenbadmintonchampionshipshereonFriday.Lin,34,atwiceOlympiccham

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Olympic champion hurdler McLeod to miss Commonwealth Games

OlympicandworldchampionhurdlerOmarMcLeodwillmisstheGoldCoastCommonwealthGames,JamaicanathleticssaidonTuesday.The23-year-old,whoclaimedthe110metreshurdlesgoldatt

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Snooker | O'Sullivan through to last 32 of Welsh Open

RonnieO'Sullivanisthroughtothelast32oftheWelshOpenafterbeatingGraemeDott4-0.Thefive-timeworldchampionmadelightworkofScotland'sDottandwillfaceDavidGraceonThursda

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Australian surfing great Mick Fanning to retire

Australia'sthree-timeworldsurfingchampionMickFanning,whofamouslyfoughtoffasharkattackwhilecompetinginSouthAfrica,hasannouncedhisretirementfromthesport.The36-yea

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Maria Sharapova sees off Anastasija Sevastova in second round

Five-timeGrandSlamchampionMariaSharapovabeat14thseedAnastasijaSevastovainstraightsetstoreachthelast32oftheAustralianOpen.TheRussian,beateninthreesetsbytheLatvia

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FedExpress, Sharapova roll into day four action at Australian Open

TheFedExpressrollsbackintoactionThursdaywiththeSwissworldnumbertwoheadliningtheAustralianOpenandfellowbiggunsNovakDjokovicandMariaSharapovaalsooncourt.RogerFede

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Djokovic seeded 14th for Australian Open, Nadal top

Six-timechampionNovakDjokovicwilllurkas14thseedfornextweek'sAustralianOpeninMelbourne,withRafaelNadalseededtop,organiserssaidonThursday.NovakDjokovicmadeawinnin

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Japan sumo champion Harumafuji fined over assault

FormersumograndchampionHarumafujihasbeenfined500,000yen($4,400;£3,280)afterbeingfoundguiltyofassault.The33-year-oldfromMongoliahadadmittedhittingajuniorwrestler

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Japan sumo champion Harumafuji charged with assault

FormersumograndchampionHarumafujihasbeenchargedwithassaultingajuniorwrestlerinascandalthathasrockedJapan'sceremonialsport.The33-year-oldwrestlerfromMongoliahasa

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Andy Murray: Double Wimbledon champion to delay departure to Australia

AndyMurrayhasdelayedhisdeparturetoAustraliabutstillhopestobeginhisseasoninBrisbaneinJanuary.Thethree-timeGrandSlamchampionhasnotplayedacompetitivematchsinceWimb

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Indian Mirabai wins two golds in women's 48kg category at weightlifting

IndianathleteChanuSaikhomMirabaishowedgritsinwinningthewomen's48kgtotalandcleanandjerktitlesatthe2017worldweightliftingchampionshipsonWednesday.Mirabai,the2017C

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Boxing: Japan's Murata stops N'Dam to win world title

Japan'sRyotaMuratabeatchampionHassanN'DambytechnicalknockoutSundaytocapturetheWorldBoxingAssociationmiddleweighttitle.The2012Olympicchampionavengedacontroversia

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IAAF World Championships in London: Day 9 highlights

Men's5,000metresfinalMoFarahbidsadieutothetrackintermsofchampionshipsandwillhopetoaddafourthsuccessiveworldcrownintheeventtohisimpressivetallyoftitleswhichifsuc

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Rafael Nadal out to tame hard-hitting Robin Haase at French Open

SpaniardRafaelNadal,seekingarecord-extending10thtitleattheFrenchOpen,facesbig-servingDutchmanRobinHaaseinthesecondroundonWednesday.Fourth-seedNadalisonasemi-fin

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No easy starts for top guns at the French Open

TherewillbenogentlestartforthefavoritesattheFrenchOpenstartingthisweekend,withnine-timewinnerRafaNadalanddefendingchampionNovakDjokoviconasemi-finalcollisioncou

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Olympic champ Sun Yang "almost back to peak", says coach

BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Olympic and world swimming champion Sun Yang is back to shape as he builds up for the world championships starting this week.

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Award ceremony for photo contest held in Hong Kong

The Award ceremony for the photo contest named as “Hong Kong in my eyes” was held in Hong Kong. It is also a celebration for the 65th anniversary of Wen Hui Pao.