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Britain's Hull hopes smoking will be allowed at Olympic golf

Britain's Hull hopes smoking will be allowed at Olympic golf

Olympic athletes are usually known for their clean living, but British golfer Charley Hull is worried that a possible smoking ban will affect her ability to control her nerves.

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Discovery of tiny bone sheds light on mysterious 'hobbit' humans

Discovery of tiny bone sheds light on mysterious 'hobbit' humans

The discovery of a tiny arm bone suggests that an ancient human dubbed "hobbits" only shrank down to their diminutive size after they arrived on an Indonesian island a million years ago, scientists said on Tuesday.

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Donald to have six Euro Ryder Cup picks as LIV shut out of qualifying

Donald to have six Euro Ryder Cup picks as LIV shut out of qualifying

Europe's Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald will have six wildcard picks for next year's trophy defence but the breakaway LIV Tour has been shut out of a streamlined qualifying process.

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Olympic medallists enjoy rock star moment at Champions Park

Olympic medallists enjoy rock star moment at Champions Park

One of the hits of the Paris Games is a free two-hour victory dance accompanied by a thumping soundtrack and a screaming crowd, without any live sport but with a host of medals.

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Bangladesh Nobel winner Yunus ready to lead after Hasina flees

Bangladesh Nobel winner Yunus ready to lead after Hasina flees

Bangladesh Nobel winner Muhammad Yunus said Tuesday he is ready to head a caretaker government, a day after the military took control as mass protests forced longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina to flee.

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Olympic sponsor Coca-Cola under scrutiny for widespread plastic use

Olympic sponsor Coca-Cola under scrutiny for widespread plastic use

The Paris Olympics organising committee said Tuesday it would meet its target to reduce single-use plastics by half compared to the 2012 London Games despite bottles by major sponsor Coca-Cola being widely used on its sites.

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Olympics sees 40-plus Covid cases as global infections rise: WHO

Olympics sees 40-plus Covid cases as global infections rise: WHO

More than 40 athletes at the Paris Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19, highlighting a new global rise in cases as vaccination coverage plunges, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

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Serbia pip Australia in thriller to make Olympic basketball semis

Serbia pip Australia in thriller to make Olympic basketball semis

Nikola Jokic led Serbia into the men's Olympic basketball semi-finals on Tuesday as they rallied from 24 points down to edge Australia 95-90 in overtime and set up a potential showdown with the United States.

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Russia says fighting off Ukrainian border attack

Russia says fighting off Ukrainian border attack

Russia said Tuesday it was holding off Ukrainian troops, tanks and armoured vehicles trying to break across the border into its Kursk region, the latest in several such attempted incursions throughout the conflict.

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No Olympic double tilt as Cheptegei pulls out of 5,000m

No Olympic double tilt as Cheptegei pulls out of 5,000m

Newly-crowned Olympic 10,000m champion Joshua Cheptegei will not defend his 5,000m title in Paris, he announced on Instagram Tuesday.

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