Kingsbury dethroned by Swede in Olympic moguls
Walter Wallberg of Sweden stunned reigning Olympic moguls champion Mikael Kingsbury at the Beijing Games on Saturday.
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Covid vaccination compulsory in Austria, in EU first
It's official: Austrians over the age of 18 must be vaccinated against Covid-19 from Saturday or face the possibility of a heavy fine, an unprecedented measure in the European Union.
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Dembele returns for Barca after contract stand-off
France international Ousmane Dembele has been named on the Barcelona squad for Sunday's crunch Spanish league match against Atletico Madrid despite his ongoing contract standoff with the Liga side.
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Bogataj gives Slovenia historic ski jumping Olympic gold
Ursa Bogataj came from behind to win the women's individual ski jump title at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday -- Slovenia's first ever gold medal in the sport.
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New names, new nation for China's imported Olympic hockey players
For Team China's foreign-born ice hockey players, suiting up for the Olympic hosts is not merely pulling on a new uniform -- it means an unfamiliar language, alien culture and even different names.
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Tuchel tests positive for coronavirus, doubt for Club World Cup trip
Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel could miss his side's trip to Abu Dhabi for the Club World Cup after testing positive for Covid-19.
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Sculpture of Algerian hero vandalised in France
Vandals in central France damaged a sculpture of an Algerian military hero who resisted France's colonisation of the North African country, just hours before it was inaugurated Saturday, AFP journalists reported.
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German skater, 49, breaks record for oldest woman Winter Olympian
Claudia Pechstein became the oldest woman Winter Olympian in history on Saturday in Beijing when the decorated speed skater competed aged 49 years and 348 days.
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Metres to go in effort to free Moroccan boy from well
Moroccan rescuers were only metres away Saturday in their nerve-wracking but increasingly urgent effort to rescue Rayan, a five-year-old boy trapped underground whom they hope to find alive.
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New Covid infections in Hong Kong reach record high
Hong Kong's "zero-Covid" policy was on the ropes Saturday as authorities announced a record number of new infections, sending officials scrambling to ramp up testing capacity and warning that a tightening of virus-control measures could be needed.
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