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IOC outlines new independent anti-doping test body

Pyeongchang, South Korea (dpa) - The International Olympic Committee advanced plans on Thursday to set up an independent anti-doping testing system following the drugs scandal in Russian sports.The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is also set to

Olympic medals at Tokyo 2020 to come from recycled

Berlin (dpa) - Medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be made from recycled material as local organizers called on the Japanese population to donate "discarded or obsolete electronic devices" for the purpose."The organizing committee aims to

FEATURE That brief, shining moment when a country

The Olympic spirit is perhaps best in evidence when, for a brief, shining and historical moment, an outsider from a small nation grabs the glory with their first-ever medal.Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - Tears of joy, being overcome by emotion, instant fame,

Hungarian premier Orban: Budapest would be «one

Budapest (dpa) - Hungarian Premier Viktor Orban, currently attending the Rio Olympics, put in a word for Budapest‘s bid to host the 2024 summer games, promising a compact venue that would make "one large Olympic park" of Hungary‘s capital

Klinsmann praises oldie Hrubesch for work with

Berlin (dpa) - Former German national trainer Juergen Klinsmann called Olympic trainer Horst Hrubesch‘s work with his young football team "totally outstanding" as Germany heads into a gold medal final against hosts Brazil on Saturday.In remarks

NEWS FEATURE Furious Lavillenie hits out at Brazil

Thiago Braz da Silva won an improbable Olympic pole vault gold ahead of French top favourite Renaud Lavillenie, who is furious about the behaviour of the noisy crowd.Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - Thiago Braz da Silva stunned French top favourite Renaud

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1ST LEAD Merkel's conservatives struggle to head

Berlin (dpa) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel held her last cabinet meeting on Wednesday before Sunday‘s elections as the nation‘s political leaders struggled to head off a rise in support for the right-wing populist Alternative for

FT: May to make Brexit 'divorce bill' offer in

London (dpa) - A key speech on Brexit by Prime Minister Theresa May in Florence on Friday is expected to include an offer to settle EU demands for Britain‘s "divorce bill," the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. A senior adviser to May

Germany's far-right AfD touted as sole 'protective

Berlin (dpa) - Homosexuals heading to the polls in Germany on Sunday ought to vote for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in order to protect themselves from abuse, according to one of the far-right party‘s leading candidates.Alice Weidel, who,

EU's Tusk to push for global cooperation at UN

New York (dpa) - European Council President Donald Tusk is expected to make an appeal for strengthening multilateralism and a rules-based global order during his address before the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.The European Union is calling for

Erdogan: Turkey to consider sanctions over

Istanbul (dpa) - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that Turkey will consider imposing sanctions on the autonomous region of Kurdistan in northern Iraq over its planned independence referendum.Turkey‘s national security council and

Spain arrests 12 separatists ahead of

Madrid (dpa) - Spanish police arrested 12 politicians and officials in Barcelona days ahead of a controversial independence referendum in Catalonia that the federal government has said is illegal.Among those held Wednesday in the first such raids in