Archive for the February 22, 2018
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Japan plans to buy at least 20 additional F-35A stealth fighters over the next six years, some or all of which it may purchase directly from Lockheed Martin Corp in the United States rather than
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US home sales unexpectedly fell in January, leading to the biggest year-on-year decline in more than three years, as a chronic shortage of houses lifted prices and kept first-time buyers out of the market. The
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Chelsea manager Antonio Conte rued one costly mistake as Lionel Messi gave Barcelona the upper hand from the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie by salvaging a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge. Messi
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Russia has paid the $15 million it was fined in December when it was suspended by the International Olympic Committee for mass doping, a source with knowledge of the issue told AFP Wednesday. "The fine
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Finland defeated the Olympic Athletes from Russia 3-2 to take the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic women's hockey bronze medal on Wednesday. Petra Nieminen put Finland on top just 2:23 into the game and Susanna Tapani doubled
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Fifteen-year-old Alina Zagitova stole the show in figure skating on Wednesday as American skier Lindsey Vonn took bronze in her final Olympic downhill and Norway's Marit Bjoergen became the most successful athlete in Winter Games
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Hafizh Syahrin will become Malaysia's first full-time MotoGP competitor after Yamaha Tech3 announced him on Wednesday as the team's second rider for the 2018 season. The 23-year-old Syahrin replaces Germany's Jonas Folger, who was ruled
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Lee Chong Wei has revealed he once rejected an offer by a match-fixer and said he was "ashamed" two fellow Malaysian badminton players were under investigation over alleged fixing, a report said Wednesday. World number
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Former top-ranked players Karolina Pliskova and Angelique Kerber advanced to set up a battle of ex-number ones in the quarter-finals of the Dubai Championships on Wednesday. Czech Pliskova, the third seed, beat Carla Suarez Navarro
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Australia cruised to a 19-run victory in a rain-affected T20 tri-series final with New Zealand Wednesday to claim the world number one ranking in the shortest form of the game for the first time. New
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