Archive for the February 20, 2018
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England coach Trevor Bayliss has called for Twenty20 matches to be cut from the international calendar to ease the burden on top players and coaches. Speaking after his side failed to qualify for the trans-Tasman
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Canada and Germany shared gold in a "crazy" climax to the two-man bobsleigh on Monday at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics after they finished in a remarkable dead heat. It is the first time since Nagano
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Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir smashed the short dance world record as French rival Gabriella Papadakis suffered "my worst nightmare" with a wardrobe malfunction at the Olympics on Monday. As Virtue and Moir glided,
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Robert Johansson and his magnificent moustache anchored Norway to a stunning Olympic ski jumping gold in the men's team event Monday to deny Poland's Kamil Stoch a Pyeongchang double. The 27-year-old, who has lit up
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Norway's Havard Lorentzen blazed to men's 500m speed skating gold in an Olympic-record 34.41sec at the Pyeongchang Winter Games on Monday. Lorentzen, 25, pipped South Korea's Cha Min-kyu by just one-hundredth of a second, with
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A doping case involving a medal-winning Russian curler rocked the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Monday, as Mikaela Shiffrin's turbulent Games took another twist when she pulled out of the downhill skiing. Alexander Krushelnitsky's failed drug
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As shareholders push the world's cash-rich miners to maintain lush dividends and make the most of existing assets, Glencore is taking a slightly different tactic that positions it for shrewd acquisitions. Like other big rivals,
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South Africa's new leadership will need to be prudent and creative in managing the economy to avoid a credit rating downgrade, by raising taxes without suffocating a chance for growth, a Reuters poll found. Jacob
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South Africa's new leadership will need to be prudent and creative in managing the economy to avoid a credit rating downgrade, by raising taxes without suffocating a chance for growth, a Reuters poll found. Jacob
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Blockchain, the technology behind the cryptocurrency bitcoin, is taking root in a sector far from finance: the world of humanitarian aid. By offering refugees a virtual identity, reassuring donors that their money is being well
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