The head of Japan's Olympic Committee has been charged in Paris for "active corruption" in connection with the awarding of the 2020 Olympics to Tokyo, a judicial official told AFP. Tsunekazu Takeda was indicted on

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Star striker Wu Lei fired a brilliant double as China beat the Philippines 3-0 on Friday to virtually assure their place in the last 16 of the Asian Cup. Marcello Lippi emerged victorious against old

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India on Friday suspended all-rounder Hardik Pandya and batsman Lokesh Rahul over comments made about women on a TV show and could force them to leave the team's Australia tour, a cricket board source told

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The dollar fell versus its major peers on Friday, as investors grew increasingly confident that the US Federal Reserve may hit the pause button on monetary tightening this year. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell reiterated on

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The euro was headed on Friday for its biggest weekly rise in more than four months with the dollar weakening on cautious signals from the Federal Reserve about further rate hikes. The euro has been

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The dollar rose against the euro on Friday in choppy trading, boosted by technical factors after the single currency hit key resistance levels, even as the greenback's outlook remained bleak amid cautious signals from the

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The dollar rallied from three-month lows on Thursday, extending gains against the euro and yen, after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the US central bank intends to further shrink the balance sheet, suggesting it

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The Australian and New Zealand dollars were on track to end the week with solid gains on Friday, buoyed by another promise of policy patience from the Federal Reserve and news of a new round

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Asian currencies were largely locked in a tight range on Friday, with most investors adopting a wait-and-see approach as they tracked developments in US-China trade talks. Both the United States and China have underscored satisfactory

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The pound jumped on Friday on growing expectations that Britain will seek to delay its scheduled departure date from the European Union. A denial by Prime Minister Theresa May's spokeswoman of a newspaper report knocked

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