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All-Ireland quarter-finals: Jamesie O’Connor and Keith Higgins make their predictions for Dublin-Cork and Tipperary-Waterford

There is another huge weekend in store in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. The race for the Liam MacCarthy Cup will be whittled down to just four teams, with Dublin, Cork, Tipperary and Waterford vying to join Limerick and Kilkenny in the semi-finals. So who will progress? Two-time All-Ireland winner Jamesie O’Connor and Mayo captain Keith Higgins joined Gráinne McElwain […]

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China revels in defeat of United States and Australia

Tokyo: In less than 16 hours, China shaved off 8 seconds, a world record and an Olympic champion. The Chinese women’s 4x200m freestyle relay team had hoped for bronze. Instead they got gold in a race they were never expected to win, against rivals – Australia and the United States – who have grown up pencilling in victories in the […]

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USA's Sam Kendricks OUT of Tokyo after testing positive for Covid-19

Olympics hit by new Covid crisis as America’s star pole vaulter Sam Kendricks tests positive – briefly forcing the ENTIRE Australian track and field team into isolation Sam Kendricks won’t participate in the Olympics after contracting coronavirus The 28-year-old was a gold-medal favourite having won bronze in 2016 The American is a two-time reigning world champion but will now miss […]

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American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks tests positive for COVID-19

More On: 2020 olympics China edges US for women’s 200m relay gold LI native wins silver medal at Olympics Fan support making Simone Biles realize ‘I’m more than my accomplishments and gymnastics’ US swimmer wins second gold medal, setting an Olympic record American world-champion pole vaulter Sam Kendricks will miss the Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19. Kendricks’ dad posted […]

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Olympics: 18 athletes barred from Tokyo 2020 over drug-test standards

TOKYO (AFP) – Ten Nigerian athletes were among 18 competitors from “high-risk” nations who have been barred from the Tokyo Olympics after failing to meet requirements for out-of-competition drug testing, World Athletics’ independent anti-doping arm said Thursday (July 29). The Athletics Integrity Unit said the athletes concerned had failed to comply with rules introduced in 2019 requiring those from countries […]

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