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Cross-country king Klaebo equals Winter Olympics record with eighth gold

Cross-country king Klaebo equals Winter Olympics record with eighth gold

Cross-country skiing great Johannes Klaebo won the men's 10km interval start race on Friday to collect a record-equalling eighth Winter Olympics gold medal.

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Ukraine's Heraskevych appeals to CAS over Olympic ban as Malinin eyes second gold

Ukraine's Heraskevych appeals to CAS over Olympic ban as Malinin eyes second gold

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said he hoped "truth would prevail" as he appealed to sport's highest court on Friday following his Olympic ban as US figure skating sensation Ilia Malinin eyed a second gold of the Milan-Cortina Games.

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Sophie Adenot, the second French woman to fly to space

Sophie Adenot, the second French woman to fly to space

When she was growing up, Sophie Adenot plastered her childhood bedroom with posters of rockets launching from Cape Canaveral.

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Alleged rape victim of Norway princess's son says she took sleeping pills

Alleged rape victim of Norway princess's son says she took sleeping pills

A third woman allegedly raped by the son of Norway's crown princess told an Oslo court Friday she was drunk and on sleeping pills when he had non-consensual sex.

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Driven by Dhoni, Pakistan's X-factor tweaker Tariq targets India

Driven by Dhoni, Pakistan's X-factor tweaker Tariq targets India

Pakistan's Usman Tariq left his cricket ambitions back home to start a salesman's job in Dubai, before a biopic about India great Mahendra Singh Dhoni changed his life.

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Davidson set to make history as Ireland seek to rebound against Italy

Davidson set to make history as Ireland seek to rebound against Italy

Hollie Davidson is set to become the first woman to referee a man's Six Nations match as a battered Ireland bid to rebound in Dublin against an Italy side brimming with confidence after their win over Scotland.

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China's fireworks heartland faces fizzling Lunar New Year sales

China's fireworks heartland faces fizzling Lunar New Year sales

A fiery crack of red and gold explodes above a village in China's pyrotechnics hub of Liuyang, where residents are accustomed to ear-splitting fireworks tests year-round.

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Bangladesh's Yunus 'banker to the poor', pushing democratic reform

Bangladesh's Yunus 'banker to the poor', pushing democratic reform

After a life dedicated to fighting extreme poverty, Bangladesh's 85-year-old Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is set to end his biggest mission.

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Cracknell given Six Nations debut as Wales make changes for France

Cracknell given Six Nations debut as Wales make changes for France

Leicester loose forward Olly Cracknell will make his Six Nations debut for Wales against France in Cardiff on Sunday after being named in coach Steve Tandy's starting side.

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L'Oreal shares sink as sales miss forecasts

L'Oreal shares sink as sales miss forecasts

L'Oreal shares fell heavily on the Paris stock market on Friday after the cosmetics giant posted sales that fell short of analyst expectations, stoking fears of weakness for its luxury brands and in the key Chinese market.

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