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If this month’s European Games fail to place Baku firmly on the sporting map, next year might help further stamp the Azerbaijan capital’s sporting

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Stsiapan Papou handed Belarus their ninth gold medal at the European Games in Baku with a convincing win over local favourite Heydar Aliyev Arena in

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On day nine of the Baku European games. In men’s cycling Luis Leon Sanchez of Spain won road race gold. The 31-year-old Astana rider won a sprint

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Baku European Games: Day Six Highlights

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Russia’s Aliya Mustafina survived a couple of wobbles to claim gold in the women’s Artistic gymnastics individual all-around final at the European

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Azerbaijan continued their fine medal haul on home soil at the inaugural European Games in Baku. Mariya Stadnyk sent the partizan crowd into wild

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Five Canoe Sprint golds were up for grabs on Monday at the inaugural European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. Max Hoff got the German contingent off to a

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The first gold medal of the inaugural European Games in Baku was won by Switzerland’s Jolanda Neff. The three-time junior world champion blew away

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The Mstislav Rostropovich Festival is on in Baku the event is in honour of cellist and conductor Rostropovich. Rostropovitch is considered one of the

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The third World Forum on Inter-cultural Dialogue was held over two days in Azerbaijan. Finding solutions to conflicts and problems, discussing

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At least 16 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a fire that ripped through a residential building in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku. Emergency

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Local hope Nijat Shikhalizada produced a superb display to down Great Britain’s Colin Oates in the final of the under 66 kilo category at the Baku

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