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Moroccan wins Marathon des Sables for a fifth time

Moroccan Rachid El-Morabity has won the gruelling Marathon Des Sables in the south of Morocco for the fifth time.

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Longest snowkite race ever in Norway

350 kiters from 29 nations have gathered in Hardangervidda in Norway for a 130-kilometre race on skis and snowboards.

Sport

Video technology helps Spain down France

Spain’s Gerard Deulofeu scored one and created another but had to share the limelight with the video assistant referee in a 2-0 friendly win over France in Paris on…

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Taekwondo champion smashes 111 blocks with his head

Kerim Ahmetspahic, a 16-year-old, taekwondo martial artist from Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Saturday (March 25) attempted the athletic, and rather painful-looking, task of smashing 111 building blocks

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Rosella Fiamingo wins the Budapest Grand Prix

Rosella Fiamingo stood firm against South Korea’s Choi In-jeong to win the Budapest Grand Prix.

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Slackline festival in old Czech quarry

Several dozen “Slackline” enthusiasts gathered for a festival on Saturday set in an old quarry near the Czech town of Beroun.

Sport

Austria bids farewell to Special Winter Olympics

Thousands of athletes from across the world have gathered in Austria over the past week to celebrate sport, inclusion and community.

Russia

Russians reinvent curling by using cars as equipment

Participants in this Russian curling tournament are sliding compact cars down the ice instead of stones

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Fencing: Safin and Kiefer win Foil titles at Long Beach Grand Prix

Russia and the USA squared off in both the men’s and women’s Foil finals at the Absolute Fencing Gear Grand Prix in Long Beach, California.

United Kingdom

A dash of magic on the fields of Staffordshire

The British Quidditch Cup took place in Staffordshire, central England this weekend.

Sport

First time winners light up the Baku judo Grand Prix

First time winners mark day one at Baku judo Grand Prix

Sport

Russia strike relay gold at biathlon world championships

Anton Shipulin produced a powerful display on the skis to hold off Martin Fourcade and hand Russia gold in the men’s 4×7.

Sport

Shiffrin wins third straight slalom world title

American Mikaela Shiffrin cemented her status as the slalom queen after winning the world title in the discipline for a third consecutive time.

Sport

Alpine skiing: Aerni wins shock gold at Worlds

Luca Aerni handed host nation Switzerland their third title from six races at the World skiing championships in St.

Sport

Sonka flying high in Red Bull Air Race season-opener

The 2017 Red Bull Air race series got underway in Abu Dhabi with the stunning city skyline as its backdrop.

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World record speed for standard mountain bikes on gravel

Austria’s Max Stockl has broken the world record speed for standard mountain bikes on gravel in the Atacama Desert.

Spain

WATCH: Teen crowned 'world's fastest flyer' in indoor skydiving contest

More than 200 participants have taken part in the indoor skydiving wind games in Catalonia, Spain.

Sport

Schmidhofer sneaks up on big names to take World Championship Super G

Austria's Nicole Schmidhofer is the new Women's Super G World Skiing champion as the 2017 championships finally get under way in snowbound St Moritz.

Sport

Grant says goodbye to Ghana and seeks new adventure

Avram Grant has quit as manager of Ghana after two years in charge revived Black Stars' fortunes.

Sport

Row explodes over choice of men-only golf club for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Organisers are facing a barrage of criticism for granting the 2020 Olympic gold tournament to one of Japan's oldest, but men-only, clubs, the Kasumigaseki.