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Eminem takes a knee during Super Bowl half-time performance

The NFL denied reports that it was attempting to stop Eminem from making the gesture.

Football Now

What is it like to be a professional footballer during the pandemic?

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Having surpassed two years since the first matches were postponed, Football Now looks back at life for footballers during the height of Covid-19.

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Schools against discrimination: How Special Olympics movement is bringing wind of change

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The Special Olympics (SO) movement is leveraging the role of schools to boost inclusion through its Unified Schools programme.

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Legia Warsaw strike deal to become NFT pioneers in European football

The deal with Capital Block will see the team develop and NFT strategy to engage fans and create drops of some of the clubs most important moments.

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Beckham attends Amateur Women's football tournament at Qatar's Education Stadium

Former England international David Beckham attends an Amateur Women's football tournament at Qatar's Education Stadium

Sport

Japan dominates the first day of the Paris Grand Slam

Mongolia’s Baskhuu Yondonperenlei was victorious in the under 66 kilo final, beating the world number one and double Olympic medalist, Korea’s An Baul.

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Team drops rapist player after intervention from bestselling author

Raith Rovers have reneged on their signing of David Goodwillie who was found guilty by a judge of raping a woman in 2017.

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Unique parallel freeride event at the Corvatsch North Face in Silvaplana, Switzerland

Austria's Tao Kreibich and Julian Uberbacher won the Unique parallel freeride event at the Corvatsch North Face in Silvaplana, Switzerland

Sport

Portugal's Fonseca delights home crowd on final day of World Judo Tour Grand Prix

A round up of the final day of the World Judo Tour in Almada Portugal.

Sport

Youngsters shine in second day of the 2022 Portugal Grand Prix

The crowd in Alamada were spoilt with fantastic displays from Judo's finest at the Portugal Judo Grand Prix.

Sport

2022 World Judo Tour kicks off

The 2022 World Judo Tour kicked off in Portugal with a thrilling first day at the Grand Prix in Almada as the home nation makes an early grab for Gold

Poland

Brave swimmers take part in Poland’s first underground relay

Hundreds of swimmers braved the elements to swim through an underground corridor at the Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Gory, on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Climate

Climate change will limit choice for Winter Olympics hosts, says study

Temperatures in previous host cities are rising meaning they could be too warm to host the Games by the mid to late century.

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Djokovic fans celebrate outside lawyer's office

Tennis star Novak Djokovic won a court battle to stay in Australia to contest the Australian Open despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19, but the government threatened to cancel his visa a second time.

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Fans arrive at stadium for AFCON opener Cameroon-Burkina Faso

Fans arrive at the vast new 60,000-seat Olembe Stadium in Yaounde for the Africa Cup of Nations opener between the hosts Cameroon and Burkina Faso.

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Sporting COVID comeback: Dubai leads the way in hosting major sporting events

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Sporting events around the world have been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19. But as tournaments start to return, what does it take to host them? Focus heads to Dubai to find out how organisers there have been coping with the challenges thrown up by the pandemic.

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Meet Zhang Wenquan: China’s Olympic Games superfan collector

The construction worker's €55,000 collection will be displayed across schools and universities in the run-up to this year's Winter Olympics in Beijing.

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Beijing rehearses medal ceremony ahead of Winter Games

With one month to go before the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics, a dress rehearsal for the medal presentations .

Russia

Russian town swaps New Year champagne for running

Dozens took part in a holiday run on the first day of 2022 in Yaroslavl, northeast of Moscow. The goal of the event is to popularise an active and sober lifestyle.

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Divine Grace competition ‘will help us to become closer to the unique nature of rhythmic gymnastics’

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In a competition which organiser Alina Kabaeva anticipates will become an annual event, 13 rhythmic gymnasts from 13 countries gathered at the VTB Arena in Moscow on 16–17 December for the first Divine Grace Experimental International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament.