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Alexander Doom (C) of Belgium, silver medalist Karsten Warholm (L) of Norway and bronze medalist Rusheen McDonald of Jamaica pose during awarding ceremony for men's 400 meters event at 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Britain, March 2, 2024 . Femke Bol of the Netherlands celebrates after winning the women's 400 metres final at the 2024 world Athletics indoor Championships .
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2 years ago Read more at Xinhua

In a few weeks’ time, central funding for the UK Recovery programme will halt . It will only be able to continue thanks to funding from a group of US-based philanthropists . The move dismayed senior scientists who say it is another worrying example of the UK’s life sciences sector being short-changed .
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2 years ago Read more at The Guardian

A thousand miles to the south, Sudan is embroiled in a civil war that started last April . In the last 10 months, 8 million have been driven from their homes by fighting, including 1.7 million who have fled the country . This outrageously smug opinion used to be used to bolster the idea of European white supremacy .
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2 years ago Read more at The Times of Israel

Josh Kerr was the first Scottish athlete to win a global indoor gold since Tom McKean and Yvonne Murray did so 31 years ago . The 26-year-old sat in the pack for the opening 11 laps, administering the odd bump, elbow or push as the field jostled for position behind Selemon Barega and Getnet Wale . Kerr roared around the outside and burned him in the back straight before his jaw clenched and he stormed over the line
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo Sport Australia

Chelsea Sodaro won the 2022 IRONMAN World Championship in Nice this week . The American said it was not lost on her how big of a year it was for the event . savouring the win was one of her biggest takeaways because you never know when your last one will be .
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2 years ago Read more at TRI247

Women’s quarter-finals are France v Canada, New Zealand v Ireland, USA v South Africa and Australia v Brazil Spain reach first ever men’s semi-final with comeback victory over Fiji at HSBC SVNS 2024 in Los Angeles . Play begins at 09:30 local time (GMT-8) on Sunday with the finals at 17:43, tickets available from svns.com . There were scenes of elation as Spain completed a stunning comeback to beat
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2 years ago Read more at World Rugby

In South Korea, the fall in babies has occurred despite successive governments spending £226bn over the past 20 years trying to incentivise women to have more children . But not once, in the 2,500-word story, the words “inequality”, “poverty” or “destitution” appear . The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) produces and updates income inequality statistics continuously .
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2 years ago Read more at The Guardian

Hannah Green of Australia competes during the last day of the HSBC Women's World Championship held at the Singapore&#X27's Sentosa Golf Club on March 3, 2024 . Hannah Green holds up the trophy to celebrate after winning the hsbc women&##x 27;s world Championship .
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2 years ago Read more at Xinhua

The Greater Geelong region has a long and proud association with soccer . The popularity of the sport continues to build, and in the past 10 years there has been an overall growth rate of 67 percent . With the release of the G21 Regional Football (Soccer) Strategy 2023 – 2033 we now have a greater understanding of what we need to do .
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2 years ago Read more at Geelong Independent

Jin Young Ko of Korea is eyeing a historic finish at the HSBC Women’s World Championship ADVERTISEMENT Article continues below this ad . The LPGA pro has won both the 2022 and 2023 editions of the event, making her a 2-time defending champ eyeing her three-peat this year .
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2 years ago Read more at EssentiallySports