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Cash-strapped Senegalese unmoved by Youth Olympic Games

Yankees, White Sox, Padres advance, Phillies survive in MLB playoffs

Indonesia haze chokes neighbours, but little legal recourse

Tennessee woman in hospital after execution 'failed': lawyers

Samad launches Pakistan into first Asian Games men's cricket final

Cable car offers small hope for Mongolia's gridlocked capital

Yankees and White Sox advance, Phillies survive in MLB playoffs

Man City scandal risks damage to Premier League's booming brand

Asian stocks mixed as positive US data offset by elevated oil, bond yields

First-time Sepang F1 racers will master track 'from opening lap'

Rice work: Dutch test new crop to save sinking peatlands

Japan tightens rules for foreigners wanting permanent residency

Russians join street choirs to sing away sorrows -- or show dissent

'Happiest moment': China's Mu first woman to win eSports Games gold

Tearful Marta sent off as Brazil lose to Spain in Olympic football

Brazil legend Marta exited the pitch in tears on Wednesday after being sent off in her side's 2-0 defeat by World Cup holders Spain which left them in danger of a group-stage exit in the women's Olympic football tournament.

Swiatek survives body blow to reach Olympic semi-finals

Iga Swiatek overcame being struck in the chest by a full-blooded backhand from US rival Danielle Collins on Wednesday before recovering to reach the Olympic Games semi-finals.

Kerber hails 'biggest success' after Olympics defeat ends tennis career

Three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber described her run to the Paris Olympics quarter-finals as the "biggest success" of her career after walking off court for the final time on Wednesday.

Body of top Hezbollah commander slain by Israel found as fears of wider war grow

The body of top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr was recovered Wednesday from the rubble of an Israeli strike in south Beirut a source close to the group said, as fears mounted of a wider war.

Spielberg, Cruise, Kidman: Hollywood comes to the Olympics

Hollywood is out in force at the Paris Olympics -- perhaps taking notes before the United States' turn to host with the next Games in 2028.

French star Marchand eyes more Olympic gold after triathlon thriller

French star Leon Marchand is targeting more gold in the Olympic swimming pool on Wednesday as the off-on saga swirling around triathlon ended with the event finally going ahead on an action-packed day five of the Games.

'Dangerous' for boxers who failed gender tests to compete at Olympics: Parker

An Australian woman boxer warned Wednesday it could be "incredibly dangerous" after it emerged that two fighters in the women's competition at the Paris Olympics failed gender eligibility tests last year.

Djokovic, Alcaraz close in on Olympics showdown as Zheng ends Kerber career

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz shrugged off crushing humidity on Wednesday to stay on course for an Olympic gold medal showdown as Zheng Qinwen ended the career of former world number one Angelique Kerber.

Stocks rise on renewed tech interest; Yen, oil rally

Stock markets advanced Wednesday, lifted by hopes that lower interest rates are on the way and as strong results from a key chip maker blew new life into the tech sector.

China's Zheng ends Kerber's career to reach Olympic semi-finals

Zheng Qinwen became just the second Chinese player to reach an Olympic singles semi-final on Wednesday, ending the career of former world number one Angelique Kerber.

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