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• Sergio Aguero to miss Manchester derby after being hit with three-match ban

  Sep 3, 2016 by Admin / 772 Views

  Manchester City forward Sergio Aguero has been banned for three matches for violent conduct and will miss the Manchester derby on September 10.

  Aguero was cited by the Football Association on Tuesday after appearing to elbow West Ham defender Winston Reid during his side's 3-1 victory at the Etihad Stadium on Super Sunday.

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• Brazil Arrested 10 ISIS Backers in Olympics Anti-Terror Swoop

  Jul 23, 2016 by Admin / 399 Views

  Ten Brazilians who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group were arrested Thursday, authorities announced, describing them as "amateurs" who discussed on social media the possibility of staging attacks during next month's Olympics.

  Justice Minister Alexandre de Moraes said in the capital, Brasilia, that the 10 were being held on two terrorism-related charges and that two more people were being sought. Authorities said any attack plan would have had little chance of coming to fruition, citing the group's lack of resources and skills. But officials and security experts argued that police were justified in being aggressive in light of "lone wolf" attacks staged in the U.S. and Europe by men with little or no training.

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• REPORT: WOMEN'S 3000M – IAAF WORLD U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS BYDGOSZCZ 2016

  Jul 21, 2016 by Admin / 432 Views

  Powered by a 61.9-second closing lap, Beyenu Degefa captured the women’s 3000m title, the first gold medal at these championships for Ethiopia.

  Biding her time in the lead pack for most of the race as Germany’s Konstanze Klosterhalfen dictated the tempo, the 17-year-old didn’t move into the lead until just two strides before the bell sounded for the final lap.

  Illustrating an impressive turn of speed, Degefa quickly built a gap that was never threatened, one she extended over the final 200 metres – which she covered in 30 seconds flat – en route to an 8:41.76 run, taking down in the process the 8:46.86 championship record held by China's Zhang Linli since 1992.

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• Jose Mourinho’s first Manchester United conference

  Jul 5, 2016 by Admin / 397 Views

  Jose Mourinho is addressing the media for the first time since replacing Louis van Gaal as the manager of Manchester United.

  Appointed on May 27, the former Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid man is expected to be quizzed on a number of key issues at the club including the departure of the long serving Ryan Giggs.

  Two high profile signings in Eric Bailly from Villarreal and PSG’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be high on the agenda, as will the future of Juan Mata who has been heavily linked with a move to Everton following the appointment of Mourinho.

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• Tsgabu Grmay Represent Ethiopia on the Biggest Tour de France for the First Time

  Jul 4, 2016 by Admin / 406 Views

  Ethiopia has been sending cyclists to the Olympic Games since the 1950s but has never sent a rider to the Tour de France. Until now. Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay is competing this year before racing in the Brazil Olympics next month. “I'm so excited because I've never done this race,” he says with less than 24 hours to the first stage. “For me the Tour de France is not just about finishing 21 stages. It's about doing something special. I'm ready to do something in this tour.

  “I'm ready to fight.”

  He's riding in the Italian team Lampre-Merida that includes the powerful Rui Costa and the young South African Louis Meintjes. The squad will be chasing stage wins and a good showing in the general classification.

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