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Cole Palmer and Ben Chilwell are among four senior players left out of Chelsea’s Conference League squad.

England forward Palmer, midfielder Romeo Lavia and defender Wesley Fofana have been purposely left out to manage their workload. Chelsea could play about 80 matches this season in five competitions.…

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China Shine in Paralympic Powerlifting as LingLing betters Own World Record

CHINA’S women dominated the first day of powerlifting at the Paris Paralympics as Guo Lingling improved her world record in the up to 45kg class. Lingling, 35, took her best…

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Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died days after being doused in petrol and set on fire by a former boyfriend.

The 33-year-old Ugandan marathon runner, who competed in the recent Paris Olympics, had suffered extensive burns after Sunday's attack. The authorities in north-west Kenya, where Cheptegei lived and trained, said…

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Australian Rachael “Raygun” Gunn has defended her breakdancing skills and suggested much of the criticism she received for her performance at the Paris Olympics last month was born of ignorance of the sport.

Gunn became an overnight sensation after losing all three of her round robin battles by a combined score of 54-0 when breaking made its Olympic debut at the Place de…

Continue ReadingAustralian Rachael “Raygun” Gunn has defended her breakdancing skills and suggested much of the criticism she received for her performance at the Paris Olympics last month was born of ignorance of the sport.

Team SA wins two more Medals at Paralympics

South African duo Lucas Sithole and Donald Ramphadi secured Africa's first wheelchair tennis medal after clinching bronze in the quad doubles at the Paris Paralympics on Wednesday. Following a tense…

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The mental and physical exhaustion after winning the men’s singles bronze at the Paris Olympics and the subsequent celebration would have taken its toll on Lee Zii Jia, who possibly made the right decision to skip the Hong Kong Open next week.

Zii Jia competed in the Japan Open, the post Olympic super 750 event last month, but lost to eventual champion Alex Lanier of France in the first round. That result…

Continue ReadingThe mental and physical exhaustion after winning the men’s singles bronze at the Paris Olympics and the subsequent celebration would have taken its toll on Lee Zii Jia, who possibly made the right decision to skip the Hong Kong Open next week.