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Afghanistan youth footballer dead after falling from U.S. plane
Afghanistan’s top sports authority has confirmed that youth footballer Zaki Anwari was among the individuals who died falling from an aeroplane departing Kabul on Monday. SOURCE: DW News
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Afghanistan youth footballer dead after falling from US plane
Afghanistan’s top sports authority has confirmed that youth footballer Zaki Anwari was among the individuals who died falling from an airplane departing Kabul on Monday. SOURCE: DW News
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‘We’ve said goodbye to the women’s team’: Fears in Afghanistan for future of women’s football
With the Taliban back in power in Kabul, there is widespread concern that women in Afghanistan will once again have their freedoms severely curtailed. The women’s national football team and the local league could fold. SOURCE: DW News
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Bundesliga: How Matarazzo and Mislintat are shaping a brave new era at Stuttgart
Stuttgart opened their Bundesliga season with a rout of Greuther Fürth. Tougher tests lie ahead, but their coach and sporting director are shaping an exciting new era for an old powerhouse of German football. SOURCE: DW News
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Bundesliga: Haaland runs riot as Marco Rose wins in style on Borussia Dortmund debut
The Marco Rose era got off to an emphatic start as Borussia Dortmund blew away Eintracht Frankfurt. Erling Haaland was involved in all five goals as the Black and Yellows sent an early message to Bayern Munich. SOURCE: DW News
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Vaccine protest in Dortmund: 50 people return BVB jerseys in protest at stadium entry regulations
Around 50 people returned their Borussia Dortmund jerseys in protest at the club’s stadium entry regulations. Among them were people wearing symbols associated with the extreme right and the ‘Querdenker’ movement. SOURCE: DW News
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Bundesliga live buildup: Gladbach vs. Bayern Munich
The 2021-22 Bundesliga season kicks off on Friday with a clash between two of the biggest clubs in Germany. Both sides have new coaches, with Julian Nagelsmann tasked with making it 10 straight titles for Bayern. SOURCE: DW News
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Bundesliga: With Julian Nagelsmann at the wheel, can Bayern Munich be stopped?
Julian Nagelsmann is the latest coach tasked with continuing Bayern Munich’s dominance in Germany. The league is desperate for a different winner, but can anyone stop Bayern winning a 10th straight Bundesliga title? SOURCE: DW News
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Opinion: Time to scrap Olympic medal table
What should count more, gold medals or total medals? The answer is neither, because judging success with a medal table is questionable and promotes nationalism, says DW sports editor Sarah Wiertz. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympics: Closing ceremony live
A Games like no other comes to an end in Tokyo on Sunday with the Olympics closing ceremony. Coronavirus restrictions will mean a very different look for the finale, while the Olympic baton will pass to Paris. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympics: COVID-19 restrictions, no fans and more questions for the IOC
Though COVID-19 and public outrage loomed large, Tokyo 2020 still possessed the Olympic magic we all know and love. But the IOC won’t always be able to hide behind the athletes’ brilliance, writes DW’s Oliver Moody. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympics digest: Eliud Kipchoge defends marathon gold
The Kenyan became the first marathoner in four decades to win back-to-back gold medals. Follow the latest from Tokyo with DW. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympics digest: Neeraj Chopra wins India’s first gold medal in 13 years
Neeraj Chopra won the men’s javelin competition to earn India it’s first Olympic gold medal since 2008. Meanwhile, Team USA defended their gold medal in men’s basketball. Follow the latest from Tokyo with DW. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympics digest: USA’s Nelly Korda wins women’s golf gold
World number one Nelly Korda finished a strong 17 under par to win the Olympic women’s golf tournament. Meanwhile, Team USA defended their gold medal in men’s basketball. Follow the latest from Tokyo with DW. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympics digest: Team USA wins fourth straight men’s basketball gold
The United States redeemed their opening loss to France to secure the gold in men’s basketball. Meanwhile, Kenya struck gold in the women’s marathon once more. Follow the latest from Tokyo with DW. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympics: Highlights, Day 14
The Olympics produce some of the best moments in sports. As the world’s elite athletes gather in Tokyo 2020, so do the best photographers to capture all of the action. Take a look at these iconic moments. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympics Digest: United States ‘A-Team’ strike gold in beach volleyball
The United States beach volleyball team of April Ross and Alix Klineman, known as the “A-Team,” claimed gold after beating Australia in the final on Friday. Follow the latest from Tokyo 2020 with DW. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympics: Highlights, Day 13
The Olympics produce some of the best moments in sports. As the world’s elite athletes gather in Tokyo 2020, so do the best photographers to capture all of the action. Here’s a look at some of the most iconic moments. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympics digest: India wins first field hockey medal since 1980
India defeated Germany in the bronze medal match to win its first medal in men’s field hockey in 41 years. German Florian Wellbrock won the marathon swim to add to his medal count. Follow the latest from Tokyo with DW. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympics digest: India wins first field hockey medal in nearly half a century
India defeated Germany in the bronze medal match to win its first medal in men’s field hockey in 49 years. German Florian Wellbrock won the marathon swim to add to his medal count. Follow the latest from Tokyo with DW. SOURCE: DW News
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Going out on top: German wrestler Frank Stäbler fulfills his Olympic dream
If you want to know what the Olympics mean to an athlete, you need look no farther than to Frank Stäbler. The Greco-Roman wrestler had to overcome COVID-19 just to make it to Tokyo – but it all paid off in the end. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympic Digest: Sydney McLaughlin takes gold, Japan dominate skateboarding
Sydney McLaughlin broke her own world record on the way to 400 meter hurdles gold and an American 1–2. There was also a 1–2 for hosts Japan in a women’s park skateboarding final dominated by teenagers. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympics digest: Malaika Mihambo wins long jump gold for Germany
Malaika Mihambo left it until her last jump to claim a first athletics gold for Germany in Tokyo with a 7 meter leap. Mihambo had been struggling for form in the lead up to the Games but delivered when it counted. SOURCE: DW News
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Opinion: Laurel Hubbard – an important first step
The Olympics first transgender athlete was eliminated early in her first appearance at the Games. Nevertheless, she has forced us to rethink the anachronistic sports system, writes DW editor Sarah Wiertz. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympics digest: Team USA women’s football misses out on gold medal final
World champion United States failed to reach the women’s gold medal final, losing 1-0 to Canada. Elsewhere, Indonesian badminton star Greysia Polii finally struck gold. Follow the latest from Tokyo with DW. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympics digest: Indonesia takes gold in women’s badminton
Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu be came the first female pair from Indonesia to win gold in women’s doubles. Elsewhere, Puerto Rico picked up their second ever gold medal. Follow the latest from Tokyo on DW. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympics: South Sudan’s Abraham Guem and his race for peace
Abraham Majok Matek Guem has become accustomed to many new things. Heated toilets that drain automatically, tunnels that go through mountains, even the Japanese language is no longer foreign to him. “There is only one thing I can’t get used to: sushi,” Guem told DW. The middle-distance runner from South Sudan has been living in Japan for 21 months. He…
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Tokyo Olympics: Highlights, Day 9
The Olympics produce some of the best moments in sports. As the world’s elite athletes gather in Tokyo 2020, so do the best photographers to capture all of the action. Take a look at the most iconic moments. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympics Digest: Caeleb Dressel, Emma McKeon dominate pool
Australian Emma McKeon and Caeleb Dressel, of the USA, both added two more golds on Sunday, making history in the process. Elsewhere, there have been firsts in BMX and medallists banished for sightseeing. SOURCE: DW News
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