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New India captain Yadav says ready to lead against...
India's Suryakumar Yadav said Friday he was not going to repeat the mistakes of his domestic captaincy ahead of his first trial as...
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Australian swim coach avoids being kicked out of O...
An Australian swimming coach who backed a South Korean rival to beat two of his countrymen avoided being kicked out of the Olympic...
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'Sabotage' hits French trains hours before Olympic...
Arson attacks scrambled France's high-speed rail network for tens of thousands of passengers on Friday, after what officials calle...
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Harris win would be 'monumental': Olympic icon Fel...
US Olympic icon Allyson Felix believes Kamala Harris winning November's US presidential election would be a "monumental" moment fo...
![Olympics a homecoming for coaching duo backing Biles in Paris](https://www.thealbanygazette.com/media/shared/articles/d3/32/d0/Olympics-a-homecoming-for-coaching--871644_small.jpg)
Olympics a homecoming for coaching duo backing Bil...
The Paris Olympics are a family affair for Laurent and Cecile Landi, the husband and wife coaching team that has shepherded Simone...
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Five matches to watch at Olympics tennis
The Olympic Games tennis tournament gets underway at Roland Garros on Saturday with Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Rafael Nadal,...
![South Sudan's basketball 'Bright Stars' on Olympic mission to make their nation proud](https://www.thealbanygazette.com/media/shared/articles/47/d2/8d/South-Sudan-s-basketball--Bright-St-393128_small.jpg)
South Sudan's basketball 'Bright Stars' on Olympic...
"Bigger than basketball": After qualifying for the Olympics for the first time, South Sudan's basketball team are on a mission to...
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Nadal returns to training after Olympics injury sc...
Rafael Nadal returned to training at Roland Garros on Friday after an injury scare had put his participation at the Paris Olympics...
Paris braces for Olympics opening ceremony as rail...
The Paris Olympics are set to open in a spectacular and unprecedented ceremony on the river Seine on Friday but hours before the s...
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China, Russia say to counter 'extra-regional force...
China and Russia's foreign ministers met their Southeast Asian counterparts Friday after vowing to counter "extra-regional forces"...
![France's high-speed railway hit by 'sabotage' hours before Olympics](https://www.thealbanygazette.com/media/shared/articles/d8/70/07/France-s-high-speed-railway-hit-by--929724_small.jpg)
France's high-speed railway hit by 'sabotage' hour...
France's high-speed rail network was hit by arson attacks that disrupted travel for hundreds of thousands of passengers on Friday,...
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UN puts 4th century Gaza monastery on endagered si...
The Saint Hilarion complex, one of the oldest monasteries in the Middle East, has been put on the UNESCO list of World Heritage si...
![Comaneci's perfect 10, Scherbo's golden Barcelona, Biles' 'twisties'](https://www.thealbanygazette.com/media/shared/articles/fc/28/43/Comaneci-s-perfect-10--Scherbo-s-go-799171_small.jpg)
Comaneci's perfect 10, Scherbo's golden Barcelona,...
Gymnastics has emerged as one of the showstopping Olympic sports. AFP Sport takes a look at five unforgettable moments served up b...
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Markets make battling recovery from tech rout afte...
Investors fought back Friday after a tech-fuelled sell-off, taking heart from forecast-beating US growth data that indicated the e...
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Rival gangs sign truce in Haiti's largest shantyto...
Two rival gang leaders signed a truce to end armed conflict in Haiti's largest shantytown, a community leader said Thursday.
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Greece's 'Instagram island' Santorini nears satura...
One of the most enduring images of Greece's summer travel brand is the world-famous sunset on Santorini Island, framed by sea-blue...
![Philippines races to avoid 'environmental catastrophe' from oil spill](https://www.thealbanygazette.com/media/shared/articles/cd/ef/54/Philippines-races-to-avoid--environ-408101_small.jpg)
Philippines races to avoid 'environmental catastro...
The Philippine Coast Guard on Friday raced to offload 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil from a sunken tanker and prevent a...
![India marks last Pakistan conflict at Himalayan frontier](https://www.thealbanygazette.com/media/shared/articles/d1/98/25/India-marks-last-Pakistan-conflict--119719_small.jpg)
India marks last Pakistan conflict at Himalayan fr...
Indian soldiers and top brass gathered Friday in the remote Himalayan foothills to commemorate a battle fondly remembered among co...
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Mongolians fight plastic pollution in vast steppe
Mongolian herder Purev Batmunkh sighs as he picks through waste strewn across a field -- the refuse of an unsightly and deadly was...
![Ancient secrets unearthed in vast Turkish cave city](https://www.thealbanygazette.com/media/shared/articles/98/02/69/Ancient-secrets-unearthed-in-vast-T-711977_small.jpg)
Ancient secrets unearthed in vast Turkish cave cit...
Through a basement door in southeastern Turkey lies a sprawling underground city -- perhaps the country's largest -- which one his...
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SpaceX cleared to launch Falcon 9 rocket again
SpaceX's stalwart Falcon 9 rocket has been cleared for launch after experiencing a rare failure earlier this month, officials said...
![Typhoon Gaemi displaces nearly 300,000 in eastern China](https://www.thealbanygazette.com/media/shared/articles/38/b6/ee/Typhoon-Gaemi-displaces-nearly-300--279171_small.jpg)
Typhoon Gaemi displaces nearly 300,000 in eastern...
Authorities evacuated nearly 300,000 people and suspended public transport across eastern China on Friday, as Typhoon Gaemi brough...
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Reynolds and Jackman bring smutty superheroes to C...
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman kicked off celebrations at the giant Comic-Con pop culture gathering Thursday with a special screen...
![TSMC leads chipmaker plunge as trade resumes after typhoon pause](https://www.thealbanygazette.com/media/shared/articles/7c/20/fe/TSMC-leads-chipmaker-plunge-as-trad-911215_small.jpg)
TSMC leads chipmaker plunge as trade resumes after...
Taiwanese giant TSMC tumbled with several other leading chip makers Friday as traders returned from a typhoon-imposed two-day brea...
![Thousands evacuated as record rains pound northern Japan](https://www.thealbanygazette.com/media/shared/articles/5e/ab/c3/Thousands-evacuated-as-record-rains-159611_small.jpg)
Thousands evacuated as record rains pound northern...
Record heavy rain forced the evacuation of thousands of people across parts of northern Japan as rivers burst their banks washing...
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Sri Lanka announces first presidential vote since...
Sri Lanka's first presidential elections since an unprecedented economic crisis spurred widespread unrest will be held in Septembe...
![Nadal, Djokovic fighting time and new generation at Olympics](https://www.thealbanygazette.com/media/shared/articles/87/a5/f0/Nadal--Djokovic-fighting-time-and-n-217221_small.jpg)
Nadal, Djokovic fighting time and new generation a...
Rafael Nadal will bid farewell to the Olympics on the clay courts of Roland Garros -- scene of his greatest moments -- as Novak Dj...
Biles spearheads US bid to reassert Olympic gymnas...
Simone Biles headlines a US women's squad on a "redemption" mission at the Paris Olympics, where the gymnastics great is favored t...
![Paris braces for 'most incredible' Olympics opening ceremony](https://www.thealbanygazette.com/media/shared/articles/41/a8/1a/Paris-braces-for--most-incredible---271173_small.jpg)
Paris braces for 'most incredible' Olympics openin...
Thousands of athletes are set to sail through central Paris on Friday during an unprecedented and high-risk Olympics opening cerem...
![Smooth apparatus: Guide to gymnastics at Paris Olympics](https://www.thealbanygazette.com/media/shared/articles/b7/1b/2e/Smooth-apparatus--Guide-to-gymnasti-255361_small.jpg)
Smooth apparatus: Guide to gymnastics at Paris Oly...
Don't know your pommel horse from your uneven bars?
![Asian markets battle to recover from tech rout after US data](https://www.thealbanygazette.com/media/shared/articles/1f/8a/e3/Asian-markets-battle-to-recover-fro-931253_small.jpg)
Asian markets battle to recover from tech rout aft...
Asian traders struggled to fight back Friday after a tech-fuelled sell-off, taking heart from forecast-beating US growth data that...
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In swing state Pennsylvania, middle class struggle...
The giant steelworks that greets visitors to Allentown, Pennsylvania once symbolized the city's success as an industrial hub. Toda...