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Soccer-Barcelona ease past Mallorca to extend LaLiga lead
BARCELONA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Barcelona outclassed Mallorca 3-0 at home on Saturday to increase their lead at the top of the LaLiga standings.
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Olympics-Curling-Czech mixed doubles pair learn lessons in defeat
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The Czech Republic's Julie Zelingrova and Vit Chabicovsky have had a tough time of it at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics so far, but the curlers believe the experience will serve them in good stead in the future.
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Olympics-Figure Skating-Liu ready to show her true self on Olympic return
MILAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - After quitting figure skating shortly after making her Olympic debut at the 2022 Beijing Games as a 16-year-old, Alysa Liu has returned to winter sports' biggest stage with a message to deliver.
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Olympics-Luge-Langenhan off to a flier with first-run track record
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Germany's Max Langenhan got the Olympic luge competition off to a spectacular start on Saturday when he scorched to a track record with the first run of the men's singles, then watched his 24 rivals try and fail to match him.
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Football
Soccer-Gyokeres double as Arsenal outclass Sunderland to extend lead
LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Viktor Gyokeres struck twice as Arsenal sealed a comfortable 3-0 win over Sunderland to extend their advantage at the top of the Premier League table to nine points on Saturday, turning up the pressure on Manchester City ahead of their trip to Liverpool.
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Football
Soccer-Dortmund's late winner keeps up pressure on leaders Bayern
WOLFSBURG, Germany, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Striker Serhou Guirassy snatched the winner three minutes from time to earn second-placed Borussia Dortmund a 2-1 victory at VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday that cut Bayern Munich's Bundesliga lead to three points.
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Olympics-Speed skating-Italy's Lollobrigida wins women's 3,000m gold at Milano Cortina
MILAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Francesca Lollobrigida blasted to victory in the women's 3,000 metres speed skating on Saturday, bringing Italy its first gold medal of the the Milano Cortina Winter Games.
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Olympics-Crosscountry-Diggins' final Games off to rocky start after early skiathlon crash
TESERO, Italy, Feb 7 (Reuters) - U.S. cross-country skier Jessie Diggins crashed early during the women's skiathlon on Saturday, dashing hopes for a podium in the first race of her fourth and final Olympics.
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Olympics-Alpine skiing-Turncoat? Svindal's USA jacket catches the eye
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Aksel Lund Svindal is a Norwegian Olympic hero, winner of four career Alpine skiing medals including two golds, but at the Milano Cortina Games he has USA in large letters across the back of his jacket.
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Olympics-Alpine skiing-'King of Bormio' Paris finally clinches Olympic dream as Italy claim two downhill medals
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 7 - Italy's Dominik Paris clinched a long-awaited dream, earning the first Olympic medal of his storied career as Italy thrilled home fans in Bormio with a powerful double downhill podium alongside rising champion Giovanni Franzoni.
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Olympics-Alpine skiing-Odermatt tamed on Stelvio, but still has chances
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Mild-mannered Marco Odermatt once said he releases the beast within himself moments before the start of a ski race, and more often than not the 28-year-old Swiss becomes unbeatable.
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Olympics-Sports leaders reach consensus on new gender policy - IOC
MILAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Global sports leaders have reached consensus on a new set of eligibility criteria for transgender athletes, with the new policy expected to be announced within the first half of this year, the International Olympic Committee said on Saturday.
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Football
Kuching City a step closer to Malaysia Cup semis with 3-1 triumph over Brunei
PETALING JAYA: Kuching City grabbed a comfortable advantage in the Malaysia Cup quarter-finals after they beat Brunei 3-1 at the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium on Saturday (Feb 7).
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Olympics-Alpine skiing-Swiss downhill champion von Allmen almost quit aged 17
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 7 (Reuters) - It took only one try for 24-year-old Franjo von Allmen to claim Olympic gold in the men's Alpine skiing downhill on Saturday as he eclipsed Swiss great and teammate Marco Odermatt.
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Olympics-Figure skating-US and French pairs vie for ice dance supremacy
MILAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The ice dance event at the Milano Cortina Olympics is headlined by a riveting new rivalry between Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates and electrifying new French duo Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron.
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Hockey
Olympics-Ice hockey-Canada keener than ever to hit the ice after norovirus postponement
MILAN, Italy, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Canada women's hockey team brushed off concerns over the postponement of their opening game at the Olympics due to Finland players falling ill with norovirus, and they are even more eager to get started, forward Jennifer Gardiner said on Saturday.
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Olympics-Luge-Germany's Taubitz edges towards ending Olympic heartache
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Germany's women have utterly dominated the luge competition since it joined the Olympics in 1964 but one name – Julia Taubitz – is a glaring omission from the honours board and it is a situation she looks ready to rectify in Cortina.
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Football
Soccer-Man Utd tighten grip on fourth place with 2-0 home win over Spurs
MANCHESTER, England, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Manchester United's Bryan Mbeumo and Bruno Fernandes scored to down 10-man Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 at Old Trafford on Saturday, tightening their grip on fourth place in the Premier League and piling the pressure on visiting coach Thomas Frank.
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Olympics-Snowboard-Canada's Meryeta O'Dine ruled out of Games after ankle fracture
LIVIGNO, Italy Feb 7 (Reuters) - Canada's Olympic champion Meryeta O'Dine has been ruled out of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games after a fracture in a snowboard cross training session, the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canada Snowboard said on Saturday.
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Olympics-Alpine skiing-Johnson fastest, Vonn third in interrupted final training
(corrects day to Saturday in first paragraph)
