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Badminton
Jonassen believes Jin Wei has rediscovered her rhythm, will be good for Uber Cup
PETALING JAYA: National singles coaching director Kenneth Jonassen believes his decision to invite independent women's singles shuttler Goh Jin Wei to strengthen the national squad for the upcoming Uber Cup in Horsens in April is a necessary one.
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Olympics-Bobsleigh-Brilliant Lochner on course for double gold
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Germany's Johannes Lochner stamped his authority all over the Four-Man bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics on Saturday, opening a huge halfway lead in the blue riband event as he seeks to complete a golden Cortina double.
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Olympics-SkiMo-France's Harrop and Anselmet win mixed relay gold
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 21 (Reuters) - French duo and current world champions Emily Harrop and Thibault Anselmet won the inaugural gold in the Olympic ski mountaineering mixed relay on Saturday.
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Olympics-Germany pained by slide in medals table and status as team with most fourth places
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Germany lamented a slide down the Olympic medals table from four years ago and an unwanted status at the Milano Cortina Games on Saturday as the team with the most fourth-placed finishes.
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Olympics-SkiMo-American pair strive to push through Europe-dominated ski mountaineering ranks
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 21 (Reuters) - With Europe dominating the ski mountaineering ranks, a non-European nation may not be in the fight for medals in Saturday's mixed relay race at the Milano Cortina Games, but the newcomers from the United States are determined to give it a try.
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Olympics-Biathlon-French entertainer Jacquelin finally finds freedom to be himself
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 21 (Reuters) - French biathlete Emilien Jacquelin has lit up the Winter Games with his swashbuckling skiing and rapid-fire shooting, but perhaps even more important than winning medals is the fact that he was finally able to be true to himself.
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Olympics-Freestyle-Italians grab gold and silver in men's ski cross
LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Italy's Simone Deromedis and Federico Tomasoni claimed the gold and silver medals respectively in the men's ski cross on home snow at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics on Saturday.
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Factbox-Olympics-Most prolific gold medal winners at Winter Games
TESERO, Italy, Feb 21 (Reuters) - List of the most prolific gold medal winners at the Winter Olympics after Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Klaebo won his 11th career title at the Milano Cortina Games on Saturday.
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Olympics-Crosscountry-'King Klaebo' wins 50km classic to clinch record sixth Milano Cortina gold
TESERO, Italy, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Johannes Klaebo led a Norwegian podium sweep in the men's 50km classic cross-country race on Saturday to claim his sixth gold of the Milano Cortina Games and break the record for most titles in a single Winter Olympics.
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Olympics-Curling-Swiss harness linguistic chaos on ice to win Olympic bronze
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Switzerland's multilingual men's curling team proved that sometimes a "word salad" is the perfect recipe for success as they beat Norway to cap their Winter Olympics campaign with a bronze medal.
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Football
Soccer-Wellington coach Italiano quits after 5-0 loss to rivals Auckland in A-League
Feb 21 (Reuters) - Wellington Phoenix coach Giancarlo Italiano resigned straight after a humiliating 5-0 loss to Auckland in Saturday's New Zealand Derby in the A-League, as an own goal by goalkeeper Josh Oluwayemi set the stage for a dismal home performance.
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Olympics-Biathlon-Swedes blame bad wax day for mass start meltdown
ANTERSELVA, ITALY, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Sweden's biathletes have struggled to deliver medals at the Winter Games and on Friday they finally ran out of patience with their waxing team, blaming a bad job on their skis for an embarrassingly poor performance in the men's mass start.
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Sailing-Argo smashes Antigua 360 record in 35-knot blitz
Feb 21 (Reuters) - Jason Carroll's MOD70 Argo has smashed the course record for the Royal Ocean Racing Club Antigua 360 Race, screaming around the 48-nautical-mile circuit in 2 hours, 29 minutes and 20 seconds - a 25% improvement on the previous mark.
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Olympics-Crosscountry-Pellegrino and Ogden out of 50km classic
MILAN/TESERO, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Olympic medallists Federico Pellegrino of Italy and Ben Ogden from the United States will not participate in Saturday's 50km classic cross-country ski race due to illnesses.
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Olympics - Host city Milan seeks permanent ice arena post-Games
MILAN, Feb 21 (Reuters) - With the Winter Olympics drawing to an end and its ice rinks due to be removed, joint host city Milan has unveiled plans for a permanent ice arena both to seal the Games' legacy and house a professional local hockey team.
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Olympics-Short track-Dutch top medals table as Italy's Fontana makes history
MILAN, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The Dutch topped the medals table in short track at the Winter Games while local favourite Arianna Fontana wrote her way into the record books by taking her medal haul to 14.
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Football
Soccer-FA won't take action against Man Utd owner Ratcliffe over immigration remarks
Feb 21 (Reuters) - Manchester United owner Jim Ratcliffe will face no disciplinary action for saying Britain had been "colonised" by immigrants, the Football Association said on Saturday.
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Hockey
Olympics-Ice hockey-Canada eye legacy, United States seek revenge in gold-medal clash for the ages
MILAN, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Canada and the United States open a fresh chapter in their epic Olympic rivalry in Milan on Sunday, facing off in a heaven-sent gold-medal game that North American fans were praying for in the men's ice hockey tournament.
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Football
Soccer-Arteta dismisses ‘bottlers’ talk amid title wobble
Feb 21 (Reuters) - Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta rejected the term 'bottlers' ahead of Sunday's Premier League visit to Tottenham Hotspur, as the title race heats up after their lead was cut short by successive Premier League draws at Brentford and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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Rugby
Rugby-Waratahs coach McKellar determined to keep Jorgensen fit for Super Rugby challenge
Feb 21 (Reuters) - New South Wales Waratahs coach Dan McKellar will seek to manage Max Jorgensen's preprations to ensure the Wallabies winger is available for as much of the Super Rugby season as possible after another two-try display by the 21-year-old on Friday.
