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MOSCOW — Russian long jumper Darya Klishina has publicly thanked the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for granting her entry into international tournaments, including the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Following the recent far-reaching doping scandal, which resulted in the disqualificaion of Russia’s entire track and field team, Klishina is the […]
“Court slams last door for Pistorius,” Afrikaans-language daily Volksblad writes on its front page Friday, a day after South Africa’s highest court denied the Paralympic champion’s request to appeal his murder conviction for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013. Pistorius is now scheduled to be sentenced in Pretoria’s High Court on April 18, according […]
-Analysis- ROME – Silvio Berlusconi’s sentence to seven years in prison and a life ban from public office signals the end of his political adventures. More generally, it also marks the end of Italy’s so-called “Second Republic”: the political era that began in 1992 of which the ex-prime minister has been the ubiquitous figure, just […]