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Malinin wilts at Olympics as Heraskevych loses ban appeal

Malinin wilts at Olympics as Heraskevych loses ban appeal

Ilia Malinin's hopes of double Olympic figure skating gold crumbled Friday as he suffered a nightmare on the ice while Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych lost his appeal against his ban from the Milan-Cortina Games.

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Bhatia joins Hisatsune in Pebble Beach lead as Fowler surges

Bhatia joins Hisatsune in Pebble Beach lead as Fowler surges

Akshay Bhatia on Friday joined Ryo Hisatsune at the top of the PGA Tour Pebble Beach Pro-Am leaderboard on 15-under par, with a resurgent Rickie Fowler hot on their heels.

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Malinin meltdown hands Shaidorov Olympic men's figure skating gold

Malinin meltdown hands Shaidorov Olympic men's figure skating gold

US star Ilia Malinin suffered the biggest upset of the Winter Olympics on Friday as the overwhelming favourite for the men's figure skating title fell twice to finish off the podium, with Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan taking a surprise gold.

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Top seed Fritz makes ATP Dallas semis with fantastic finish

Top seed Fritz makes ATP Dallas semis with fantastic finish

Top seed Taylor Fritz captured the last five points in a deciding tie-breaker to defeat fellow American Sebastian Korda and advance to the ATP Dallas Open semi-finals on Friday.

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Patriots star receiver Diggs pleads not guilty to assault charges

Patriots star receiver Diggs pleads not guilty to assault charges

New England Patriots star Stefon Diggs pleaded not guilty on Friday to assault charges stemming from an alleged December altercation with a member of his staff.

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Havana refinery fire under control as Cuba battles fuel shortages

Havana refinery fire under control as Cuba battles fuel shortages

A fire broke out Friday at a refinery at the port in Cuba's capital but was soon brought under control, authorities said, as the island nation stuggles under what amounts to a US oil blockade.

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Peru Congress to debate impeachment of interim president on Tuesday

Peru Congress to debate impeachment of interim president on Tuesday

Peru's Congress will debate a motion to impeach interim president Jose Jeri next week, the head of the legislature said Friday, after the opposition garnered the 78 signatures needed to launch the proceedings.

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Snowboard veteran James targets 2030 Games after Olympic heartbreak

Snowboard veteran James targets 2030 Games after Olympic heartbreak

Australian snowboard veteran Scotty James says he intends to compete at a sixth Winter Olympics in 2030 after falling agonisingly short in his quest to win a first gold medal in Friday's men's halfpipe competition.

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Costa Rica digs up mastodon, giant sloth bones in major archaeological find

Costa Rica digs up mastodon, giant sloth bones in major archaeological find

Researchers in Costa Rica have unearthed fossils from a mastodon and a giant sloth that lived as many as 40,000 years ago, officials announced Friday, calling it the biggest such find here in decades.

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Trump says change of power in Iran would be 'best thing'

Trump says change of power in Iran would be 'best thing'

US President Donald Trump said Friday that a change of government in Iran would be the "best thing that could happen," as he sent a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East to ratchet up military pressure on the Islamic republic.

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