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Bolt, Phelps honoured at Laureus Awards
Tue, Mar 12, 2013
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Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt and American swimmer Michael Phelps win top prizes at the Laureus World Sports Awards. Duration: 00:48
Michael Phelps joins young swimmers from favela on visit to Rio
Mon, Mar 11, 2013
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American swimming legend Michael Phelps, the winner of 19 Olympic gold medals, joined children from the Rocinha favela in the pool in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. The now retired athlete is in the town for the Laureus sports awards, where he is in the running for athlete of the year 2012.Duration: 00:57
Fawad Ahmed hopeful for Ashes Test with Australia
Mon, Mar 11, 2013
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Fawad Ahmed's cricketing journey began in a graveyard in his village in northwest Pakistan but could yet culminate in an Ashes Test for Australia at the home of cricket, Lord's. Duration: 01:23
PSG train ahead of Valencia Champions League clash
Wed, Mar 6, 2013
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Paris Saint-Germain are under pressure to clinch their place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League at Valencia's expense after their latest below-par domestic performance. Duration: 00:48
Basketball returns to "Sharia square" in Mali town
Tue, Mar 5, 2013
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Young people are once again playing basketball in the former "Sharia Square" in Gao, northern Mali. During Islamist rule, the area, now renamed "Independence Square", was used for public beatings and executions. Duration: 00:48
PSG train ahead of Valencia Champions League clash
Tue, Mar 5, 2013
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Paris Saint-Germain are under pressure to clinch their place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League at Valencia's expense after their latest below-par domestic performance. Duration: 00:36
Afghan ski race signals future not all downhill
Tue, Mar 5, 2013
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The road to get there may not be safe and local attacks may be at a decade high, but an annual ski race in the Hindu Kush offers Afghanistan the glimpse of a better future, organisers say. Duration: 02:08
IOC in Tokyo to inspect 2020 Olympic bid
Mon, Mar 4, 2013
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The governor of Tokyo Naoki Inose and the wheelchair tennis player Shingo Kunieda exchanged shots in front of a visiting IOC delegation which is in the Japanese capital to inspect its bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games.Duration: 00:52