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Leading Australian Olympic official Phil Coles dies aged 91
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoPhil Coles, who played key roles in getting an Australian team to the 1980 Moscow Olympics despite a U.S.-led boycott and later helped secure the 2000 Games for Sydney, has died, the Australian ...
AP Exclusive: Balich leads Olympics-style World Cup ceremony
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoNow add “first World Cup with an Olympics-style opening ceremony” to the list of novelties for the...
Analysis-Genting aims to upend Macau casino landscape in bidding war
Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoMalaysian group Genting has emerged as a strong contender to unseat an incumbent Macau casino...
U.S. snowboarders sue former coach alleging sexual abuse
Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years ago(Reuters) -Three former U.S. snowboarders sued their former coach, the national snowboarding...
Gordon Lightfoot, Folk Singer Who Topped Charts With ‘Sundown’ and ‘If You Could Read My Mind’, Dies...
Variety via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoSinger-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian folk music laureate who crossed over to major pop...
Timeline: Chinese leader Xi Jinping's rise and rule
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoChinese President Xi Jinping, the son of a communist revolutionary leader, was a victim of the Cultural Revolution and a provincial chief during China's...
China, a country of 1.4 billion, again misses World Cup
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoChina is missing out on the World Cup again despite spending millions — probably billions — to...
Romney, outspoken about his own party, weighs reelection run
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoHe twice voted in favor of convicting former President Donald Trump in impeachment trials. After...
Romney gets 1st likely challenger in '24 Utah Senate primary
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoA potential challenger to Republican first-term Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah took a major step Thursday...
Today in History: FEB 12, Abraham Lincoln born in Kentucky
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoOn Feb. 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in a log cabin in Hardin (now LaRue) County, Kentucky. In 1554, Lady Jane Grey, who had claimed the throne ...