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Weightlifting: ‘Eastern Bloc’ cheats taking the sport down, says top official
By Brian Oliver RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Paul Coffa, one of weightlifting’s best-known coaches and administrators who has been involved in the sport for more than half a century, has blamed former Soviet Bloc countries for persistent cheating that has once more damaged the image of the sport at the Rio Olympics. Russia were…
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Weightlifting: ‘Eastern Bloc’ cheats taking the sport down, says top official
By Brian Oliver RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Paul Coffa, one of weightlifting’s best-known coaches and administrators who has been involved in the sport for more than half a century, has blamed former Soviet Bloc countries for persistent cheating that has once more damaged the image of the sport at the Rio Olympics. Russia were…
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Olympics-Weightlifting-‘Eastern Bloc’ cheats taking the sport down, says top official
By Brian Oliver RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Paul Coffa, one of weightlifting’s best-known coaches and administrators who has been involved in the sport for more than half a century, has blamed former Soviet Bloc countries for persistent cheating that has once more damaged the image of the sport at the Rio Olympics.…
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VW gets approval for another 460,000 diesel-car fixes
Volkswagen has won German regulatory approval for technical fixes on another 460,000 diesel cars with illicit emissions control software, it said on Sunday, raising the number of vehicles cleared for repair to over 5 million. Approval by Germany's motor vehicle authority KBA is valid for countries throughout Europe where 8.5 million diesel cars are affected…
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At the Russian Mosquito Festival, the more bites the better
BEREZNIKI, Russia (AP) — While fears of the Zika virus have kept some people away from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, for residents of one Russian town the more mosquito bites the better.
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Undermining China: towns sink after mines close
By David Stanway HELIN, China (Reuters) – Deep in the coal heartlands of northern Shanxi province, people in Helin village are fighting a losing battle as the ground beneath them crumbles: patching up cracks, rebuilding walls and filling in sinkholes caused by decades of coal mining. Around 100 pits in Helin – buried in the…