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Football: Bastian Schweinsteiger Retires from Germany Duty

Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger on Friday announced his retirement from international duty with immediate effect.

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Olympics: Russia's Depleted Olympic Squad Leave for Rio

Some 70 Russian competitors from the country's depleted Olympics team flew out from Moscow for Rio on Thursday as sports federations whittled down the number of athletes allowed to take part.

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Fabregas Sees Red as Chelsea Beat Liverpool

Chelsea's Cesc Fabregas was sent off for a reckless lunge at Liverpool new boy Ragnar Klavan, overshadowing a 1-0 win for the Blues in a friendly at the Pasadena Rose Bowl here Wednesday.

The Premier League giants locked horns in the pre-season International Champions Cup in a match which was more remarkable for its clumsy fouls than free-flowing football.

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Israel Arrests 56 Far-Right Football Supporters

Israel has arrested 56 members of La Familia, a group of far-right football fans of the Beitar Jerusalem team over violence and weapon smuggling, the police said on Tuesday.

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Kuwait Top Court Acquits IOC Powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad

Kuwait's supreme court on Monday upheld the acquittal of Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Sabah -- one of the most powerful men in world sport -- on charges of insulting the judiciary.

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Formula One: Record Fifth Hungary Win Sends Hamilton Top

Defending champion Lewis Hamilton produced a trademark triumph of pace and panache to win Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix ahead of his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg and replace him as leader of this year’s world title race.

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Olympics: Russia Hails IOC Rejection of Rio Ban

Russia hailed an "objective" decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Sunday not to ban its entire team from next month's Rio Games over revelations of state-run doping.

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Can't Find a Room at Rio Olympics? Try the Luxury Sex Suite

Can't get a room at the Rio Olympics? Worry not, the Villa Reggia has beds -- oh, and sex chairs and an S&M cage.

With 500,000 tourists expected to flood Rio de Janeiro for the Games starting August 5, Brazil's second biggest city is bending over backwards to make sure there's enough lodging.

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Formula One: Hamilton Crashes, Rosberg on Top

Lewis Hamilton crashed enabling Nico Rosberg to take advantage and top the times for Mercedes in Friday’s second free practice for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.

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Olympics: Russia Waits on Rio Call as IOC Reports New Test Failures

Russia on Friday said it expects to avoid a blanket ban at the Rio Games over state-run doping as a fresh batch of drug test failures from Beijing 2008 and London 2012 rocked the Olympics.

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