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Nigeria's Amusan storms to 100m hurdles gold

Nigeria's Amusan storms to 100m hurdles gold

Tobi Amusan became the first Nigerian athlete to win a World Athletics Championship gold as she stormed to victory in the women's 100m hurdles in Oregon on Sunday.

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Olympic champion Mu holds off Hodgkinson for 800m gold

Olympic champion Mu holds off Hodgkinson for 800m gold

Athing Mu held off a fierce late challenge from Britain's Keely Hodgkinson to add World Athletics Championships 800m gold to her Tokyo Olympic crown on Sunday.

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Vanilla spice: arid Israel produces potent tropical pods

Vanilla spice: arid Israel produces potent tropical pods

In his busy Tel Aviv restaurant, chef Yair Yosefi adds a magic ingredient to his signature cake: Israel's first commercially produced vanilla providing what devotees claim is perhaps the strongest ever flavour.

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Tunisians vote on constitution set to bolster one-man rule

Tunisians vote on constitution set to bolster one-man rule

Tunisians vote Monday on a constitution seen as a referendum on President Kais Saied, whose charter would give his office nearly unchecked powers in a break with the country's post-2011 democratic trend.

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Norway's Ingebrigtsen win's men's world 5,000m title

Norway's Ingebrigtsen win's men's world 5,000m title

Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen made up for the disappointment of 1,500m silver by winning gold in the world 5,000m on Sunday.

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Florida hurries to catch fast-spreading snail invasion

Florida hurries to catch fast-spreading snail invasion

It might not be speedy, but it's big, hungry and fast at reproducing: the giant African snail, a potential health risk to humans, has once again invaded the southern US state of Florida.

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Why shark encounters are increasing along the US East Coast

Why shark encounters are increasing along the US East Coast

Sun lotion, insect repellant, and the Sharktivity app are this summer's must-have beach accessories along the US East Coast as human-shark encounters increase.

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Blacks Caps name seasoned squad for tour of West Indies

Blacks Caps name seasoned squad for tour of West Indies

Kane Williamson will captain New Zealand's 15-man squad for Twenty20 and one-day international matches in the West Indies next month on the Black Caps' first tour of the Caribbean since 2014, it was announced Monday.

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Nigeria's Tobi Amusan sets new world record in 100m hurdles

Nigeria's Tobi Amusan sets new world record in 100m hurdles

Nigeria's Tobi Amusan set a new world record in the women's 100m hurdles at the World Athletics championships in Eugene on Sunday.

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Axar Patel's 64 fuels India in series clinching win over West Indies

Axar Patel's 64 fuels India in series clinching win over West Indies

Axar Patel's career-best 64 not out lifted India to a series-clinching two-wicket win with two balls to spare over the West Indies in the second One-Day International of a three-match series at Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad on Sunday.

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