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Russia has delivered on the promise of a "spectacular event" as the most expensive Olympics in history closed on Sunday night with doubts over the country's capabilities cleared and the host team basking in athletic achievements.
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LeBron James scored 33 points before leaving in the fourth quarter with a bloody nose and the Miami Heat beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 103-81 on Thursday.
Mercedes F1 driver Nico Rosberg of Germany brakes hard during the second day of Formula One testing at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, south of Manama Feb 20, 2014.
Adelina Sotnikova won Russia's first ever women's Olympic figure skating gold in controversial circumstances on Thursday as defending champion Kim Yu-Na was dumped into the silver medal position.
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Vic Wild, an American native who now competes for Russia, captured the Olympic gold medal in parallel giant slalom about 15 minutes after his wife, Russia's Alena Zavarzina, won the bronze.
Australia will be the first team to arrive in Brazil for this year's FIFA World Cup, the local organizing committee said on Wednesday.
Both teams missed penalties, Arsenal had goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny sent off and Bayern Munich won an incident-packed Champions League last-16 first leg 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday.
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini questioned the impartiality of referee Jonas Eriksson and accused the Swede of deciding the outcome of his team's 2-0 Champions League defeat by Barcelona on Tuesday.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has urged Paris Saint-Germain to finish off Bayer Leverkusen after its 4-0 victory in Germany left it on the verge of the Champions League quarterfinals.
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