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Sprinter accuses London cops of racial profiling

British sprinter Bianca Williams has accused London police of racial profiling after a traffic stop on Saturday.

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Diver Blagg retires at 23 because of shoulder

British diver Alicia Blagg is retiring from the sport because of a shoulder injury that has ended her chances of competing in a third Olympics at next year's Tokyo Games.

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Tokyo governor, Abe to cooperate on Olympics

Tokyo's newly reelected governor and her political rival, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, agreed Monday to cooperate on handling the coronavirus outbreak to safely hold the Olympics next year.

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Russia miss deadline to pay $6m doping fine

Russia's suspended athletics federation said on Thursday it had missed a July 1 deadline to pay $5 million of a fine to World Athletics.

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Carlos calls on IOC to end rule banning protests

John Carlos, who was sent home from the 1968 Olympics after he and Tommie Smith protested racial inequality on the medals stand, wants the IOC's ban on protests to be abolished.

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This Special Olympics athlete is on the front lines of the coronavirus

Johanna Schoeneck is at high risk for contracting COVID-19, but so are the people she takes care of at a group home. As an essential worker, she wasn't about to walk away when they needed her most.

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Softball players who protested GM start new team

All 18 former members of the Scrap Yard Dawgs pro softball team, who protested a since-deleted tweet by the team's GM, have formed a new team called This Is Us.

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