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Olympics-Short track-Dutch skater Xandra Velzeboer wins gold in 500m, denies Fontana hat-trick
MILAN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Dutch skater Xandra Velzeboer won gold in the women's short track 500 metres at the Olympics on Thursday, denying reigning champion Arianna Fontana a hat-trick in the event, as the Italian had to settle for silver.
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Sailing-American Magic take over Danish SailGP team in $60 million deal
LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - American Magic, the sailing team backed by U.S. sports investor Doug DeVos, has bought Danish SailGP speed record holders ROCKWOOL Racing in a $60 million deal launched on the eve of the global league's New Zealand event.
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Olympics-Speed skating-Brignone's heroics fuel Lollobrigida's 5,000m triumph
MILAN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Italian speed skater Francesca Lollobrigida said she drew inspiration from compatriot and alpine ski racer Federica Brignone as she dazzled on home ice to clinch gold in the women's 5,000 metres at the Winter Olympics on Thursday.
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U.S. dollar ticks up
NEW YORK, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar increased in late trading on Thursday.
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Olympics-Snowboarding-South Korea's Choi upsets Kim to win women's halfpipe gold
LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Choi Ga-on of South Korea won the gold medal in the women's snowboard halfpipe after recovering from a frightening crash in her first run at the Winter Olympics on Thursday.
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Weston leads men's skeleton at Milan-Cortina Games
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Britain's Matt Weston took the lead after the opening two runs of the men's skeleton competition at the Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games here on Thursday, as the track record was broken four times.
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Urgent: Velzeboer breaks women's 500m short track world record at Milan-Cortina
MILAN, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Xandra Velzeboer of the Netherlands broke the women's 500m short track speed skating world record at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games on Thursday.
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Hockey
Olympics-Ice hockey-Teen Celebrini makes early statement as Canada open campaign with emphatic win
MILAN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Macklin Celebrini made his Olympic ice hockey debut with the confidence of a veteran and the timing of a natural scorer, the 19-year-old striking early to spark Canada's commanding 5-0 victory over Czech Republic in their opening game on Thursday.
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Olympics-Alpine-Last feels better than gold for record-breaker Schleper
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Sarah Schleper finished 26th and last in Thursday's women's Olympic super-G and said she felt like a gold medallist, or maybe even better.
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Motor racing-Verstappen says new F1 car is "not much fun to drive"
MANAMA, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Four-times Formula One world champion Max Verstappen declared his new Red Bull not much fun to drive and more like "Formula E on steroids" on the second day of pre-season testing in Bahrain on Thursday.
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Hungary opposition leader flags possible illicit video release ahead of election
BUDAPEST, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Hungary's opposition leader said on Thursday that individuals linked to the government were preparing to release an illicit video of him in an intimate situation with his former girlfriend in an attempt to discredit him ahead of elections due in April.
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Trump revokes basis of US climate regulation, ends vehicle emission standards
WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The administration of President Donald Trump took its most sweeping action to reverse U.S. action on climate change on Thursday, announcing the repeal of a scientific finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health that served as the legal basis for federal climate regulations, and ending federal greenhouse gas emission standards for all vehicles and engines.
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Bangladesh's BNP wins historic parliamentary election
DHAKA, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The Bangladesh Nationalist Party won a landmark parliamentary election on Friday, a local TV station showed, as ballots were counted in a pivotal vote that is expected to restore political stability in the troubled South Asian country.
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Bangladesh's BNP wins parliamentary election
DHAKA, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The Bangladesh Nationalist Party crossed the halfway mark to win the parliamentary election on Friday, a local TV station showed, as ballots were counted in a pivotal vote that is expected to restore political stability in the troubled South Asian country.
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Italy's Lollobrigida wins second gold at Milan-Cortina Games in women's 5,000m speed skating (updated)
MILAN, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Italy's Francesca Lollobrigida claimed her second Olympic gold medal at the Milan-Cortina Games here on Thursday as she edged Merel Conijn of the Netherlands by 0.10 seconds to win the women's 5,000m speed skating race.
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China's teenage debutant Tai confident of better performance at next Olympics
MILAN, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- After finishing 12th out of 12 competitors in the women's 5,000m race at the Milan-Cortina Games on Thursday, Tai Zhien said she was confident of a better performance at next Olympics.
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Urgent: Trump announces repeal of key finding underpinning U.S. climate regulations
NEW YORK, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the revocation of a key 2009 climate determination that has served as the legal basis for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles, including mandates supporting electric vehicle adoption.
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76th Berlinale film festival opens, several Chinese films set to screen
BERLIN, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- The 76th Berlin International Film Festival opened on Thursday, with several Chinese films slated to be showcased during the 10-day event, one of the world's premier cinema gatherings.
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NATO states pledge hundreds of millions for Ukraine weapons push, Rutte says
BRUSSELS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - NATO states have announced hundreds of millions of dollars of support for the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative to supply Ukraine with U.S. weapons, NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Thursday.
