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Japan’s Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto says she is looking at over 200 proposals on how best to hold the Games amid the coronavirus pandemic.Image: REUTERS/Issei Kato
2021

Olympics must be held next year ‘at any cost’, says Japan’s Games Minister

The rearranged Tokyo Games must be held “at any cost” in 2021, Japan’s Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto said on Tuesday. Speaking at a news conference, Hashimoto said the Games should be held for the benefit of the athletes, regardless of…

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National judo champion Preston Davids, 29, was stabbed to death in Bellville South.Image: Preston Davids/Facebook
BELLVILLE SOUTH

‘Role model’ judo champ fatally stabbed in Bellville South

South African judo champion and would-be Olympian Preston Davids was stabbed to death in his childhood neighbourhood of Bellville South on Monday morning in an incident allegedly motivated by “jealousy”. Coach for the national judo…

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