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Italian phenomenon Arianna Fontana wins 14th Olympic speed skating medal

A lot can change in sport over two decades - but not Arianna Fontana's ability to collect Olympic medals. She collected three on home ice at Milano Ice Skating Arena, becoming Italy's most decorated Olympian of all time. Fontana helped Italy win the mixed team relay, before she had to …

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'For Dad, who didn't get to see this' - Shiffrin wins gold

After claiming an emotional Olympic gold, Mikaela Shiffrin's thoughts turned to one person who was not there - her father, Jeff. The American crossed the line as Olympic slalom champion, as she did 12 years ago in Sochi, aged 18. Only this time, as she embraced her mother and coaches, …

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GB curlers emerge from epic day with medal hopes revived

Once the clanking of granite stopped, the medal-match equation became clearer. The men - who have played all of their nine round-robin matches - need either Italy or Norway to lose to the already-qualified Switzerland or Canada respectively on Thursday morning. If one of them does, Mouat's men will be …

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Veterans threaten MoD with legal action over LGBT compensation scheme

"Nothing will ever make up for what many people had to go through. This action isn't about the money but ensuring those who had to give up their military lives and careers get the justice they're entitled to," he said

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Pubs to open late for home nations World Cup knockout games

Meanwhile, Wales and Northern Ireland have the chance of reaching the tournament when they compete in the play-offs, where a total of 16 teams will battle it out for four slots at the competition

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Hamas is reasserting control in Gaza despite its heavy losses fighting Israel

"Hamas now has a database of all the traders who import goods into the Gaza Strip," said the activist Mohammed Diab. "The trader pays in cash, not through bank transfers, so that the flow of funds cannot be traced. It is gradually restoring the system that was in place in …

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Mystery origins of 'smiling' fossil revealed

"The biological form is very different from the surrounding rock normally - either a different colour or a different composition," he said. "And you can see these very strict lines, which are very defined as opposed to the [surrounding] mudstone

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Why there's no quick fix in sight for the problem of dazzling headlights

But all this raises the question of why nobody anticipated widespread complaints about glare - in spite of all the research and development work that's been carried out by carmakers around the world. "It seems more priority has been put on giving drivers the best possible view of the road …

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White House says Iran would be 'wise' to make deal, as US ramps up military presence

"I believe the Iranians are expected to come back to us with some more detail in the next couple of weeks, and so the president will continue to watch how this plays out

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Child poverty figures in the UK expected to be revised down

Tom Wernham, senior research economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, told the BBC using administrative records to "correct benefit amounts is going to be a big improvement to the quality of the data underpinning the UK's official income and poverty statistics, and we definitely welcome that"

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