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48 hours on, I still have not been able to watch the video of Kim Yu-Na taking the first ever gold (and also podium finish) for Korea in Olympic figure skating. Basically, if you miss live screening on TV and if the country you reside in doesn’t offer an online service that lets you view [...]

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The coverage of New Zealand’s biggest tennis event goes beyond tennis:

A small crowd of about 20 anti-Israel protestors gathered outside the Auckland Tennis Centre, where Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer played in the quarter-finals on Thursday.
The Global Peace and Justice network waved placards, handed out leaflets and shouted over a loudspeaker, calling for 21-year-old Peer [...]

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Roger Federer lost after a 65-match winning streak on grass. In what was the longest single final in Wimbledon’s 131-year history, Rafael Nadal defeated the man no one had beaten at Wimbledon since 2002. Having suffered defeat against Federer at the previous year’s Wimbledon final, it was a deserving win for the 22-year old. [...]

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