Chelsea’s Mudryk charged over anti-doping violation

LONDON: Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk has been charged by England’s Football Association with violating anti-doping rules after failing a drugs test. Mudryk has not played for Chelsea since November 28 following his provisional suspension by the FA for an “adverse finding in a routine urine test” in December. The Ukraine international at the time said…

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Trump hosts Pakistani army chief, disagrees with India over India-Pakistan war mediation

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI: U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Pakistan’s army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir at the White House on Wednesday, in an unprecedented meeting that risked worsening a disagreement with India over the president’s claim that he stopped the recent war between the nuclear-armed South Asian foes. The lunch meeting was the first time a…

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Majority of east African athletes experience violence: report

NAIROBI: The majority of athletes in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda have experienced sexual or gender-based violence, a university-led report said on Wednesday. Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) has increasingly dominated the news in east Africa, with Kenya witnessing a number of deaths and killings of prominent female athletes in recent years. The major report, by…

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