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The road to Rio 2016: Katarina Johnson-Thompson talks drugs cheats, injuries and stressful European Indoor preparations 

Katarina Johnson-Thompson can’t wait to compete at the European Indoor Championships in Prague. But for multi-eventers, packing your suitcase to go abroad can be a bit of an ordeal.




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Adam Gemili: Usain Bolt gives me great advice... but once he retires it's time for the Brits to step up!

ADAM GEMILI - ROAD TO RIO: I see Usain Bolt on the circuit and he’s always good fun. He likes to make jokes of me! Bolt gave me some great advice to really enjoy athletics and have fun with it.




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Richard Kilty blasts Great Britain team-mates for failing to show up for Rio 2016 Olympics qualifier in the Bahamas  

Richard Kilty hit out at Great Britain’s big name sprinters for their no-show in the Caribbean after they failed to qualify a team for the 4x100m at the Rio Olympics next year.




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HARRY BROWN: Great Britain should do well at the European Championships but we know it's going to be tough

One of the best parts about being a professional athlete – apart from playing your favourite sport, of course – is getting to see the world. We've just come back from a training camp in Italy.




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Jessica Ennis-Hill admits becoming a mother has changed her as she prepares for first heptathlon since London 2012 gold

Jessica Ennis-Hill has said she can enjoy competing more now she has become a mother, as she prepares to compete in her first heptathlon since winning gold at the London 2012 Olympics.




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Brownlee brothers are on the road to Rio but first must beat the Yorkshire traffic 

Brothers Alistair and Jonny Brownlee will go head-to-head for the first time this season in the World Triathlon London in Hyde Park on Sunday afternoon.




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Becky James: I'm so excited to get back to full training... there have been times during past 12 months when I thought it would never happen

BECKY JAMES - ROAD TO RIO: I never thought I’d be so excited about training, but having been in Manchester for the last couple of months following a year on the sidelines, it feels so good to be back.




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MAX WHITLOCK: I'm feeling better and stronger after suffering from glandular fever and I'm ready for the London Open

Things are all gearing up right now for the London Open in September and I'm enjoying being in full time training. The competition is basically a trial for the World Championships in Glasgow




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CHRIS MEARS: My body is sore everyday from continual diving but I cannot wait for the World Aquatics Championships to start

Some of you won’t like me saying this, but I feel old! I know I’m only 22 but I’m diving so much and working so hard that my body is sore every day. I’m training for the World Aquatics Championship.




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ADAM GEMILI: It’s going to be weird competing at an Olympics on foreign soil but I’m sure the support will be amazing

I can’t wait for Rio 2016! It’s come around so quickly – it feels like London 2012 was last week. But hopefully I’ll be in good shape next year, make that team and do everyone proud.




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HARRY BROWN: I've had Rio in my sights ever since missing out on London... but there's nothing stopping me this time

I was 18 when the Games were held in London and narrowly missed out on a place in the squad. It was disappointing being so close last time round, but there's nothing stopping me this time.




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Road to Rio runner Sally Brown hoping it will all come together in 2016 after tough couple of years

ROAD TO RIO'S SALLY BROWN: It’s been a really tough couple of years for me, but I’m really hoping everything is going to come together in time for Rio next year.




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Adam Gemili claims 'people only see the easy side... they don't see you vomiting every session, unable to move'

MARTHA KELNER: When Adam Gemili opens his laptop to watch a film after training he sees the iconic Rio de Janeiro skyline, which has replaced Beijing's Bird's Nest as his screensaver.




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Chris Mears ramps up the hard work for biggest year of his life at Rio 2016 Olympics

CHRIS MEARS - ROAD TO RIO: I’ve not made any New Year’s resolutions, I feel pretty on top of everything at the moment so I’m just going to carry on what I’m doing because I think I’m on to a winner.




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Becky James ready to get back in the saddle for Great Britain after health scare... and cyclist is dressed to thrill!

BOB TREASURE: There have been some dark days for Becky James over the past year and a half. The double world champion cyclist last raced for Team GB at the World Championships in 2014.




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HARRY BROWN: Only 12 of us will be going to Rio but we're all sticking together

Team camps can be tricky because you don't really think about it as a selection process, it just feels like a normal camp. You don't arrive thinking: 'I need to be better than that person or that guy'.




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SALLY BROWN: My goal is to stay injury-free, then everything should fall into place

Everything’s been going really well and I’m getting ready to compete now in the next few weeks, which is exciting. I didn’t compete at all last year so I’m looking forward to getting back on the track.




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MAX WHITLOCK: I'm really looking forward to the Olympics - and it's crazy how quickly it's coming around

I'm really looking forward to the Olympics - and it's crazy how quickly it's coming around - but at the moment I'm trying just to focus on the European Championships.




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Greg Rutherford continues unbeaten 2016 with win at Rome Diamond League as he steps up preparations for Rio Olympics

The 29-year-old Brit Greg Rutherford, also the reigning world and European champion, posted a season best of 8.31metres in the second round to dominate the event.




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HARRY BROWN: The team have had a few jokes at my expense since selection... but now it's all about working hard for Rio 

Since the announcement of our Wheelchair Basketball team for the Paralympics in Rio, I’ve been the subject of some of the group’s jokes.




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Adam Gemili, Richard Kilty, Asha Philip and Co... meet the stable of British sprinters that are going places fast 

Britain has a stable of young sprinters that is the envy of the world, and Sportsmail has brought them together for a stunning photoshoot.




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Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy admits he was wrong for Ukraine conspiracy theory

Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy, 68, walked back on his comments that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 presidential election during an interview on CNN on Monday.




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Trump 'knew about the whistleblower's complaint when he released aid to Ukraine' 

President Donald Trump (pictured) reportedly knew about the whistleblower complaint when he released military aid to Ukraine in September.




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Ukraine could announce an investigation into the Bidens to better their standing with the US

Ukrainian officials are said to be in the process of discussing a number of ways to improve their country's standing with President Trump in the wake of the fallout caused by the impeachment probe




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Beauty queen, 24, sues Miss World after it bans her from taking part because she is a mother 

Veronika Didusenko, 24, has launched legal action in London claiming organisers are in breach of the Equalities Act 2010 and has demanded they change their 'outdated' entry criteria.




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Manchester City will need a stirring Pep talk if they are to chase down Liverpool

There was an excellent moment three months ago, when the problem which now threatens the notion of a Premier League title race was characterised by Pep Guardiola as a test of his cognitive skills.




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Baby girl is killed by her cat after it fell asleep on the child's face in Ukraine

Mother Snezhana, 22, had left nine-month-old girl Alexandra asleep in her pram outside her home in eastern Ukraine when a cat climbed inside and curled up on the girl's face, suffocating her.




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Mother 'tries to smother son in Ukrainian hospital after crying distracted her from drinking'

An unnamed 33-year-old woman allegedly tried to kill her young child at a children's hospital in Odesa, Ukraine. She was in the middle of a drinking session when her son woke up crying.




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Three-year-old boy shot dead in botched assassination attempt on his Ukrainian politican father 

Three-year-old Sasha Soboleva (pictured left), was shot in the head on the back seat of his father's car (pictured top right) during a failed assassination attempt in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.




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Joe Biden gets back on the campaign trail in Iowa with new endorser John Kerry after

Former Vice President Joe Biden continues his 'No Malarkey' bus tour in Iowa Friday - a day after getting in a heated confrontation with an 83-year old voter he called a 'damn liar.'




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Couple died holding hands after thieves caught them having sex in a car, shot and buried them alive

Gennady Andreev, 39, and his accomplice Ruslan Klemenchuk, 36, ambushed businessman Yury Beznischenko, 44, and his lover Alla Vitryak, 40, in a forest in Ukraine to steal their VW Touareg.




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Woman, 19, is selling her virginity for £84,000 so she can travel the world and 'experience luxury'

Ekaterina, who is listed at Katya on Cinderella Escorts, is originally from the city of Kharkiv in north-eastern Ukraine, but currently resides in the United States.




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'Nobody can figure out who the eff she is': Giuliani's spokeswoman is 20 and hasn't finished college

Rudy Giuliani's communications director is a 20-year-old who hasn't even graduated from college yet but who is now the gatekeeper to the president's personal attorney.




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Vladimir Putin is accompanied by SIX bodyguards while going to the BATHROOM

The Russian leader, 67, was filmed leaving the bathroom in Paris's Elysee Palace alongside six armed bodyguards. Putin was in Paris for a summit to discuss a ceasefire with Ukraine.




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Whoopi Goldberg shuts down Meghan McCain on The View who then throws a tantrum and refuses to speak

A bitter argument over the impeachment of President Trump on Monday prompted Whoopi Goldberg to tell her The View co-host Meghan McCain to 'stop talking.'




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Real-life Rapunzel reveals fans of her 6ft-long locks ask if they can SNIFF it

Alena Kravchenko, 34, of Odessa, Ukraine, has been growing her mane since the age of five and washes it once a week, which takes around an hour - though she does occasionally step on it.




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Joe Biden says there's 'no legal basis' for Republicans to subpoena him and son Hunter

Joe Biden tweeted on Saturday that 'unlike Donald Trump and Mike Pence,' he has 'always complied with a lawful order' and 'cooperated with legitimate congressional oversight requests.'




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Donald Trump enters 2020 claiming he is victim of 'the crime of the century' 

After a mostly quiet New Year's Day, President Trump started out the second day of 2020 on a Twitter tear.




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Cancer survivor Ursula Martin walks from Ukraine back to the UK

For just over a year, former baker Ursula Martin, 39, from Derbyshire, has been walking by herself from Ukraine back to the UK while fundraising for Target Ovarian Cancer.




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Oleksandr Zinchenko makes the most of his night off by watching Manchester City take on United

Oleksandr Zinchenko enjoyed his night off watching Manchester City annihilate arch rivals United at Old Trafford on Tuesday night. The Ukraine international was in the stands.




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Bride and groom were only on crash plane because they stayed in Tehran to collect wedding photos

Saeed Tahmasebi had flown to Tehran with new wife Niloofar Ebrahim and had stayed behind to collect their wedding photos following their celebrations.




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Rudy Giuliani says president should ask the Supreme Court to DISMISS his impeachment

Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani wants the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene and declare the Democratic-driven impeachment unconstitutional.




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Democrats say they're 'prepared' to fight against Republicans calling Hunter Biden as a witness

Rep. Jerry Nadler said Wednesday morning that Democrats are ready for Senate Republicans to call former Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter as an impeachment witness.




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White House hold on aid to Ukraine broke the law because Donald Trump cannot override Congress

The Government Accountability Office has concluded that the White House Office of Management and Budget violated a the law by withholding millions in aid to Ukraine.




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Girl, 16, suffers horrific burns to her face after her father sets her on fire in Ukraine 

Anna Krytska, 16, grabbed her father's arm after he came home drunk and tried to hit his wife Natalia, and shouted at him: 'You are not going to hurt her anymore!'




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Democrats issue dramatic last-minute warning they could try to REMOVE Trump lawyer from trial team

House impeachment managers wrote White House counsel Cipollone just hours before Trump's trial was set to begin to tell him he may be a 'material witness' to the trial.




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Arsenal looking to strengthen their defence with Shakhtar Donetsk's Mykola Matviyenko

Arsenal have looked to Shakhtar Donetsk defender Mykola Matviyenko to shore up their leaky back four as the Ukrainian's agent confirms an approach from the Premier League club.




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Twitter data could have been a source of Kremlin intelligence during the 2014 Ukraine conflict

University of California experts showed that location-tagged tweets by Ukraine residents could have been used to map out sentiments towards Russia in real-time.




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Trump's defense must include Joe and Hunter Biden's Ukraine dealings, the president's lawyer claims 

Former US VP Joe Biden, his son Hunter and their work in the Ukraine is 'relevant evidence' in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, one of the president's defense lawyers claim. 




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New John Bolton bombshell emerges as Republicans get the votes to block witnesses

John Bolton's book contains another revelation about the Ukraine affair that emerged minutes before the Senate was to start debating whether to call impeachment witnesses.