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Dina Asher-Smith steps up World Championship preparations with strong performance at Diamond League

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN BIRMINGHAM: Dina Asher-Smith cannot quite beat Shaunae Miller-Uibo across 200m. The good news, is the Bahamian will not contest the distance at the World Championships.




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'Bottler' Ojie Edoburun and Dina Asher-Smith enjoy success at the British Championships 

It takes a fair effort to upstage Dina Asher-Smith, but Ojie Edoburun managed it with a combination of his deeds and words at the British Championships on Saturday.




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Dina Asher-Smith runs fastest 200m of the season to finish second behind Shaunae Miller-Uibo

Dina Asher-Smith ran her fastest 200 metres of the season to finish second behind brilliant Bahamian Shaunae Miller-Uibo at the Diamond League meeting in Zurich.




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Dina Asher-Smith raises World Championships hope after winning 100m gold in Diamond League final 

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN BRUSSELS: Her time of 10.88sec was a season's best, but more impressive was that she blitzed Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the double Olympic champion from Jamaica.




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Asher-Smith ready for endurance test as she launches three-pronged attack at the World Championships

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Some 36 years have passed since Kathy Smallwood-Cook became the last British woman to win a global medal at 100m or 200m.




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Dina Asher-Smith breaks the British record to claim 100m silver

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: Asher-Smith became the first British woman to win an individual World Championships sprint medal in 36 years as she claimed silver in the 100m final on Sunday.




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Asher-Smith the favourite for 200m title after her rivals drop out at the World Championships

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: One by one the women most capable of keeping Dina Asher-Smith from a 200metres world title fell or faltered on Monday.




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Dina Asher-Smith sets fastest time in 200m semi-finals at World Championships

Dina Asher-Smith underlined her favourite tag by powering through to the 200m final at the World Championships. The 23-year-old clocked 21.16 seconds.




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Dina Asher-Smith WINS 200m World Athletics gold for Britain in front of another sparse crowd in Doha

Dina Asher-Smith, 23, clinched a historic gold medal after powering to 200m victory at the World Championships.




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Dina Asher-Smith wins gold in Doha

Dina Asher-Smith became the fastest British woman over 200 metres when she won Gold in Doha last night. She powered home in 21.88 seconds before hugging her mother in the stands.




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World Athletics Championships: Asher-Smith wins women's 200m

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: Out of the sandstorm of a quite miserable World Championships came a magnificent ray of red, white and blue light.




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World Athletics Championships: Asher-Smith sets sights on Olympic gold

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: The Brit obliterated the field to win in a national record 21.88sec - a full 0.34sec clear of USA sprinter Brittany Brown and third-placed Mujinga Kambundji.




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Dina Asher-Smith's ruthless streak revealed by ex-British sprint star Darren Campbell

To Darren Campbell, the smile is the giveaway. To many on the outside it typifies the perceived wisdom that Asher-Smith fits that girl-next-door mould, but it represents something else.




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Asher-Smith wins third medal at World Championships as Great Britain claim 4x100m silver in Doha 

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: Another night of history for Dina Asher-Smith . The distinctions in her career are piling up and so are the medals.




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Dina Asher-Smith's triple medal joy

Dina Asher-Smith claimed a historic hat-trick at the World Championships with a silver in the 4x100m last night in Doha. She is now the first British athlete to win three medals at the same Championships.




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Focus turns to Tokyo 2020 for Dina Asher-Smith as sprinter enjoys prolific week in Doha

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: While there were no obvious signs earlier this year of her resenting the attention that came from her Berlin wins, there tends to come a point when it is burdensome.




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HITS AND MISSES FROM DOHA: Sportsmail breaks down winners and losers

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: The 17th athletics World Championships were held this week in Doha with plenty of drama on and off the track at the Khalifa International Stadium.




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BBC snaps up broadcast rights to 2021 and 2023 World Championships despite criticism from Lord Coe

The BBC has secured broadcast rights to the 2021 and 2023 World Athletics Championships, it announced on Sunday evening after the conclusion of the 2019 event in Doha.




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Dina Asher-Smith showered in golden confetti as Team GB arrive from Doha World Championships

The sprinter and her team-mates touched down from their BA flight in London Heathrow on Monday morning after their stint in Qatar, who are set to host the FIFA World Cup in 2022.




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Dina Asher-Smith hits the jackpot as star athletes set to cash in at Olympics

The earning potential of Team GB stars could dramatically increase before Tokyo 2020 if the British Olympic Association gets approval to relax 'stifling' sponsorship rules.




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Greta Thunberg and Dina Asher-Smith lead the BBC's list of 100 most inspiring women

The BBC list features women from several fields, including climate change activist Greta Thunberg, British athletics star Dina Asher-Smith and US congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.




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Dina Asher-Smith supports new athletics union on back of unpopular IAAF Diamond League reforms 

Double Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor launched the Athletics Association in the wake of the IAAF's reforms to the Diamond League circuit - a decision that has been met by anger.




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Ben Stokes and Dina Asher-Smith nominated for 2019 Sports Personality of the Year

England cricket hero Ben Stokes, football ace Raheem Sterling and athletics star Dina Asher-Smith lead the nominees for the 2019 Sports Personality of the Year award.




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Dina Asher-Smith displays her athletic physique in a neon green gown at sports bash

The Olympic hopeful, 24, looked sensational in a neon green gown as she attended the red carpet in London's Grosvenor House Hotel on Thursday, following the news of her nomination.




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Dina Asher-Smith wants to use new-found fame to help change the face of Athletics

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Dina Asher-Smith is talking about change. About greater expectations.About that point where you're known on a faraway island.




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Golden girls Dina Asher-Smith and Katarina Johnson-Thompson on top of the world!

GREAT SPORTING MOMENTS OF 2019: In the fourth in our series of the greatest moments of the sporting year, we recall those two nights when two Brits claimed World Championship gold...




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British world champion sprinter Dina Asher-Smith has a Barbie doll made in her

British world champion sprinter Dina Asher-Smith, 24, from London, said she felt 'honoured' to have had a Barbie doll created in her likeness, complete with Union flag, running kit and gold jewelry.




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Olympic sprinter Dina Asher Smith stuns in glittering ballgown for striking cover shoot

Dina Asher Smith stars on the front cover of this month's British GQ as she discusses breaking records and how she is training during lockdown.




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Sweet smell of excess: Bountiful and headily fragrant, pelargoniums are perfect for summer 

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn, shared advice for growing thriving pelargoniums such as Lara Starshine this summer. He has planted eight of the variety in an old cattle tank this year.




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Tiny flowers pack a punch: Plant small bulbs ...then sit back to watch the show 

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shares advice for giving spring gardens a punch. He suggests planting tiny bulb, crocus now for a show in March.




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Plot a greener future: The lockdown is a chance to get going on projects big and small

Nigel Colborn shares his advice for making the most of your time in lockdown. British gardening expert advises ordering bee-friendly plants and other resources online.




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After all the struggles of war, Britain was keen to sit back and smell the roses

Monty Don explores how gardens across Britain transformed after the Second World War. He claims that people wanted lawns, flowers and somewhere to hang the washing.




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Gas explosion rips through Russian laboratory containing smallpox, Ebola and HIV viruses 

The explosion, at the Vector laboratory in Siberia, left a worker with second and third degree burns. The lab is one of two places in the world which houses the smallpox disease.




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Mick Mulvaney dismisses coronavirus as being hyped to 'bring down' Donald Trump

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney accused the media of working against President Trump on the coronavirus and predicted some U.S. schools would probably close amid the outbreak.




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RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: My position on health scares is scepticism... but there must be something in it 

Having read in the Sunday papers that, because of coronavirus, the over-60s should avoid routine visits to surgeries, I emailed my doctor to confirm that my annual medical check-up. would go ahead...




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Cluster of coronavirus cases that shut down quarter of Tasmania was caused by 'illegal dinner party'

Two hospitals in Burnie, northwest Tasmania, were closed on Monday amid a cluster of more than 60 COVID-19 cases, including about 45 staff, associated with the facilities.




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Jacqui Lambie warns Tasmania's coronavirus crisis could 'get a lot worse' 

Five deaths and 81 infections are linked to a cluster on Tasmania's north west coast, forcing two hospitals to be shut down and more than 5,000 people including 1,200 hospital staff quarantined.




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Chief medical officer apologises to Tasmania health workers after his illegal dinner party comments

Tasmanian opposition leader Rebecca White has welcomed an apology from Australia's Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy to medical staff in Tasmania after he claimed they held an illegal dinner party.




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Radio host opens up about his 'embarrassment and frustration' over being FIRED for breaking lockdown

A radio host in New Zealand fired for breaking coronavirus lockdown restrictions has spoken out. Dave Dunlay (pictured on right with The Breeze cohost and Rick Astley) said he was shocked.




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Tasmania wants direct flights to New Zealand

The 'bubble' will be discussed at a national cabinet meeting of Australian leaders and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday.




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Why New Zealand is the real winner from the trans-Tasman bubble with Australia

Reopening the borders will be the lifeline for New Zealand as it faces a devastating economic crisis after sacrificing NZ$12.1 billion to support its citizens during the pandemic.




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Trump tells Democrats to investigate Obama Netflix and book deals and sexual harasment 'slush fund'

Trump lashed out at his Democratic inquisitors in Congress, saying that if they have run out of fertile ground related to the Mueller report, they should look into Obama's post-presidency windfalls.




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Student was 'gobsmacked' when Meghan Markle asked to take a picture with her for Michelle Obama

Nelson Mandela University student Sithembele Ncube, 25, was invited to meet Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan during a reception at the British High Commissioner's home in Cape Town on Tuesday.




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'I can't make people not afraid of black people': Michelle Obama addresses racism in the US

Michelle Obama spoke says when her family - and other black families - moved to the South Side of Chicago in the 1970s, white families started moving out. 




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Gal Gadot takes over as the face of Smartwater after company ends contract with Jennifer Anniston

Actress Gal Gadot is ringing in the new decade with a brand new business venture.




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Watford 3-0 Coventry: Ismaila Sarr scores on his first start for Hornets

KIERAN GILL AT VICARAGE ROAD: Javi Gracia earned himself some breathing space as Watford finally ended their losing streak, with Ismaila Sarr scoring his first goal for the Hornets.




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RB Leipzig boss Julian Nagelsmann will practice coaching in a mask as Bundesliga returns next week

The 32-year-old, known in his early coaching days as the 'Baby Mourinho', has a well-earned reputation for attention to detail and will use practice games this weekend to get used to the peculiarities.




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Ex-Labour MP Ruth Smeeth says Shadow Cabinet should be banned from the party's leadership race

Former Labour MP Ruth Smeeth says the Shadow Cabinet should be banned from the leadership race for paying 'lip service' to rooting out anti-Semitism. She claims 'none of them deserve a vote'.




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HENRY DEEDES watches the Labour leader rant about Western imperialism 

HENRY DEEDES: General Soleimani's death, Corbyn informed the House, was a classic example of American aggression. Once again, the US was making the wrong calls in the Middle East.




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'I might need to write my name on my forehead': Black Labour MPs complain of racism in Parliament

Florence Eshelomi and Abena Oppong-Asare both took their London seats for the first time at December's general election. But they have been left less than impressed so far.