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CHRIS MEARS: I got a lot of heat on social media for saying Kazan looked like a scene from a Disney film... but I'm focused on Rio

It’s only a year to go until the Olympics start, but there’s still plenty of work to do. We went to Rio earlier this year and it was fantastic. I'm really looking forward to getting in the pool out there.




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Becky James back on her bike in quest to make Rio 2016 squad as boyfriend George North prepares to face England

BECKY JAMES: It's been an emotional roller-coaster but I'm finally getting my confidence back. After the National Championships this weekend I can focus on making it to the Olympics in Rio next year.




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At 22, Max Whitlock already has 18 major gymnastics medals. This week he wants to become a world star 

Max Whitlock has set his sights on becoming a ‘legend’ of the sport. That quest for greatness continues at the World Championships in Glasgow.




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Sally Brown is back on track and training hard for Paralympic Games in Rio 2016

SALLY BROWN - ROAD TO RIO: I am so excited for the next year, which I have not been able to say for a while. I am now able to run 300 metres and not have any problems so I am excited to get out and run.




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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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Max Whitlock happy after break from sport as Olympic bronze medallist reveals he was 'itching to get back' ahead of Rio 2016

Max Whitlock has grown used to delivering on the biggest stage over the past four years but Britain's record-breaking gymnast admits he had to take a step back from the sport in order to refocus on Rio.




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ADAM GEMILI: My injuries are behind me, I'm better than ever and ready to race, and hopefully qualify for Rio

I’m feeling really good physically – my hamstring’s wicked! I hurt it last June in Birmingham but now it’s maybe even better than before the injury. There are no side effects and no scar tissue.




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HARRY BROWN: I'm not taking anything for granted, I hope I'll be in Rio

I don’t know if it’s because I’m playing out in Spain but Rio still feels quite far away. You kind of forget things over here but once we get back in camp with the British team it will all sink in.




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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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CHRIS MEARS: An Olympic medal is my dream, this is a really important time for me

Training for the Olympic Games is going great off the back of a successful European Championships last month, it was important to make an impact there.




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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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BECKY JAMES: Rio 2016 was amazing, but now it's time to watch Great British Bake Off and prepare for Commonwealth Games

Once the medals started coming in I wanted to be that person to stand on the podium – the success of the others really spurred me on. For every member of the track team to win a medal was unbelievable.




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Trump brushes aside Giuliani's 'insurance' claim and defends former mayor as 'great crime fighter'

Donald Trump said he has no idea what kind of 'insurance' Rudy Giuliani has but defended his personal attorney after the former mayor warned the president not to throw him under the bus. 




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Lindsey Graham defends decision to investigate former colleague Joe Biden and his son

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham called former VP Joe Biden a 'fine man' after firing off a letter to the State Department seeking documents on Biden and his son Hunter.




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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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Federal judge presses pause on order enforcing Don McGahn subpoena

The Trump administration wants tjhe ruling put on hold until appeals are resolved. The judge says the Democrat-let House Judiciary Committee consented to a brief delay.a




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Donald Trump says he 'did NOT direct' Rudy Giuliani to dig for dirt in Ukraine

President Donald Trump said he didn't tell his lawyer Rudy Giuliani to undertake efforts in Ukraine on his behalf, saying he didn't 'direct' his lawyer to pursue the course he did.




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Doubts shadow Trump's account of 'no quid pro quo' call with Gordon Sondland

Doubts were cast over Gordon Sondland's call with Donald Trump where POTUS allegedly told him there was 'no quid pro quo' at play in U.S. policy toward the Ukraine, as no record of the call exists.




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Gynaecologist quizzed by Ukrainian police 'after woman sees her intimate examination on a porn site'

Police have questioned a 'respected' Ukrainian gynaecologist, Dr Vyacheslav Tripolko, after an unnamed woman saw herself on an adult site undergoing an ultrasound investigation.




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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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House Intelligence Committee will have 24 hours to approve Adam Schiff's draft report from Monday

Chairman Adam Schiff had said the report will be released 'soon' and now it's reported the Committee will have 24 hours to view the documents from Monday evening then will vote to approve it Tuesday.




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Donald Trump is 'unsavory but not impeachable' says freshman Democrat congressman

Congressman Jefferson Van Drew of New Jersey doesn't support impeachment and says only a 'small elite group' of lawmakers want to remove Trump, which would be 'un-American'.




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Devin Nunes talked with Rudy Giuliani and Lev Parnas during scheme to remove Ukraine ambassador

Rep. Devin Nunes was in touch with Rudy Giuliani and his indicted associate Lev Parnas as they schemed to get the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine removed.




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House Intelligence Committee's impeachment report reveals Giuliani's extensive White House contact

Call records released in the House Intelligence Committee's impeachment inquiry report reveals multiple contacts between Rudy Giuliani and the White House during the Ukraine controversy.




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German art group apologises for displaying Holocaust victims' ashes

The Center for Political Beauty (ZPS), which is known for its provocative stunts, installed an urn outside the Reichstag Building in Berlin on Monday, calling it a 'pillar of resistance.'




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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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Adam Schiff was WRONG when his Intel report claimed Rudy Giuliani phoned Mick Mulvaney

The Trump Administration says a key claim in Schiff's impeachment report is inaccurate, insisting Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani did not have a 13-minute phone call with a top White House budget official.




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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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Maggie Neigh! Horse looks like Rod Stewart thanks to its mullet-like mane 

The elegant animal was spotted by a fan of the Maggie May singer, Dmitry Ivanov, as he drove from Keflavik to Vik in Iceland. He then stopped to take photographs of the horse.




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Marathon impeachment hearing ends abruptly, vote scheduled for Friday morning

The House Judiciary Committee's second consecutive day of impeachment hearings abruptly ended Thursday night and will resume 10am Friday morning.




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Giuliani says he wanted to get rid of Marie Yovanovitch because she was enabling Ukraine corruption

Rudy Giuliani detailed Tuesday that he felt it was necessary for Marie Yovanovitch to be prematurely removed from her post because she was enabling Ukrainian corruption.




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Schiff: Pence must declassify 'embarrassing or incriminating' testimony about Ukraine president call

As an impeachment vote loomed, Schiff demanded Pence's office declassify documents that he claims could show the vice president knee-deep in the Ukraine scandal that has brought Trump to the brink.




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Texts reveal 'former pro golfer David Correia went to Ukraine with two Rudy Giuliani associates'

Ex-golfer David Correia worked to further the business interests of Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman in their bid to sell liquefied US natural gas to Ukraine and other parts of Europe through Poland.




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Bloody Mary-drinking Rudy Giuliani slams New York federal prosecutors

Rudy Giuliani (right), President Trump's personal attorney, slammed George Soros (left) by questioning his Judaism - even though the Hungarian-born billionaire is a Holocaust survivor.




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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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Man wanted for murder of Florida couple is ex-US Army soldier who became hero mercenary in Ukraine

The US wants Ukraine to extradite Craig Lang (left), 29, so that he could face trial in Florida for his role in the murders of Serafin 'Danny' Lorenzo Jr (top right), 53, and Deana K. Lorenzo (bottom right), 50.




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Graham urged Rudy Giuiliani to vet intel on Joe Biden, his son Hunter and alleged Ukraine corruption

The Republican senator from South Carolina is concerned that the president's former lawyer vet his research from sources known for peddling Russian conspiracy theories.




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Hunter Biden's Burisma dealings are pulled into Arkansas child support suit

Judge Don McSpadden announced he was recusing himself at 10.20am. It came hours after Joel Caplan filed a witness statement from ex Ukraine prosecutor Viktor Shokin.




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Leaked email: Donald Trump ordered 'illegal' Ukraine aid freeze

Leaked emails reveal Pentagon officials were worried that military aid freeze to Ukraine was unlawful. A OMB official said the direction to withhold aid came directly from POTUS.




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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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Bombshell messages reveal how Donald Trump ally had ambassador to Ukraine put under surveillance

The House Intelligence panel released documents from Giuliani associate Lev Parnas including messages about the physical location of a U.S. ambassador by a GOP congressional candidate.




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Nancy Pelosi says 'rogue' attorney general Bill Barr warrants a special prosecutor

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says AG Bill Barr is 'implicated' in testimony by Lev Parnas about the Ukraine affair, but that Barr wouldn't appoint a special prosecutor.




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Cinderella Escorts member Katya, 19, sells her virginity for £1M

Katya, 19, who is originally from the Ukraine but resides in the US, has reportedly sold her virginity for £1,026 million (1.2M Euro), after putting it up for sale through a notorious online escort agency.




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Trump ally says he was drinking when he texted about surveilling US ambassador to Ukraine

Robert Hyde, whose messages feature in a new document release from the House Intel committee, says he was drinking when he sent used WhatsApp to contact Giuliani associate Lev Parnas.




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Mike Pompeo finally orders probe of claims Trump allies surveilled ambassador Marie Yovanovitch

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the new information should be evaluated, three days after messages revealed Trump allies talking about the physical location of a U.S. ambassador.




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New messages show mystery man in Belgium fed detailed information on Ukraine ambassador

The House Judiciary released a new tranche of information Friday including contacts between a Trump loyalist and Belgian exchange about the movements of a U.S. ambassador.




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Dutch Trump supporter who texted about Marie Yovanovitch's location says messages were joking

Anthony de Caluwe admitted to texting GOP congressional candidate Robert Hyde about the location of Ukrainian Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch after initially denying involvement.




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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!'