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Stephen Wade

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Associated Press reporter/sports writer. “News is what someone wants suppressed. Everything else is advertising.” — Katharine Graham [email protected]

 Tokyo. St. Louis. Ted Drewes.
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The branding and packaging of Mao Zedong.
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China takes Mbappé's apology 'seriously' after backlash over his ‘Chinese dictator’ comments apnews.com/article/china-mba…
China takes Mbappé's apology 'seriously' after backlash over his ‘Chinese dictator’ comments

China takes Mbappé's apology 'seriously' after backlash over his ‘Chinese dictator’ comments

China has acknowledged soccer star Kylian Mbappé's apology for comments seen as disrespectful to Mao Zedong, the founding leader of Communist China.

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China takes Mbappé's apology 'seriously' after backlash over his ‘Chinese dictator’ comments apnews.com/article/china-mba…
China takes Mbappé's apology 'seriously' after backlash over his ‘Chinese dictator’ comments

China takes Mbappé's apology 'seriously' after backlash over his ‘Chinese dictator’ comments

China has acknowledged soccer star Kylian Mbappé's apology for comments seen as disrespectful to Mao Zedong, the founding leader of Communist China.

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Flávio Bolsonaro flees Brazil through Argentina and is expected to land in Miami apnews.com/article/brazil-el…
Defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and his family land in Miami after fleeing Brazil

Defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and his family land in Miami after fleeing Brazil

Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and his family have landed in Miami after fleeing Brazil.

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Real Madrid issues public apology to China over Mbappé's Mao Zedong comments apnews.com/article/china-kyl…
Real Madrid issues public apology to China over Mbappé's Mao Zedong comments

Real Madrid issues public apology to China over Mbappé's Mao Zedong comments

Real Madrid has apologized to the Chinese people following Kylian Mbappé’s remarks that were considered to be disrespectful of Mao Zedong, the founding leader of Communist China.

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mbappé “hurt the feelings of the Chinese people.”
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Chinese brands cut ties with French soccer star Mbappé over ‘Chinese dictator’ remark apnews.com/article/china-mba…
Soccer star Kylian Mbappé apologizes for apparent reference to Mao as a 'dictator'

Soccer star Kylian Mbappé apologizes for apparent reference to Mao as a 'dictator'

Kylian Mbappé has apologized for comments referring to Mao Zedong as a dictator. He said his remarks were ill-judged and hurt many people in China and Chinese communities worldwide.

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Chinese brands cut ties with French soccer star Mbappé over ‘Chinese dictator’ remark apnews.com/article/china-mba…
Soccer star Kylian Mbappé apologizes for apparent reference to Mao as a 'dictator'

Soccer star Kylian Mbappé apologizes for apparent reference to Mao as a 'dictator'

Kylian Mbappé has apologized for comments referring to Mao Zedong as a dictator. He said his remarks were ill-judged and hurt many people in China and Chinese communities worldwide.

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Gianni Infantino is endorsed by the Asian Football Confederation for another term as FIFA president apnews.com/article/infantino…
Gianni Infantino is endorsed by the Asian Football Confederation for another term as FIFA president

Gianni Infantino is endorsed by the Asian Football Confederation for another term as FIFA president

The Asian Football Confederation has endorsed Gianni Infantino for another term as FIFA president in an apparent turnaround in its stance from two months ago when it criticized the head of soccer’s...

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Infantino set to take his FIFA re-election campaign to Japan to court Asian soccer federations apnews.com/article/infantino…
Infantino set to take his FIFA reelection campaign to Japan to court Asian soccer federations

Infantino set to take his FIFA reelection campaign to Japan to court Asian soccer federations

Gianni Infantino’s campaign for reelection as FIFA president moves this week to Japan and a meeting with the Asian Football Confederation.

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Remember when the WTA pulled events out of China after player Peng Shuai accused former Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault. Peng has vanished from public view — no idea about her security or personal freedom — and the WTA back in China cashing in.
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Castells in Catalunya. Nothing like it.
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Photos show colorful teams building human towers in Spain’s Catalonia apnews.com/photo-gallery/pho…
Photos show colorful teams building human towers in Spain’s Catalonia

Photos show colorful teams building human towers in Spain’s Catalonia

TARRAGONA, Spain (AP) — Teams in matching colors compete to build the tallest and most complex human towers in Tarragona, Spain.

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Photos show colorful teams building human towers in Spain’s Catalonia apnews.com/photo-gallery/pho…
Photos show colorful teams building human towers in Spain’s Catalonia

Photos show colorful teams building human towers in Spain’s Catalonia

TARRAGONA, Spain (AP) — Teams in matching colors compete to build the tallest and most complex human towers in Tarragona, Spain.

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The Asian Games with more athletes than the Olympics close in Japan and head to Qatar in 2030 apnews.com/article/asian-gam…
The Asian Games with more athletes than the Olympics close in Japan and head to Qatar in 2030

The Asian Games with more athletes than the Olympics close in Japan and head to Qatar in 2030

The Asian Games have closed in Japan after an official two-week run. China topped the medal table as it has for decades in this event, and host Japan was No. 2 followed by South Korea.

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The Asian Games with more athletes than the Olympics close in Japan and head to Qatar in 2030 apnews.com/article/asian-gam…
The Asian Games with more athletes than the Olympics close in Japan and head to Qatar in 2030

The Asian Games with more athletes than the Olympics close in Japan and head to Qatar in 2030

The Asian Games have closed in Japan after an official two-week run. China topped the medal table as it has for decades in this event, and host Japan was No. 2 followed by South Korea.

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No. 25 Missouri trounces No. 8 Florida 45-17 to snap 9-game skid against Top 25 opponents apnews.com/article/florida-m…
No. 25 Missouri trounces No. 8 Florida 45-17 to snap 9-game skid against Top 25 opponents

No. 25 Missouri trounces No. 8 Florida 45-17 to snap 9-game skid against Top 25 opponents

No. 25 Missouri ended a nine-game skid against ranked opponents by blowing out No. 8 Florida 45-17. Austin Simmons threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns and Jamal Roberts ran for 211 yards and three...

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South Korean golfer Tom Kim receives a military exemption with a gold medal at the Asian Games apnews.com/article/south-kor…
South Korean golfer Tom Kim receives a military exemption with a gold medal at the Asian Games

South Korean golfer Tom Kim receives a military exemption with a gold medal at the Asian Games

South Korean golfer Tom Kim got what he came for by winning men’s singles at the Asian Games: a gold medal and an exemption from military service back home.

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India vs. Pakistan coming up at Asian Cup cricket. Does not get much more intense than this.
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No handshakes likely as India sets up Asian Games cricket final against Pakistan apnews.com/article/cricket-a…
No handshakes likely as India sets up Asian Games cricket final against Pakistan

No handshakes likely as India sets up Asian Games cricket final against Pakistan

Cricket heavyweights India and Pakistan will meet in the Asian Games gold medal match after winning their semifinals on Thursday.

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No handshakes likely as India sets up Asian Games cricket final against Pakistan apnews.com/article/cricket-a…
No handshakes likely as India sets up Asian Games cricket final against Pakistan

No handshakes likely as India sets up Asian Games cricket final against Pakistan

Cricket heavyweights India and Pakistan will meet in the Asian Games gold medal match after winning their semifinals on Thursday.

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South Korean golfers trying to win Asian Games to be free from military duty apnews.com/article/kim-golf-…
South Korean golfers trying to win Asian Games to be free from military duty

South Korean golfers trying to win Asian Games to be free from military duty

A gold medal for two South Korean golfers at the Asian Games would mean more than just a chunk of metal to dangle around their necks. For Tom Kim and S.H.

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The Asian Games should be called the 'China Games' as its domination continues apnews.com/article/china-asi…
The Asian Games should be called the 'China Games' as its domination continues

The Asian Games should be called the 'China Games' as its domination continues

China is dominating the Asian Games as it usually does. Through the midway point, China has won 107 gold medals. That's three times more than host-nation Japan with 31.

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11-year-old Japanese player Yuki Kurihara wins esports gold medal at the Asian Games apnews.com/article/11-year-o…
11-year-old Japanese player Yuki Kurihara wins esports gold medal at the Asian Games

11-year-old Japanese player Yuki Kurihara wins esports gold medal at the Asian Games

Yuki Kurihara of Japan has won a gold medal in esports at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan. The 11-year-old is believed to be the youngest ever gold-medal winner in the games, which date from 1951.

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