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Swimming federation to splash millions on African strategy

TOKYO (AP) — After an Olympics of too little diversity in the swimming pool, and less on the medal podium, the sport's governing body is investing tens of millions of dollars to change that by 2024. Elite training centers in Africa and scholarship programs worldwide are part of a strategy...

Britain's Yafai wins flyweight boxing gold, Ukrainian KO'd

Britain's Galal Yafai defeated Carlo Paalam to win the Olympic flyweight title on Saturday, denying the Philippines a first boxing gold medal in the country's history. The men's middleweight final produced a shock as Ukrainian top seed Oleksandr Khyzhniak was knocked out in the third round...

Thousands flee fighting in Daraa: UN

The UN has called for a ceasefire in the flashpoint Syrian province of Daraa where it said recent fighting forced 18,000 to flee. Fighting between regime forces and armed opposition groups in the southern province last month killed at least 28 people. The clashes have died down...