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Ancelotti se apunta 'goles' gracias a su mano izquierda
Ancelotti avisó y Ancelotti cumplió. Tras el triunfo sobre el Valencia (4-1) en la última jornada de Liga, el italiano ya 'amenazó' a sus rivales de Supercopa en Arabia Saudí, confirmando que el objetivo del Real Madrid no era otro que volver con la copa en su poder. Entonces, el calendario dibujaba unas semifinales ante el Barcelona y una final en la que el Atleti se insinuaba como el rival más probable; superado el equipo culé, no sin dificultades (2-3), la final deparó un duelo ante el sorprendente Athletic, que claudicó frente a los goles de Modric y Benzema, también ante el inmenso Courtois que impidió a los vizcaínos meterse en el partido a última hora.
Navid Afkari: Executed Iranian wrestling star's voice is 'everywhere now'
By Don Riddell, CNNUpdated 1011 GMT (1811 HKT) September 12, 2021Wrestler Navid Afkari was executed by the Iranian government on September 12, 2020. The story of his life and the movement he has inspired is being republished by CNN International to mark the anniversary of his death. This article was first published on June 28, 2021.(CNN)It was the worst news that anybody could have woken up to; as Sardar Pashaei reached for his phone one morning in September, he knew immediately that something terrible had happened. «When I woke at about six or seven o'clock in the morning,» he told CNN Sport, «I see a lot of phone calls from Persian television. And when I listened to the voicemail of my journalist friend, I just cried. I
Here's what's next after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a postrace drug test
By Dakin Andone, Kevin Dotson, Cesar Marin, and Kelly McCleary, CNN
Running as equals The elite athletes fighting for acceptance
Scrutiny of women's bodies has played out in the public eye at least since the 1930s, as women's athletics gained greater visibility. Ahead of the 1936 Berlin Olympics, former International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Avery Brundage advocated for systematic medical examinations of athletes competing in women's events. At the 1936 Games, 100m gold medalist Helen Stephens was accused of being a man. The Americ
Bodybuilder Rene Campbell wants to change the view of what women should look like
By Noura Abou Zeinab, for CNNUpdated 1143 GMT (1943 HKT) December 2, 2020(CNN)Counterpointed by a number of striking tattoos, hers is a body defined by muscle. She is a mother of two who embodies power and strength.Rene Campbell has dedicated most of her life to sculpting her once diminutive frame into one that, she says, goes «completely against what society thinks a woman should look like.»The bodybuilder's dedication has brought plenty of awards but building her dream body — gaining over 85 pounds, going from a UK size 8 to 14 — has had its challenges, too, both physically and mentally. «I was very insecure about my body image, very insecure about myself as a person,»
Australia's first international cricket team found fame in the UK. At home, they were betrayed
By Ben Westcott, CNNUpdated 1032 GMT (1832 HKT) April 5, 2021Harrow, Australia (CNN)Growing up in the small community of Harrow in southern Australia, 86-year-old Lachie Turner spent his childhood hearing legends of the great Aboriginal cricketer Johnny Mullagh.«The story used to be that he could win a match, batting with just the handle of a pickaxe,» said Turner, with a smile. Mullagh was a hero in Harrow, and the surrounding livestock communities, where homesteads dot the landscape along miles of single-lane dirt roads.At a time when being Indigenous meant you could be thrown off your land, forced into Christian missions or even shot, Mullagh — of the Jardwadjali people from