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Boxing Olympic champion Manfred Wolke has died at the age of 81, former boxer Henry Maske told dpa on Monday with reference to the family. Wolke died last Wednesday after a long and serious illness, Maske said. Wolke is survived by his wife and three children. Representing East Germany, he was the welterweight Olympic gold medallist at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games. After his boxing career ended, Wolke became a coach, most notably working with 1990s heavyweight contenders Axel Schulz and Maske. Wolke helped Maske to become a middleweight Olympic champion in Seoul in 1988. He also led Rudi...
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Boxing Olympic champion Manfred Wolke has died at the age of 81, former boxer Henry Maske told dpa on Monday with reference to the family. Wolke died last Wednesday after a long and serious illness, Maske said. Wolke is survived by his wife and three children. Representing East Germany, he was the welterweight Olympic gold medallist at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games. After his boxing career ended, Wolke became a coach, most notably working with 1990s heavyweight contenders Axel Schulz and Maske. Wolke helped Maske to become a middleweight Olympic champion in Seoul in 1988. He also led Rudi...
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Boxing Olympic champion Manfred Wolke has died at the age of 81, former boxer Henry Maske told dpa on Monday with reference to the family. Wolke died last Wednesday after a long and serious illness, Maske said. Wolke is survived by his wife and three children. Representing East Germany, he was the welterweight Olympic gold medallist at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games. After his boxing career ended, Wolke became a coach, most notably working with 1990s heavyweight contenders Axel Schulz and Maske. Wolke helped Maske to become a middleweight Olympic champion in Seoul in 1988. He also led Rudi...
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Olympic wrestling champion Gable Steveson has signed with the Buffalo Bills, the NFL team said on Friday evening. Steveson earned a gold medal as a heavyweight wrestler at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. He became the youngest freestyle wrestler to win Olympic gold in the super heavyweight division at 21 years, two months and six days. He was signed to the Bills' practice squad and will compete for a spot on the defensive line. "I have been fortunate to compete at the highest level of competition in my sport but am looking forward to the challenge of seeing how my wrestling skills may transla...
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France has foiled plans for an Islamist terrorist attack on a football match during the Paris Olympic Games in July. An 18-year-old Chechen man was arrested in the eastern city of Saint-Étienne for allegedly planning to carry out an Islamist-motivated attack, the Interior Ministry in Paris announced on Friday. According to investigators, the man had been actively preparing an attack during one of the Olympic football matches at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-Étienne. He was planning to target spectators as well as law enforcement officers and wanted to die as an Islamist martyr. France...
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German table tennis icon Timo Boll has said he will end his international career after a seventh Olympics this summer in Paris and retire for good next year. Boll, 43, is set to compete in the team event in Paris, having won two silvers and bronze medals each in the event at previous Games. He also helped Germany to seven European team titles and four silvers plus a bronze at world championships. In individual events he has a record eight European titles plus two bronze from the worlds. "The prospect of competing at the Olympics for a seventh time has kept me going through hell for the last tw...
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With this summer's Paris Olympics on the horizon, reports from Japan have suggested that Toyota will not renew a sponsorship deal with the Games. The Japanese carmaker signed an agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2015, then reported to be worth $835 million (€769.5 million), which is due to expire this year. Toyota is on the highest level of sponsorship (TOP), meaning they have the right to use the Olympic rings and branding in their advertising. The firm is also providing vehicles during this year's Games, which will be used to transport athletes, officials and other ...
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French security forces arrested a man suspected of planning an attack during the Olympic torch relay through the western city of Bordeaux, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said. The local public prosecutor's office, however, said that the man had not yet chosen a site for his attack and had not mentioned Thursday's torch relay. Investigators confiscated a weapon that could fire rubber bullets. The prosecutors said the suspect had shown interest in the violent and misogynistic "incel" movement, which is characterized by heterosexual men who blame women for their failings in life, romantic or o...
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French security forces arrested a man suspected of planning an attack during the Olympic torch relay through the western city of Bordeaux, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said. The local public prosecutor's office, however, said that the man had not yet chosen a site for his attack and had not mentioned Thursday's torch relay. Investigators confiscated a weapon that could fire rubber bullets. The prosecutors said the suspect had shown interest in the violent and misogynistic "incel" movement, which is characterized by heterosexual men who blame women for their failings in life, romantic or o...
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French security forces arrested a man suspected of planning an attack during the Olympic torch relay through the western city of Bordeaux, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said. The local public prosecutor's office, however, said that the man had not yet chosen a site for his attack and had not mentioned Thursday's torch relay. Investigators confiscated a weapon that could fire rubber bullets. The prosecutors said the suspect had shown interest in the violent and misogynistic "incel" movement, which is characterized by heterosexual men who blame women for their failings in life, romantic or o...
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