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Usain Bolt crashes out of 100m after false start
Usain Bolt watches his teammate Yohan Blake win the men’s 100m at the World Athletics Championships after false-starting. It follows similar disappointments for Team GB, as Keme Nzerem reports.
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The power games off the Championships’ tracks
The games don’t officially start for a few more days at the World Athletics Championships in South Korea, but Sports reporter Keme Nzerem writes on how the political games have already started.
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What makes these championships so important?
Sports reporter Keme Nzerem explains why the 13th World Athletic Championships mean so much to Great Britain.
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The 2012 Paralympic rivalries too good to miss
The London 2012 Paralympics is going to be about rivalry and sporting revenge. As the event schedule is published, Paralympic Champion Giles Long writes for Channel 4 News about the tussles to watch.
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Blade runner Oscar Pistorius to make history
As Oscar Pistorius prepares to compete against able-bodied athletes in the World Athletics Championships, the blade-runner tells Sports Reporter Keme Nzerem that “the hard work is beginning”.
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Team GB prepare to dazzle at World Athletics Championships
Great Britain’s stars of track and field speak to Channel 4 News Sports Reporter Keme Nzerem about preparing for next week’s World Athletics Championships at their South Korean training camp.
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Home Secretary considers new curfew powers after riots
Home Secretary Theresa May says she will consider giving the police new curfew powers as she calls for “urgent police reform” in the wake of England’s riots.
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Riots and stone throwing, but it’s London not Jerusalem
How is the world viewing Britain after the scenes of street violence? From east Jerusalem to east London, an Israeli journalist working in the UK writes for Channel 4 News on the chaos he witnessed.
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Riot victim Ashraf Haziq ‘feels sorry’ for attackers
Malaysian student Ashraf Haziq says he “feels sorry” for the people who mugged him during riots in Hackney earlier this week.
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Online campaign for riot victim Ashraf Haziq
The nation watched, horrified, as Ashraf Haziq had his backpack picked during Monday’s Hackney riots. But an internet campaign aims to compensate the Malaysian student for what he went through.
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England friendly against Holland called off
This week’s England international is one of a string of sporting fixtures to be cancelled amid security fears.
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London riots in ‘unprecedented’ year for Met Police
In the run-up to the Olympics the Met Police are dealing with chaotic scenes of violence on London streets. Channel 4 News asks a former senior officer if plans for London 2012 will be affected.
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Massive cyber attack ‘hit 72 organisations’
IT security company McAfee says it has uncovered one of the largest series of cyber attacks, targeting 72 different organisations over five years.
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London 2012: race to the finish line and beyond
Olympian Jonathan Edwards tells Channel 4 News he has to “pinch himself” on seeing the London 2012 venues with a year to go – but what else is left to do to make the games, and the legacy, a success?
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London 2012: One year countdown begins
With just one year to go before the 2012 Games, Olympic organisers say London is “ready to welcome the world” as it gears up to host the world’s biggest sporting event.