First cracks appear in China's well-oiled sports machine
The shifting demographics of a more prosperous nation are threatening to break a so far enormously successful sports system, with the Rio Olympics less than three months away.
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Democrats chide Sanders after Nevada mutiny
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Canada wildfire evacuees get tentative return date
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1,257.30
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-0.01
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47.94
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-0.25
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