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Who would have thought that his meeting with national track cycling champion Datuk Mohd Azizulhasni Awang nine years ago would inspire Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom to set foot at the Olympics.

The IOC said all four had tested positive for anabolic steroid turinabol.

In the preliminary round at Maria Aquatics Centre here, Pandelela, the bronze medalist for the event in 2012 London Olympics, finished sixth while Nur Dhabitah in eighth spot.

At least the silver medal in waiting from mixed doubles pair who made it to the badminton finals on Wednesday had improved on Malaysia's two medal haul at the 2012 London Olympics.

The shuttlers sparked off celebrations at Pavilion 4, Riocentro, when they packed off 2012 London Olympics silver pair, China's Chen Xu-Ma Jin 21-12, 21-19 in a 45-minute heart-stopping match.

Peng Soon-Liu Ying took 46 minutes to book a slot in the last four, the best results in the Olympics after exiting at the group stage at the 2012 London Olympics.

Payne, 31, died on Wednesday after falling from a third-floor hotel room balcony in Buenos Aires, shocking fans of the boy band.

The contest will almost certainly be decided by just tens of thousands of voters a tiny fraction of the populace in a handful of states.

A devastating crisis is unfolding in Sudan, where the most vulnerable members of society children are bearing the brunt of the violence.

Indonesia's Prabowo Subianto will take over as president of the world's third-largest democracy after sweeping the country's election with policies like free meals for school children

A wealthy ex-general with ties to Indonesia's popular outgoing president and its dictatorial past, looks set to be its next leader.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would impose additional tariffs on China if China were to "go into Taiwan,"

The "Axis of Resistance", built up with years of Iranian support, includes Hamas, the Lebanese Hezbollah group, the Houthi movement in Yemen, and various Shi'ite groups in Iraq and Syria.

Russia is ready to help seek compromises between arch-foes Israel and Iran, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, saying these would be difficult but possible.

The proposal is also to establish a BRICS reinsurance company to allow uninterrupted shipment of goods and key commodities between members.

Prabowo calls the programme one of the main drivers of economic growth, eventually set to add an estimated 2.5 million jobs.