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Tom Daley has candidly revealed he was hospitalised with coronavirus shorty before the Tokyo Olympics.The 27 year old diver won his first gold medal at the Olympics earlier this year, but his medal winning dreams were almost dashed as he contracted Covid.Tom was hospitalised with the deadly virus seven months before he travelled to Tokyo to win the medal for team GB. He began having headaches and dizziness in January, which he put down to a mild concussion in training on New Years Eve.

Tokyo Game Show 2021, Konami confirmed that Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel will launch “this winter”.The news came as part of a presentation which also showed off examples of the title’s gameplay – check it out below:Based on the footage, it seems like ‘Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel’ will include a solo story mode, with missions divided up between illustrated narrative segments, as well as full-blown duels with AI opponents.Back in August, a trailer revealed that there would be over 10,000 cards to unlock in

Jamie Lang Isabelle Huppert (“The Lacemaker,” “The Piano Teacher”) has been appointed as the president of the jury that will decide the competition winners at the Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct. 30-Nov.

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Afghanistan in a Scots council area. So far 18 volunteers from East Dumbartonshire have raised nearly £6,000 by walking the distance between Syria and Scotland which is just under 3,000 miles.

been made of cardboard in a move to deter sex.“Beds to be installed in Tokyo Olympic Village will be made of cardboard, this is aimed at avoiding intimacy among athletes,” American distance runner Paul Chelimo tweeted.“Beds will be able to withstand the weight of a single person to avoid situations beyond sports,” Chelimo went on.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSahraa Karimi, film director (“Hava, Maryam, Ayesha”) and head of the Afghan Film Organization, has been named as head of the jury at the next edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival.The festival’s 32nd edition will run Nov. 10-21, 2021 in the Swedish capital.

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Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAfghan filmmaker Sahra Mani, who is at the Venice Film Festival gap financing market with the documentary “Kabul Melody,” says the lives of more than 150 students of Kabul’s National Institute of Music (ANIM) are at risk after armed Taliban guards shuttered the school and smashed all the musical instruments inside.A few days after the Taliban occupied Kabul “they went to the school and smashed all the instruments,” says Mani who has been making a

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VENICE -- Afghan female filmmakers who fled the Taliban begged the world to not forget the Afghan people and to support its artists, warning Saturday that a country without culture will eventually lose its identity.The Venice Film Festival organized a panel discussion Saturday to give a platform to Sahraa Karimi, the first female president of the Afghan Film Organization, and documentary filmmaker Sahra Mani, who is presenting a project at the Venice film market fair.Karimi choked up while

A powerful panel to discuss the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan and the role the artistic community can play in increasing awareness was held at the Venice Film Festival this afternoon. It was notably attended by Afghan filmmakers Sahraa Karimi and Sahra Mani.

Dame Sarah Storey has become Great Britain's most successful Paralympian of all time after winning her 17th gold medal.The 43 year old won the women's C4-5 road race overnight in Tokyo – a title she has held since London 2012 – making her the first British Paralympian to pick up a 17th gold medal.Team GB also won silver in the race, with Crystal Lan-Wright finishing just seven seconds behind Sarah.

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