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BEIJING (AFP) – For women e-sports players in China, mastering the game is just the first hurdle to carving out a space for themselves in the male-dominated field.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner will go to sport’s highest court in April for the World Anti-Doping Agency’s appeal that seeks to ban him from the sport for at least one year.

TOKYO (ANN/JAPAN NEWS) – The Japan Sports Agency plans to revise its athlete training strategy in March, explicitly integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into the development of top athletes for the first time. This move aims to enhance Japan’s performance in upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games, including the Brisbane Games in 2032.

BEIJING (BERNAMA-XINHUA) – The total output of China’s sports industry reached CNY3.6741 trillion (approximately USD503 billion) in 2023, with an added value of CNY1.49 trillion, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics and the General Administration of Sport of China on Tuesday, reportedXinhua.

KUALA LUMPUR (BERNAMA) – The Malaysian Sessions Court on Tuesday allowed the application by FashionValet Sdn Bhd (FashionValet) founder Datin Vivy Yusof and her husband, Datuk Fadzarudin Shah Anuar, for a temporary release of their passports to enable them to perform the Umrah.

LONDON (AFP) – Concerns are growing in the United Kingdom (UK) as tech billionaire Elon Musk takes an increasingly close interest in Britain’s political scene, appearing to cosy up to hard-right firebrand lawmaker Nigel Farage.

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TOKYO (AP) – Eight years ago, Yuriko Koike became the first woman to lead Tokyo, beating her male predecessor. She won her third term as governor Sunday, and one of her closest rivals was a woman.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s campaign and Democratic candidates are in a fevered race with Republicans over who can best exploit the potential of artificial intelligence, a technology that could transform American elections — and perhaps threaten democracy itself.

NEW DELHI (AP) – The movie trailer begins with an outline of the iconic glasses worn by Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped India win independence from the British colonialists in 1947.