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Sabine Schmitz, 'Queen of the Nürburgring,' dead at 51

Tributes have flooded in for German racing driver Sabine Schmitz, who has died at the age of 51.Widely known as the "Queen of the Nürburgring," Schmitz was one of motor racing's highest-profile female drivers and a regular guest on UK…

Rugby in Colombia: an escape from a violent past

When Alejandro and Julian Navarro first started playing rugby, they sometimes had to stop training because they could hear gun battles between rival gangs approaching the pitch.The situation was so bad in their home city of Medellin in the early…