JEJU, South Korea – Shingo Matsumoto secured a second straight Olympic berth Saturday en route to winning the men’s Greco-Roman 84-kilogram title at the Asian Wrestling Championships. Matsumoto, who clinched his place in the Beijing Olympics after winning his way through to the final, put the icing on the cake with a 2-1 victory over Taleb Nematpour in the championship match.
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Hell hath no fury: Pope an exorcist?
Pope Francis’ fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped “liberate” a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican’s insistence that no such papal exorcism took place. The case concerns a 43-year-old ...