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Robbie Manson Photo: PHTOSPORT While many athletes scrabble for sponsors to keep their Olympic dreams afloat, gay rower Robbie Manson has taken a novel approach by setting himself up on the adults-only OnlyFans website. The 34-year-old New Zealander told Reuters the revenue from the subscription-based service used for publishing adult-themed content had vastly increased his income. "I get more than double what I would be on otherwise as an athlete - read into that what you will, but I am making more from OnlyFans than I am from rowing at this stage," said Manson. "I thought, if I'm going to do it, you have to tell everyone, be really open and I think you need to feel that any publicity is good publicity." Photo: AFP/BERTRAND GUAY Manson was speaking the day before his Olympic men...

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Bianca Flowers Donald Trump questioned whether Kamala Harris was Black during the largest US annual gathering of Black journalists. Photo: AFP Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump questioned whether his Democratic rival Kamala Harris is "Black" during a contentious appearance at the country's largest annual gathering of Black journalists on Wednesday. "Is she Indian or is she Black?" Trump said of his opponent in the presidential race, drawing a smattering of jeers from an audience of about 1000 people. "She was Indian all the way, and all of a sudden she made a turn and became a Black person." Harris, whose mother was Indian and whose father is Black, is the first Black and the first Asian American US vice president. "What he just said is repulsive...

A partially destroyed building in Beirut, Lebanon following an Israeli airstrike. Photo: Fadel Itani / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP The New Zealand government is warning people not to travel to Lebanon due to what it calls the volatile security situation. The Safetravel advisory was issued this week and elevates Lebanon to the highest level, meaning "extreme risk". The United States also issued a Do Not Travel notice for citizens on Thursday morning and the British Foreign Secretary warned British citizens in Lebanon to leave immediately or risk "becoming trapped in a warzone". It comes after an Israeli air strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut killed Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr on Tuesday evening local time. It was the second time the area of the Lebanese capital had been s...

Hayden Wilde and Alex Yee from Great Britain shortly after the race finish. Photo: Iain McGregor / www.photosport.nz Hayden Wilde had hoped it would come down to this. Just him and his long-time friend and rival, Alex Yee of Great Britain, duking it out on the run leg on the picturesque streets around Paris for the Olympic triathlon title. He got the showdown he wanted. The result - a silver medal - he is happy to settle for, knowing he chanced his arm. For nine of the 10-kilometre final sprint leg, Wilde raced like a god. He spotted his opportunity early on the second leg, when Yee looked to be slowing up and taking the opportunity to recover, and made a bold surge. And he continued to surge, extending his gap over the Brit to 10, then 12, then 15 seconds. As the sun bore down on the c...