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Sailor Stall crosses his final finishing line
Sports, Peter Cummins, Published on 26/08/2018
» John Frank Leonard Stall has passed away at the age of 76. Too young for anyone to die -- especially a "living legend" like John.
'Field of Dreams' offers baseball hope in Philippines
AFP, Published on 19/07/2016
» MANILA - Teenager Piolo Perez swings his bat on a baseball field built atop the Philippines' most notorious trash heap, sending home run balls crashing through the shanties mushrooming on the outfield.
Chilean surfing star on quest to save hometown coast
AFP, Published on 02/05/2016
» PUNTA DE LOBOS (CHILE) - Ramon Navarro is one of the world's top big-wave surfers, but this fisherman's son still has a place in his heart for the spot where he learned his trade -- a stretch of Chilean coastline he is now fighting to save.
In Macedonia, EU-bound migrants cycle to better lives
AFP, Published on 18/06/2015
» DEMIR KAPIJA (MACEDONIA) - Fleeing their trouble-torn countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, streams of EU-bound migrants are driving an unexpected trade in a quiet town in Macedonia -- bicycles.
Mega-fight not good v evil - Mayweather
AFP, Published on 30/04/2015
» LAS VEGAS - Floyd Mayweather said Wednesday his long-awaited showdown with Manny Pacquiao isn't a battle of good and evil as the two rivals went eyeball-to-eyeball at their final pre-fight press conference.
Floating football pitch keeps Thai tourist blues at bay
AFP, Published on 28/11/2014
» With its stunning limestone cliffs towering over stilt houses surrounded by azure waters, the island of Panyee is a typical Thai paradise. But it's not mother nature drawing tourists here -- it's a floating football pitch.
Paralympic dream over, Iraqi wakes up to old life
AFP, Published on 14/11/2012
» For a moment, Ahmed Naas thought his life would change -- he overcame the odds to not just qualify for the Paralympics, but briefly held a world record, and was eventually awarded a silver medal.
Mud-track runners in Kenya's global athletic "capital"
AFP, Published on 11/01/2012
» It's a far cry from the high-tech gymnasiums athletes are used to in Europe or America, but this sleepy Kenyan farming village has become an unlikely global training hotspot for Olympic champions.