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How a Czech football hooligan became a UFC champion, via Japan
AFP, Published on 08/08/2022
» HONG KONG - Jiri Prochazka was a football hooligan in his native Czech Republic until martial arts and an ancient Japanese text inspired him to turn from street fighting to cage fighting -- and become a UFC world champion.
Congolese model challenges China's love for 'tall, light and skinny'
AFP, Published on 24/11/2020
» HONG KONG: As a young black woman modelling in Hong Kong, Harmony Anne-Marie Ilunga rarely saw anyone who looked like her in the magazines. Now the 22-year-old is trying to change that, one model at a time.
Coronavirus KO: Thai fighters despair as rings fall silent
AFP, Published on 17/04/2020
» KANCHANABURI: Training in masks, two metres apart, Thailand's professional fighters are battling a new reality -- shuttered gyms and cancelled tournaments after the coronavirus pandemic left them suddenly out of work.
Citizen 'heroes' stop deadly Australian knife rampage
AFP, Published on 13/08/2019
» SYDNEY: A knife-wielding man killed one person and attempted to stab several others in a central Sydney rampage Tuesday before being chased and pinned down by members of the public, witnesses told AFP.
Undefeated 'dwarf giant' Wanheng one win from Mayweather record
AFP, Published on 27/02/2018
» Unsung outside the boxing world, a fighter nicknamed the "dwarf giant" is quietly closing in on Floyd Mayweather's undefeated 50 fight record and with it an unlikely place among the sport's greats.
Bodybuilder dies after celebrity Muay Thai match in Singapore
Reuters, Published on 24/09/2017
» SINGAPORE: A Singaporean bodybuilder died after a celebrity Muay Thai fight against former Singapore idol contestant Steven Lim in the city-state, the event organiser and local media said.
Malaysia are champions, but Thais defend football crown
Published on 30/08/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR -- Host Malaysia has won 145 gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games to emerge as overall champions for the first time in 16 years, making it a double celebration in conjunction with its 60th anniversary of its independence from British rule.
'Burmese Python' triumphs in MMA homecoming
Published on 19/03/2016
» YANGON — The "Burmese Python" pummelled his Egyptian opponent on Friday in a homecoming debut after more than a decade away from Myanmar, igniting raucous cheers from enthusiastic fans.
Gloves off as women take to Myanmar's ferocious kickboxing style
AFP, Published on 17/08/2015
» YANGON - Moe Pwint Oo shoots the grimy punchbag a steely glare before slamming her fist into it, striking a blow for equality as she practises Myanmar's homespun martial art Lethwei -- a sport that encourages head-butting and grants victory by knock-out only.
Thai court lifts ban on 'Fast & Furious': lawyer
AFP, Published on 31/03/2015
» BANGKOK - A Thai court Monday lifted a ban on the latest instalment in "The Fast and the Furious" blockbuster franchise, a lawyer said, following a contract dispute with a local actor.