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Premier League reveals plan to avoid Super League repeat
AFP, Published on 04/05/2021
» LONDON: England's Premier League said it was drawing up a new owners' charter designed to avoid future attempts to join a breakaway European Super League (ESL) as police launched an investigation into the protest that caused the postponement of Manchester United's match against Liverpool.
English football clubs to stage social media boycott in racism protest
AFP, Published on 25/04/2021
» LONDON: English football clubs will stage a three-day social media boycott next weekend as part of a protest against racism, several national governing bodies announced Saturday.
Record infections overwhelm India's hospitals
AFP, Published on 23/04/2021
» NEW DELHI - Delhi hospitals issued desperate appeals for oxygen on Friday and 13 Covid patients died in a fire, as India's healthcare system buckles under a new wave of infections.
Capt Sir Tom Moore: WWII veteran who walked into record books
AFP, Published on 03/02/2021
» LONDON - Captain Sir Tom Moore, who has died aged 100, became a national hero in Britain by walking laps of his garden during last year's coronavirus lockdown to raise funds for healthcare charities.
Is McIlroy really easing up?
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 06/12/2020
» Although Rory McIlroy protested his innocence from the unkind words he received recently from Tom Weiskopf, it's hard to believe a man who's won around US$60 million and whose net worth is estimated to be $122 million practises as hard as he did when he was just starting out, trying to earn his first cheque.
Muay Thai spreads its wings
Sports, Published on 26/11/2020
» Muay Thai continues to grow and expand its reach to an international market with the opening of gyms and schools across the globe.
Red wine to Bluetooth: Connectivity becomes precious commodity in sports science
AFP, Published on 06/11/2020
» PARIS - When the Greek runner Spiros Louis lit the flame under the Olympic ideal by winning the first marathon in the 1896 Olympics, he did it fuelled on a traditional Mediterranean diet.
Bolt's agent confirms sprinter's positive coronavirus test
AFP, Published on 26/08/2020
» NEW YORK: The agent for Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt confirmed on Tuesday that the eight-time Olympic gold medallist has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Sprint king Usain Bolt has coronavirus: report
AFP, Published on 25/08/2020
» NEW YORK: Usain Bolt was in quarantine on Monday as Jamaican media reported the sprint legend had tested positive for the coronavirus, just days after he celebrated his 34th birthday with a lavish party.
Football clubs forced to rethink recruitment strategy as virus impacts transfer market
AFP, Published on 25/05/2020
» PARIS - Around Europe, football is waking up from the coronavirus shutdown, but it is different to before for players and supporters and it is changing behind the scenes too.