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Niger celebrates unity in wrestling arena
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» AGADEZ, Niger - The winner falls to his knees, arms raised triumphantly. After just eight minutes, his opponent's knee and elbow have touched the sand, handing "Issaka Issaka" an historic win in Niger's king of sports.
Tears and team spirit: high-school baseball grips Japan
AFP, Published on 23/08/2022
» TOKYO: Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani matched a Babe Ruth record this summer in the United States and scooped an award for a top male athlete, but back home, everyone has been glued to the high-school tournament where he started out.
In Greece's Thessaloniki, club owner who invaded pitch is king
AFP, Published on 19/03/2018
» THESSALONIKI (GREECE) - A Greek-Russian businessman of humble origins, PAOK FC owner Ivan Savvidis has put Greek football once again under the spotlight after storming onto the pitch with a holstered gun at his belt.
Olympics: LA 2024 bid team tries to soothe nerves over Trump
AFP, Published on 15/11/2016
» DOHA - Six-time Olympic champion Allyson Felix led the Los Angeles 2024 bid delegation in seeking to calm the fears of the "Olympic family" following the election of Donald Trump as president.
Sweat, sorcery and family honour in traditional Burkina sport
AFP, Published on 16/06/2016
» TOUGAN (BURKINA FASO) - Fortified by a diet of goat meat and millet beer, Idrissa and Eloi train hard all year long to help maintain Burkina Faso's colourful and age-old traditional wrestling.
Pioneer spirit toughens Cheika's Rugby World Cup campaign
AFP, Published on 27/10/2015
» TEDDINGTON (UNITED KINGDOM) - Michael Cheika's father was his harshest critic as a rugby player but his courage in leaving Lebanon for a new life in Australia has been an example in hauling the Wallabies to the World Cup final.
IOC preserves a century of Olympics history
AFP, Published on 16/07/2015
» LAUSANNE - The archives captured some of the most iconic, and curious, moments in Olympic history, from pictures of the first modern-era games in Athens in 1896 to a sack race in St. Louis, Missouri eight years later.
Mancini reignites row over non-Italian born players
AFP, Published on 24/03/2015
» MILAN - A debate over the eligibility of players born to Italians living outside the country has been reignited after criticism of coach Antonio Conte's decision to draft South American-born players into the national side.
Ex-junior Springbok Melck relishing Germany debut
AFP, Published on 25/04/2014
» Making an international debut in your 30s is rare, but South African-born Saracens flanker Justin Melck is relishing his chance to help minnows Germany qualify for the Rugby World Cup.
Charr calls out Haye for Syria benefit bout
AFP, Published on 29/03/2013
» Former world heavyweight challenger Manuel Charr has vowed to donate half his purse to the Syrian peace process if loud-mouthed Brit David Haye will face him in the ring.