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Paris Olympics face tough hurdles with two years to go
AFP, Published on 22/07/2022
» PARIS: As he left the Tokyo Olympics last August, Tony Estanguet, head of the Paris 2024 organising committee, told AFP he was "prepared to run a marathon at 100-metre speed."
Sudanese women footballers tackle hurdles to play the game
AFP, Published on 08/03/2022
» KHARTOUM - Sudan's women's football team is yet to win a match, but members say they have scored a victory by overcoming challenges including discrimination and a coup to play the game.
Valieva fate in balance as heavy snow disrupts Olympics
AFP, Published on 13/02/2022
» BEIJING - Sport's top court was to hold a hearing Sunday to decide the Beijing Olympics fate of 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva after she failed a drugs test, as snow disrupted the Games.
What now for Novak Djokovic?
AFP, Published on 17/01/2022
» PARIS: Novak Djokovic's deportation from Australia due to his coronavirus vaccine status may be the portent of worse things to come for the Serbian tennis superstar.
Djokovic faces return to detention as Australia cancels visa
AFP, Published on 15/01/2022
» MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic was expected to be detained in Australia again Saturday, after authorities ripped up his visa for a second time and declared the unvaccinated tennis superstar a threat to the public.
Djokovic readies vaccine exemption case for Australian visa showdown
AFP, Published on 09/01/2022
» MELBOURNE: Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic prepared his legal guns Sunday for a battle to stay in Melbourne and defend his Australian Open title, arguing he has the all-clear because of a positive coronavirus test in December.
Australian tennis boss rejects blame for Djokovic drama
AFP, Published on 08/01/2022
» MELBOURNE: Australia's tennis chief boasted in an internal video leaked Saturday of his team's "unbelievable job" despite a visa crisis engulfing the men's world number one, Novak Djokovic.
'It's not okay': Djokovic fiasco enrages Serbs
AFP, Published on 08/01/2022
» BELGRADE: The detention of world number one Novak Djokovic in Australia over his alleged failure to meet pandemic entry requirements has fuelled anger and charges of racism in his native Serbia.
Djokovic family hits out at star's treatment in Australia
AFP, Published on 07/01/2022
» MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic's family has railed against the superstar's shock detention in Australia, as the world tennis number one spent the night in a Melbourne immigration detention facility.
Djokovic wins deportation delay after Australia cancels visa
AFP, Published on 07/01/2022
» MELBOURNE: Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic won a temporary reprieve in his deportation from Australia on Thursday, but was set to spend the night in an immigration detention facility as he fights to remain in the country.