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Rio scraps famed carnival as virus surges across globe
AFP, Published on 25/09/2020
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil has postponed Rio de Janeiro's famed carnival for next year, the latest spectacle hit by the pandemic as governments across the globe struggle to contain a surge in coronavirus infections.
US facing sanctions call over funding threat: WADA
AFP, Published on 04/09/2020
» MONTREAL: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is set to consider a rule change which could threaten American participation at the Olympics if the United States withdraws funding from the global drugs watchdog, officials said Thursday.
Player tests positive for coronavirus at WTA's comeback event in Palermo
AFP, Published on 02/08/2020
» PALERMO: A player has tested positive for coronavirus at the WTA Palermo Open, which marks the tennis season's resumption after a five-month break, the WTA and organisers confirmed on Saturday.
No hugs as China football draws up coronavirus battle plan
AFP, Published on 20/05/2020
» SHANGHAI - The Chinese Super League (CSL) will be stripped of exuberant goal celebrations -- and fans -- as it attempts to start during the coronavirus pandemic, reports said on Wednesday.
Baby steps, boom times and Tiger: pro golf in China marks 25 years
AFP, Published on 29/04/2020
» HONG KONG - Twenty-five years ago professional tournament golf took its first steps in China and, despite a few stumbles, paved the way to establishing the sport in a country where it was once banned as a "bourgeois pursuit for millionaires".
From 'best prepared' to possibly postponed: Tokyo 2020's rocky road
AFP, Published on 23/03/2020
» TOKYO: Olympic officials regularly lauded Tokyo as the best prepared host city they had seen. But no one could have planned for the coronavirus pandemic that may now force a postponement of the 2020 Games.
Mega rally to kick off Trump's first official visit to India
AFP, Published on 24/02/2020
» AHMEDABAD (INDIA) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to welcome his US counterpart Donald Trump to India with a massive rally on Monday, kicking off a two-day visit likely to be more about pomp and ceremony than concrete agreements.
Ex-Stasi snitch Stange takes over the reins of Syrian side
Sports, Published on 21/10/2018
» He's coached all over Asia and Europe, including a spell in his native East Germany when he was a secret informant on his own players to the notorious Stasi police.
Thais' three-gold target within reach
Sports, Published on 15/10/2018
» Thai weightlifter Supatchanin Khamhaeng comfortably won the gold medal in the women's over-63kg division at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires on Saturday.
WADA in 'last chance saloon' over Russia: Tygart
AFP, Published on 18/09/2018
» LOS ANGELES - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will be delivering a hammer blow to the morale of clean athletes if it lifts sanctions against Russia this week, US drugs czar Travis Tygart warned Monday.