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Dune and dusted as Dakar Rally tests limits of endurance
AFP, Published on 30/12/2022
» SEA CAMP (SAUDI ARABIA) - When it comes to endurance races in motor sport, nothing can quite compete with the annual Dakar Rally which starts its 45th edition on the shores of the Red Sea on Saturday.
Pushing the cycling limits
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 17/07/2022
» Kevin Latta pushed his bike forward, following the Bull River down a ridge in the Canadian Rockies. The tyre tracks from riders ahead of him had disappeared.
Australian skateboarder stuns at Olympics as US relay team crash out
AFP, Published on 05/08/2021
» TOKYO - Australia's Keegan Palmer flew to a stunning skateboarding gold medal on Thursday as the USA suffered track disappointment with a major flop in the 4x100 metres relay heats.
Coronavirus: could the Tokyo Olympics be cancelled?
AFP, Published on 11/03/2020
» LAUSANNE: The 2020 Olympics are due to open in Tokyo on July 24 but with coronavirus sweeping the world, there is growing concern that the Games will be either postponed or even cancelled.
Italy tests lockdown; global cases near 110,000: Virus update
Published on 09/03/2020
» Italy started its first working day after a government decree sought to curb movement within the country’s financial hub. Germany plans to boost investment to help its economy and the Trump administration is drafting measures to blunt the economic fallout from the outbreak.
Half-a-million insect species face extinction
AFP, Published on 11/02/2020
» PARIS: Half of the one million animal and plant species on Earth facing extinction are insects, and their disappearance could be catastrophic for humankind, scientists have said in a "warning to humanity".
Coronavirus chaos in China's sporting calendar
AFP, Published on 01/02/2020
» BEIJING: China has been forced to cancel or put off a host of sporting events due to the coronavirus epidemic, from suspending all football in the country to postponing the first badminton tournament of the 2020 world tour season.
Pregnant Meghan takes break from Australia royal tour
AFP, Published on 21/10/2018
» SYDNEY - Meghan, the pregnant wife of Britain's Prince Harry, is scaling back her engagements during the royal couple's 16-day Pacific tour, Kensington Palace said Sunday, ahead of their visit to Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand.
Doping case hits Asian Games as Ikee eyes history
AFP, Published on 24/08/2018
» JAKARTA - A wrestler from Turkmenistan became the Asian Games' first doping casualty on Friday as Japanese teenage swimmer Rikako Ikee stood on the brink of a historic sixth gold medal.
Israeli bid to host Messi in Jerusalem thrust politics to fore
AFP, Published on 06/06/2018
» JERUSALEM - Israel's bid to stage a high-profile football match against Argentina in the disputed city of Jerusalem inevitably thrust politics and the festering Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the fore.