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Sports industry gears up for virtual reality revolution
AFP, Published on 11/10/2018
» LONDON - From training with Major League Baseball pitchers to bone-jangling racing on board an F1 car, technology's potential to revolutionise sport was the hot topic as industry leaders met in London this week.
Bangladesh erupts in joy after historic England Test win
AFP, Published on 30/10/2016
» DHAKA - Thousands of people took to the streets in cities across Bangladesh as the perennial under-achievers beat England by 108 runs on Sunday to post one of their most momentous cricketing victories.
Bangladesh cricket bans hero Sabbir's raunchy TV ad
AFP, Published on 25/10/2016
» DHAKA - Bangladesh cricket have pulled a raunchy advert starring new Test star Sabbir Rahman and a model following social media outrage in the religiously conservative country, an industry official said Tuesday.
Weightlifting site hacked as Iranians protest Games 'conspiracy'
AFP, Published on 17/08/2016
» TEHRAN - The International Weightlifting Federation website was hacked on Wednesday and its Instagram page flooded with over 285,000 comments after Iran's star lifter Behdad Salimikordasiabi controversially crashed out of the Rio Games.
Ethiopia's 'Robel the Whale' booed back home
AFP, Published on 11/08/2016
» ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopian swimmer Robel Kiros Habte has won hearts in Rio but faced a vitriolic reaction at home Thursday due to accusations that nepotism is the only reason he is at the Olympics.
Facebook removes 'racist' gorilla meme after complaint
AFP, Published on 02/06/2016
» SYDNEY - An "appalling" meme comparing a high-profile Australian indigenous sportsman to a gorilla killed in a US zoo was removed by Facebook Thursday after a complaint by the Australian Football League.
SEA Games host sorry for 'insensitive' comment
AFP, Published on 06/06/2015
» A presenter at Singapore's Southeast Asian (SEA) Games' opening ceremony has apologised after she shocked onlookers by mocking a small, ethnic Indian girl about her accent.
Banned Belgian judoka takes her case to CAS
AFP, Published on 07/01/2014
» Olympic bronze medallist Charline van Snick is to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over her two-year suspension for failing a drug test, she said on her Facebook page on Tuesday.
Mixed reviews for Twitter at French Open
AFP, Published on 02/06/2012
» Some love it, some hate it, others are not quite sure what to make of it - but all agree that Twitter is on the march among tennis professionals.