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'Anything is possible': IOC's efforts for refugee athletes hailed
Sports, Published on 27/10/2022
» There are only two times in my life that I've cried -- when my mother left me, and when I received the news that I would be on the first-ever IOC Refugee Olympic Team.
US PGA bans LIV Golf 'rebels' as Saudi-backed breakaway event starts
AFP, Published on 09/06/2022
» ST ALBANS: No sooner had players competing in the breakaway LIV Golf Invitational London , the most lucrative event in the sport's history, teed off Thursday than they were suspended by the US PGA Tour.
Top LPGA stars skipping Vic Open a bad move
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 03/02/2019
» The LPGA is trying hard in their quest to elevate players' profiles and the tour's popularity, but perhaps it should take a long hard look at the type of PR now coming from the upcoming Vic Open down in Australia, and perhaps why Ariya Jutanugarn quickly figured out that the big galleries at a recent tournament, which featured golfers and celebrities in other sports, weren't there to see the LPGA stars.
Sailor Stall crosses his final finishing line
Sports, Peter Cummins, Published on 26/08/2018
» John Frank Leonard Stall has passed away at the age of 76. Too young for anyone to die -- especially a "living legend" like John.
Kosovo will be cheering for Swiss against Serbia
AFP, Published on 20/06/2018
» PRISTINA - Kosovo's team is taking no part in the World Cup but emotions are running high ahead of Serbia's match between Switzerland, whose squad includes three players from Kosovo.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino cleared in ethics probe
AFP, Published on 05/08/2016
» GENEVA - FIFA's ethics committee on Friday cleared president Gianni Infantino of ethics violations after investigating him over his use of private jets, personal expenses, hiring methods and a contract dispute.
Infantino governance, lifestyle slammed in FIFA memo
AFP, Published on 03/07/2016
» GENEVA - The governance of new FIFA president Gianni and his lifestyle have drawn criticism in an internal memo of world football's governing body, published online by the Swiss weekly SonntagsZeitung.
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.
Hillsborough jury retires to consider verdicts
AFP, Published on 06/04/2016
» LONDON - Jurors at the inquests into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster retired to consider their verdicts on Wednesday, over two years since the hearings began.
World's first Pele shrine shines in war-torn Ukraine
AFP, Published on 18/03/2016
» LUGANSK (UKRAINE) - In the heart of an eastern Ukrainian city shaken by echoes of guns stands the world's first shrine to football legend Pele that miraculously survived nearly two years of war.