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Arm wrestling grips India with glitzy dreams
AFP, Published on 11/08/2023
» NEW DELHI - Athletes flex muscled biceps before going hand-to-hand in a newly televised arm-wrestling league seeking to take the sporting spotlight in otherwise cricket-mad India with a glitzy Bollywood-style makeover.
Cleaning up: domestic workers take Hong Kong cricket by storm
AFP, Published on 19/11/2020
» HONG KONG - After a long week cooking and cleaning in the cramped households of Hong Kong, a group of Filipino domestic helpers are using their Sunday off for an unlikely hobby: cricket. And they're proving rather good at it.
Impressive start for Cardiff custodian
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 25/08/2018
» There are not many goalkeepers who can say they saved a penalty in each of their first two games of the season, let alone in the Premier League, but that is the case of Cardiff City's goalie Neil Etheridge, the first player of Southeast Asian descent to perform in England's top flight.
The Olympics are over for Brazil -- was it worth it?
AFP, Published on 22/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - The Olympics ended with Brazil having shown twice in two years that it is capable of hosting the world's biggest sporting events. But was the effort worth the trouble?
With Brazil in crisis, who has time for the Olympics?
AFP, Published on 25/03/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - On October 2, 2009, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the steelworker-turned-president of a booming Brazil, broke into tears when Rio de Janeiro was named to host the 2016 Olympics.
Putin urges Russians to take up sport
AFP, Published on 10/11/2015
» MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin on Monday urged Russians to take up sport and praised their strength and work ethic in an interview with a newly-launched 24-hour sports network.
Brazilian jiu-jitsu wrestles its way onto world stage
AFP, Published on 02/10/2015
» RIO DE JANEIRO - New Zealander Jason Lee lies face down on a Rio de Janeiro floor, his arm twisted in a painful lock. But the 26-year-old couldn't be happier -- it's exactly what he came halfway around the world to experience.
Japan's Ando becomes mother, vows to skate on
AFP, Published on 02/07/2013
» Japan's two-time world figure skating champion Miki Ando has revealed she secretly had a baby during a break from competition, but vowed to come back and seek a spot in next year's Sochi Olympics.
Ando becomes mother, vows to skate on
AFP, Published on 02/07/2013
» Japan's two-time world figure skating champion Miki Ando has revealed she secretly had a baby during a break from competition, but vowed to come back and seek a spot in next year's Sochi Olympics.
Throwdowns will hurt Muay Thai
Sports, Published on 23/03/2013
» Under Muay Thai rules, there is a clear demarcation between legal grappling and wrestling throws.