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Removing 'camouflage,' Brazil football referee comes out
AFP, Published on 12/08/2022
» BELO HORIZONTE (BRAZIL) - Growing up, he never liked football, but Igor Benevenuto played it anyway to avoid being teased with homophobic jokes -- something all too common in his hometown in southeastern Brazil.
Lawn bowls gives Commonwealth Games minnows a chance to shine
AFP, Published on 05/08/2022
» LEAMINGTON SPA (UNITED KINGDOM) - The Falkland Islands, Niue and Norfolk Island are unlikely to produce a 100m champion but lawn bowls is a chance for them to "put their flag on the map" at the Commonwealth Games.
Japan eSports players with disabilities shoot down stereotypes
AFP, Published on 27/07/2022
» TOKYO - Street Fighter player Shunya Hatakeyama has muscular dystrophy, so he uses his chin to launch devastating combos. He is not the only Japanese gamer proving that disability is no barrier in eSports.
Rainforest junkyard a lifeline
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 24/07/2022
» The clangs of the men's chisels and hammers were deafening as they dismantled a rusty truck, the din only fading as it reached the dense forest encircling them.
Inside a fatal Amazon journey
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 24/07/2022
» It was 4am, the sun had yet to rise over the Itaquai River deep in the Amazon, but a team of indigenous men was already busy preparing a breakfast of coffee, fried meat and fish. They worked on the small stove in their patrol boat, where they had lived for the past month, on the hunt for poachers.
Precision rockets shifting balance in Ukraine, say experts
AFP, Published on 15/07/2022
» WASHINGTON: US-made precision rockets have given Ukraine forces a major battlefield boost since they were introduced in June, tilting the balance against the Russians and possibly forcing Moscow to pause its offensive, experts said.
Young people shaking up the news
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 10/07/2022
» At first glance, the office looks like that of any video production startup -- modern furniture, a video game console, a Buzz Lightyear action figure and nobody who looks over 30. But this bustling office in a hip neighbourhood of Paris is in fact one of France's most successful new newsrooms.
Jabeur makes African history with Wimbledon final spot against Rybakina
AFP, Published on 08/07/2022
» LONDON - Ons Jabeur became the first African woman in the Open era to reach a Grand Slam singles final on Thursday when she defeated close friend Tatjana Maria in the Wimbledon semi-finals.
More than just the lemons
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 03/07/2022
» When Laura Kurtz staged lemonade stands as a child in Raleigh, North Carolina, they were simple affairs.
The game must go on
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 03/07/2022
» Young people in their crisp Little League uniforms ran up and down the field in giddy anticipation. The smell of nacho cheese and sizzling chicken fajitas spread through the bleachers on the hot summer night breeze.