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Biggest-ever Asian Games ready for liftoff in China after Covid delay
AFP, Published on 21/09/2023
» HANGZHOU (CHINA) - The biggest Asian Games in history, boasting about 12,000 competitors -- more than the Olympics -- will open on Saturday in the Chinese city of Hangzhou after a year's delay because of Covid.
Ukraine reports 'massive' attack from Belarus
AFP, Published on 25/06/2022
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine said it came under "massive bombardment" Saturday from neighbouring Belarus, a Russian ally not officially involved in the conflict, the day after announcing a retreat from the strategic city of Severodonetsk.
SEA Games to light up Hanoi after Covid delay
AFP, Published on 10/05/2022
» HANOI: The SEA Games open in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi on Thursday after a six-month Covid delay with Southeast Asian pride at stake in everything from football to bodybuilding and eSports.
Bowled out: Pakistan's cricketer-turned-PM Imran Khan loses office
AFP, Published on 10/04/2022
» ISLAMABAD - Regarded as a wily cricket captain during his international playing days, Imran Khan found himself on a sticky wicket when it came to leading Pakistan.
McIlroy, Thomas excited for Olympic golf, Rahm to be there
AFP, Published on 19/05/2021
» KIAWAH ISLAND: Four-time major winner Rory McIlroy and second-ranked Justin Thomas are excited about golfing in the Tokyo Olympics, even with Covid-19 safety protocols limiting them from a normal Games experience.
Capt Sir Tom Moore: WWII veteran who walked into record books
AFP, Published on 03/02/2021
» LONDON - Captain Sir Tom Moore, who has died aged 100, became a national hero in Britain by walking laps of his garden during last year's coronavirus lockdown to raise funds for healthcare charities.
Tearful Muslims return to Christchurch mosque
AFP, Published on 23/03/2019
» CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: Muslims prayed at Christchurch's main mosque on Saturday for the first time since a white supremacist massacred worshippers there as New Zealand sought to return to normality after the tragedy.
Huge turnout at Pakistani singer's funeral after plane crash
AFP, Published on 15/12/2016
» KARACHI - Thousands of Pakistanis attended the funeral prayers on Thursday of Junaid Jamshed, a pioneer of Pakistani pop who renounced music to become a Muslim evangelist and who was among 47 people killed in a plane crash last week.
Sport gave me new purpose, says disabled war hero
AFP, Published on 19/10/2016
» LONDON - Sport gave JJ Chalmers a new lease of life which culminated in his winning gold at the 2014 Invictus Games just three years after the then-Royal Marine lay seriously wounded in Afghanistan.
US sport grapples with racial tension in wake of shootings
AFP, Published on 22/09/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - The shootings of two black men by police in Tulsa and Charlotte reverberated in the US sports world Wednesday as racial tensions flared around the United States.