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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.
Port sign Chappuis, strengthen squad for 2020 title quest
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 08/02/2020
» Port have sent another clear signal of their title ambitions to their opponents by signing Thai-Swiss midfielder Charyl Chappuis from SCG Muang Thong United.
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.
AFC orders redraw for Asian Games men's football competition
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 21/07/2018
» The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has asked Indonesia to conduct a redraw for the men's football competition of next month's Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang.
TV rights for World Cup secured
Sports, Published on 28/04/2018
» >>Thailand has finally secured the 2018 Fifa World Cup broadcast rights after the country's football-mad fans had been kept in suspense over the outcome of negotiations for a long time.
Army duty looms for champ Kim
Sports, Published on 17/05/2017
» PONTE VEDRA BEACH - Kim Si-Woo's victory at The Players Championship on Sunday burnished the South Korean's reputation as one of the best young talents on the PGA Tour but the 21-year-old knows his career will soon have to take a back seat to defending his country.
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.