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Footballer's 'racism' ban: an attack on a culture?
AFP, Published on 15/01/2021
» MONTEVIDEO: "Touch one Uruguayan, touch us all," grumbles Silvina Rosas as she adorns wine bottles with labels bearing the controversial phrase "Gracias Negrito".
'Field of Dreams' offers baseball hope in Philippines
AFP, Published on 19/07/2016
» MANILA - Teenager Piolo Perez swings his bat on a baseball field built atop the Philippines' most notorious trash heap, sending home run balls crashing through the shanties mushrooming on the outfield.
From $20 to $20 million, Pacquiao's journey to final payday
AFP, Published on 07/04/2016
» LAS VEGAS - Twenty-one years after clambering through the ropes for his first professional fight, Manny Pacquiao will make the long walk to the ring for what could well be the final time on Saturday in Las Vegas.
Ex-NBA player's Philippines life ban reduced
AFP, Published on 17/02/2016
» MANILA - Ex-NBA player Ivan Johnson has had his lifetime ban in the Philippines' professional league for a foul-mouthed outburst at an official reduced to one year after he made a personal apology, the league said on Wednesday.
Ex-NBA player banned in Philippines for cursing commissioner
AFP, Published on 14/02/2016
» MANILA - The Philippines' professional basketball league has banned former NBA player Ivan Johnson for life after he cursed at its commissioner during a game, a spokesman said Sunday.
Argentine house arrest for FIFA 'graft' duo
AFP, Published on 25/06/2015
» BUENOS AIRES - Two Argentine businessmen arrested last week in a sweeping probe of alleged corruption at FIFA were placed under house arrest pending a decision on extraditing them to the United States.
Pacquiao eager to trade blows with Mayweather
AFP, Published on 16/04/2015
» LOS ANGELES - Manny Pacquiao pronounced himself ready to fight Floyd Mayweather, saying he's willing to engage the unbeaten American in the middle of the ring if that's what it takes to win.
Light-welter Wutthichaithe last Thai standing
Sports, Kittipong Thongsombat, Published on 03/10/2014
» Light-welterweight Wutthichai Masuk is Thailand's last man standing in the boxing tournament.
Pro sports eye comeback, cash in Cuba
AFP, Published on 29/09/2013
» Communist Cuba has put the world on notice it has warmed to professional sports after more than five decades, and will let stars sign big contracts abroad without having to defect.
Cuba to let athletes to keep most prize money
AFP, Published on 28/09/2013
» Athletes in Cuba for the first time will be allowed to keep most of their overseas prize money, Havana said Friday, in a major policy shift intended to encourage would-be defectors to stay.