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Brooklyn start saving on aspirin
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 17/02/2023
» It's official: The Brooklyn Nets have blown up their dream team-turned-nightmare.
Afro-Greeks struggle to emulate 'idol' Antetokounmpo
AFP, Published on 04/12/2022
» ATHENS - Young Athenians sharpen their shooting skills under the dazzling white lights of an outdoor basketball court, forever dreaming of emulating local hero and global star Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Parra saves Clermont, Ebersohn bolsters Castres
AFP, Published on 20/11/2016
» PARIS - Morgan Parra hit an injury-time penalty to hand Top 14 leaders Clermont a 16-13 victory over Lyon on Saturday as Castres ran out comfortable winners over Toulon.
Badge of honour for pin enthusiasts
AFP, Published on 07/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Basketball legend Yao Ming, Prince Albert II of Monaco and a former Finnish president -- an eclectic range of people that Olympic badge enthusiast Sidney Marantz has traded pins with.
Higuain goes from hero to zero in record Juve deal
AFP, Published on 27/07/2016
» MILAN - On 36 occasions last season, Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain boosted Napoli dreams of ending a 26-year title drought as he inspired with goalscoring feats in the Scudetto race with Juventus.
Europe's top swimmers descend on London ahead of Rio Olympics
AFP, Published on 15/05/2016
» LONDON - As the Olympic Games loom ever closer, Europe's best swimmers gather in London on one of the final stepping stones to Rio de Janeiro.
Global sports gambling worth 'up to $3 trillion'
AFP, Published on 15/04/2015
» DOHA - The global sports betting market is worth up to $3-trillion, the vast majority of that generated by illegal gambling, a United Nations conference on crime being held in Doha heard on Wednesday.
Kukushkin puts Kazakhstan back on the track in Davis Cup
AFP, Published on 08/03/2015
» ALMATY (KAZAKHSTAN) - Mikhail Kukushkin beat Andreas Seppi in straight sets to put the hosts Kazakhstan level at 2-2 with visitors Italy in a Davis Cup World Group first round tie at Astana on Sunday.
Wulf-fired Toulon thrash 14-man Brive
AFP, Published on 20/09/2014
» Toulon put their kicking concerns to one side and maximised on a red card to surge to provisional number one spot in the Top 14 with a convincing, bonus-point 53-13 victory over Brive on Friday.
Blues hang on in high-scoring thriller
AFP, Published on 22/03/2014
» The Auckland Blues held off a late-charging Central Cheetahs to sneak into the top six of the Super 15 competition with a 40-30 bonus-point victory Saturday.