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Will the Cop27 meet bring dread or hope?
News, Published on 14/11/2022
» Ask two different climate experts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt (Cop27) to characterise their feelings about the future, and you may get quite different answers. "We are seeing more progress than we ever imagined," says one, while the other laments that we are heading full tilt like lemmings over the cliff. They can't both be right, can they?
Underwater hockey debut at SEA Games
AFP, Published on 26/09/2019
» KUALA LUMPUR: Swimmers wearing snorkels and gripping short, curved sticks dive to the bottom of a pool and charge at a puck as they compete in an energetic game of underwater hockey.
Putin shows off he-man holiday pics
Published on 05/08/2017
» MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin stripped to his waist to brave the cold waters of a mountain lake as part of a three-day fishing and hunting trip in the Siberian wilderness, the Kremlin said.
Underwater hockey: Join the revolution
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/03/2017
» Probably the funnest sport that nobody knows about, players swim around at bottom of pool & push a hockey towards a goal to win.
Skateboarding closes on Tokyo 2020 inclusion
AFP, Published on 02/06/2016
» TOKYO - Japanese officials reacted with cautious optimism Thursday after Olympic chiefs supported the proposal to add skateboarding and four other sports to the Tokyo 2020 Games programme.
Tokyo 2020 chiefs nominate baseball for Olympic Games return
AFP, Published on 22/06/2015
» TOKYO - The organisers of the 2020 Olympics on Monday nominated eight new sports for possible inclusion in the Tokyo Games, including baseball.
Olympic stadium row dwarfs Tokyo 2020 sports bids
AFP, Published on 12/06/2015
» TOKYO - Twenty-six sports, from sumo to surfing, have applied for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics, Tokyo organisers said Friday amid a flaming row over who will pay for the main stadium.
Australia, Malaysia still to decide MH370 search costs
AFP, Published on 10/06/2014
» Australia on Tuesday said it had chosen a Dutch firm to help it map the Indian Ocean floor as the search for missing flight MH370 heads deeper under water.
Australia, Malaysia still to decide MH370 search costs
AFP, Published on 10/06/2014
» Australia and Malaysia were Tuesday set to discuss the next phase of the search for missing Flight MH370, with the cost of the mission on the agenda, officials said.
Russian water queens aim to maintain duets legacy
AFP, Published on 08/08/2012
» With their reign as Olympic champions set to continue until Rio de Janeiro, Russia's synchronised swimming duets coach Tatiana Danchenko has said the challenge now is to maintain the legacy.