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PSG ordered to pay 60m euros in Mbappe wage dispute
AFP, Published on 16/12/2025
» PARIS - Paris Saint-Germain were ordered by a French labour court to pay their former forward Kylian Mbappe up to 61 million euros ($71.8 million) in unpaid wages and bonuses on Tuesday.
Bolt beams as Alfred, Duplantis and Warholm light up Oslo Diamond League
AFP, Published on 13/06/2025
» OSLO - Karsten Warholm, Julien Alfred and Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis lit up Thursday's star-studded Diamond League meet in Oslo where Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt was on hand to lend further glitter to a gripping evening of track and field.
US imposes $300m penalty on Seagate over Huawei shipments
AFP, Published on 20/04/2023
» WASHINGTON: United States authorities on Wednesday imposed a US$300 million penalty on Seagate Technology, to resolve alleged violations of export controls related to selling hard disk drives to Huawei Technologies, the Commerce Department said.
US says Russia has sent $300m to meddle in elections
AFP, Published on 14/09/2022
» WASHINGTON: Russia has covertly sent at least $300 million to foreign political parties and candidates in more than two dozen countries since 2014 in bids to gain influence, a declassified US intelligence assessment said Tuesday.
Cheptegei defends world title, Andersen bags third US gold
AFP, Published on 18/07/2022
» EUGENE: Uganda's Stephen Cheptegei produced a devastating display of controlled distance running to retain his world 10,000m crown on Friday, while Brooke Andersen bagged a third gold for the US in the women's hammer throw.
Verry Elleegant upsets hot favourite Incentivise to win Melbourne Cup
AFP, Published on 02/11/2021
» MELBOURNE - Verry Elleegant demolished red-hot favourite Incentivise to win the coveted Aus$8 million (US$6 million) Melbourne Cup on Tuesday in a party atmosphere as crowds returned for the "race that stops a nation".
UN report: North Korea stole $300m in crypto to fund nukes
AFP, Published on 10/02/2021
» SEOUL: North Korea has stolen more than US$300 million worth of cryptocurrencies through cyberattacks in recent months to support its banned nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, according to a confidential UN report.
Warholm stars as athletics returns to Oslo via French garden and windswept Kenya
AFP, Published on 12/06/2020
» OSLO - Double world 400m hurdles champion Karsten Warholm put aside coronavirus-induced Lego building to smash the world record for the unorthodox 300m hurdles behind closed doors at a near-empty Bislett Stadium on Thursday.
Seeking the spotlight, athletics takes a leap in the dark
AFP, Published on 23/05/2020
» PARIS - With traditional competition shut down by the coronavirus pandemic, athletics has begun experimenting with imaginative and unusual ways to ensure that, somehow, the show goes on.
Goodbye, tennis: Sharapova announces retirement
AFP, Published on 27/02/2020
» PARIS - Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova, one of the world's most recognisable and highest-paid sportswomen, on Wednesday announced her retirement at the age of 32, and was immediately hailed as "a legend" and "great champion."