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World Cup ticket prices skyrocket on Fifa resale site
AFP, Published on 12/02/2026
» WASHINGTON - Ticket prices for the 2026 World Cup have skyrocketed on Fifa’s official resale platform, with seats for many matches listed at several times their face value even though most tickets have only recently been distributed following the end of the main sales phase in January.
Man U test loyalty of ‘numbed’ Chinese fans
AFP, Published on 29/05/2025
» HONG KONG - Yan Gang speaks for many Manchester United fans when he says: “We’ve been numbed by performances over the past few seasons.”
Liverpool beat Everton as title looms, Man City win without Haaland
AFP, Published on 03/04/2025
» LONDON - Liverpool moved closer to the Premier League title with a 1-0 win in the Merseyside derby against Everton on Wednesday, while Manchester City beat Leicester 2-0 to bolster their bid to reach the Champions League.
Imposing pickup trucks symbolise Pakistan's power gulf
AFP, Published on 20/12/2024
» KARACHI - In Pakistan's largest city, cars inch forward in bumper-to-bumper traffic. But some seamlessly carve through the jam: SUVs flanked by Toyota Hilux pickup trucks.
French sports retailer 'secretly supplying Russia'
AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» PARIS - The French sports retail giant Decathlon has secretly continued selling clothes in Russia despite officially pulling out in protest at Russia's war in Ukraine, a media report published Tuesday said.
Ticketmaster cancels public sale of Taylor Swift tickets
AFP, Published on 18/11/2022
» NEW YORK: After days of glitches and long waits frustrated fans trying to buy Taylor Swift tickets during presale windows, Ticketmaster on Thursday said they were cancelling tomorrow's slated public sale.
Why thieves are snatching French bulldogs across the US
AFP, Published on 17/01/2022
» WASHINGTON - The two thieves who brutally robbed 27-year-old Marieke Bayens at gunpoint on a California street were not after her purse -- or her. They wanted the little dog at the end of her leash: Merlyn, a French bulldog.
Hong Kong retailers forge new path without mainland Chinese tourists
AFP, Published on 26/12/2021
» HONG KONG - Three years of democracy protests followed by a pandemic have devastated Hong Kong retailers who had grown used to relying on cash from mainland Chinese tourists.
Could video games bring NFTs to the masses?
AFP, Published on 19/12/2021
» PARIS - A year ago, NFTs were obscure virtual assets known only to tech geeks -- but as video game companies enter the growing market, industry players hope they're poised to go mainstream.
In Haiti, gangs and poverty added to tragedy of deadly tanker blast
AFP, Published on 16/12/2021
» CAP-HAïTIEN (HAITI) - The deep-seated struggles of daily life in Haiti -- worsened by the rising power of gangs -- created conditions that added to the death toll in a tanker explosion that killed at least 75 people in the country's second-largest city this week.