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Kenyan athletes shine in Tokyo, but anti-doping efforts remain in the dark
AFP, Published on 22/09/2025
» NAIROBI - Kenyan athletes may have shone at the world championships in Tokyo, winning seven golds, but persistent allegations of doping still cast a shadow as the global anti-doping agency threatens to sanction the east African country.
Red Sox v the 'Mookie Curse'
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 28/05/2025
» For 84 years the Boston Red Sox and their fans had formerly suffered through "The Curse of the Bambino."
How MLB's playoff circus killed the thrill of the chase!
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 10/09/2024
» The old-fashioned MLB "pennant race" is now but a glorious thing of the past.
Tears and team spirit: high-school baseball grips Japan
AFP, Published on 23/08/2022
» TOKYO: Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani matched a Babe Ruth record this summer in the United States and scooped an award for a top male athlete, but back home, everyone has been glued to the high-school tournament where he started out.
Maradona's 'hand of God' World Cup jersey auctioned for $9.3m
AFP, Published on 04/05/2022
» NEW YORK: The jersey that Argentina football legend Diego Maradona wore while scoring twice against England in the 1986 World Cup, including the infamous "hand of God" goal, was auctioned for $9.3 million, a record for any item of sports memorabilia, Sotheby's said Wednesday.
Shohei Ohtani: Japan's baseball 'Frankenstein' enjoying monster success
AFP, Published on 12/10/2021
» TOKYO - He's the "Frankenstein" taking baseball by storm and following in the legendary footsteps of Babe Ruth -- but Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani is still humble enough to pick up litter.
Transgender Olympian Hubbard hailed as debate rages
AFP, Published on 03/08/2021
» TOKYO: New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has been hailed as a transgender pioneer after her short-lived Olympic debut but Games chiefs continue to wrestle with the thorny issues raised by her historic appearance.
Japan's Ohtani adds pitcher role to his historic MLB All-Star debut
AFP, Published on 05/07/2021
» LOS ANGELES: Two-way player Shohei Ohtani became the first player in Major League Baseball history on Sunday to be selected to the All-Star game as both a position player and pitcher.
Brady joins the immortals after Super Bowl triumph
AFP, Published on 08/02/2021
» LOS ANGELES: If Tom Brady didn't already occupy a seat at the top table of North American sport's greatest icons, he will now be pulling up a chair.
Top runners brave pollution, pandemic in Delhi half marathon
AFP, Published on 29/11/2020
» NEW DELHI: Elite runners brushed off poor air quality and a surge in coronavirus cases Sunday in India's capital for the Delhi Half Marathon, one of the country's first major sporting events since the pandemic started.