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From hair weaves to dagger-toting refs: five sumo facts
AFP, Published on 26/11/2025
» TOKYO — Ukrainian sumo wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn celebrated his promotion to the ancient Japanese sport's second-highest rank on Wednesday by holding aloft a large sea bream.
ONE Championship: Rodtang and Nong-O’s rivalry kicks off early – on the football pitch
Nick Atkin, Published on 13/10/2025
» Even before they trade blows in Tokyo, Rodtang Jitmuangnon and Nong-O Gaiyanghadao found another way to face off – this time with a game of football, and not their fists.
Amateur football leagues win over cynical Chinese fans
AFP, Published on 31/07/2025
» SUZHOU, China - On a summer’s day in the city of Suzhou, about 40,000 people crowded into a stadium while thousands more gathered by public screens to watch China’s hottest sport — amateur football.
Djokovic battles into Wimbledon semi-finals as Jabeur makes history
AFP, Published on 06/07/2022
» LONDON - Defending champion Novak Djokovic battled back from two sets down to reach an 11th Wimbledon semi-final on Tuesday as Ons Jabeur became the first Arab woman to book a place in the last-four of a Grand Slam.
Sport's tempestuous 2020 in 15 moments
AFP, Published on 23/12/2020
» PARIS - AFP Sport picks out 15 moments in sport during an extraordinary, coronavirus-disrupted 2020:
Noppon seals 'biggest win of my life' in snooker snooker championship
Sports, Bangkok Post & WST.TV, Published on 05/08/2020
» SHEFFIELD: Noppon Saengkham pulled off the biggest shock so far at the 2020 World Championship when the Thai stunned former Crucible winner Shaun 'Magician' Murphy 10-4 in the first round on Tuesday.
Life on tour is difficult for golfer Kiradech
Sports, Wanchai Rujawongsanti, Published on 01/08/2020
» Sports have not been the same since they were hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced a host of events to be postponed or cancelled earlier this year.
Piped noise, robots and sex dolls: what happens in stadiums without fans
AFP, Published on 21/05/2020
» HONG KONG: Livening up sport without fans is a challenge for competitions returning after the coronavirus, and organisers have tried several ways to make empty stadiums more appealing.
Stars go all out to make ends meet
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 11/05/2020
» While very few Thai professional athletes have tested positive for Covid-19, a number of them have been suffering financially from the coronavirus pandemic.
Kiradech learns to value life more
Sports, Chuah Choo Chiang, Published on 25/04/2020
» Kiradech Aphibarnrat has never been more anxious flying home to Bangkok than on this occasion.