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Tennis stars eye golden glory at home
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 05/12/2025
» Hosts Thailand have thrown down the gauntlet ahead of next week's 2025 SEA Games, declaring that nothing short of four tennis gold medals will satisfy the home fans.
Djokovic survives scare to reach Wimbledon quarters, Sinner in action
AFP, Published on 08/07/2025
» LONDON - Novak Djokovic survived a scare to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals with a tense four-set victory over Alex de Minaur on Monday, staying on course for a blockbuster clash with world number one Jannik Sinner.
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."
ONE Championship: Yuki Yoza wants Superlek next, says ‘someone’s leg will break’
Nick Atkin, Published on 27/05/2025
» Yuki Yoza has set his sights on a showdown with Superlek Kiatmoo9 next in ONE Championship – and says someone is walking away with a broken leg.
Sri Lanka sacks cricket board days after World Cup thrashing
AFP, Published on 06/11/2023
» COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's sports minister Roshan Ranasinghe sacked the national cricket board on Monday, days after a humiliating defeat by India at the World Cup.
Japan baseball fans leap into river as 'Curse of the Colonel' lifted
AFP, Published on 06/11/2023
» OSAKA (JAPAN) - Dozens of baseball fans in Osaka hurled themselves into a filthy city-centre river and partied long into the night after the Hanshin Tigers won the Japan Series for only the second time in their history.
Olympic 'curse' strikes again as Beijing costs mount
AFP, Published on 23/01/2022
» BEIJING: The "curse" of Olympic overspending looks set to strike again at the Beijing Games, with stringent Covid measures and loss of ticket sale revenues pushing up costs for China.
Booing your team is a futile act
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 06/12/2021
» When the final whistle blew at the Amex stadium recently, the Brighton players and manager Graham Potter were booed off the pitch by a small element of the home fans.
Mixed emotions in aftermath of England’s defeat at Wembley
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 18/07/2021
» The headline for this column last week read “Let’s hope Three Lions v Azzurri showdown doesn’t go to penalties” — and we all know what happened.
Mixed emotions in aftermath of England's defeat at Wembley
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 17/07/2021
» The headline for this column last week read "Let's hope Three Lions v Azzurri showdown doesn't go to penalties" -- and we all know what happened.