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‘Quad God’ turns mortal at Winter Olympics
Lori Ewing, Reuters, Published on 14/02/2026
» MILAN - The pressure had been building, the glare of Olympic expectation, the scrutiny of a sport that demands not only athletic precision but artistic perfection. And on Friday, all of it came crashing down on Ilia Malinin.
Montreal ice dance academy churns out Olympic champions
AFP, Published on 27/01/2026
» MONTREAL - When the Winter Olympics start in Italy next month, ice dancers from rival countries will be competing for the same medals -- but in the buildup to the Games, many of them trained under the same roof.
Twenty-six charged in latest basketball gambling scandal
AFP, Published on 16/01/2026
» LOS ANGELES - Twenty-six people have been charged with fixing US college and Chinese professional basketball games in an alleged transnational criminal conspiracy, federal prosecutors said on Thursday.
SEA Games end, Thais reign supreme
Published on 20/12/2025
» The curtain fell on the 33rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games with a colourful closing ceremony on Saturday night at Bangkok’s Rajamangala National Stadium, attended by athletes and officials from Asean nations — minus Cambodia.
Shiffrin extends slalom domination with Courchevel win
AFP, Published on 17/12/2025
» COURCHEVEL (FRANCE) - Mikaela Shiffrin continued her ascendancy over the women's slalom in Courchevel on Tuesday night as she swept to a fifth straight victory in the discipline and 105th World Cup win.
Villa edge Maccabi Tel Aviv in fraught Europa League match
AFP, Published on 07/11/2025
» PARIS - Aston Villa beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-0 in the Europa League on Thursday in a match dominated by tight security measures in Birmingham with travelling fans barred over safety concerns.
Trump says Fifa chief would back moving World Cup games
AFP, Published on 15/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Fifa chief Gianni Infantino would support moving 2026 World Cup games from US cities for security reasons if necessary.
Indonesia sense World Cup chance as Asian qualifying reaches climax
AFP, Published on 06/10/2025
» HONG KONG - World Cup qualifying in Asia reaches its climax over the next week with Patrick Kluivert's Indonesia among six countries vying for two remaining spots from the region.
Rookie Aldeguer wins Indonesian GP as Marquez crashes out
Sports, Published on 06/10/2025
» MANDALIKA: Newly crowned world champion Marc Marquez and polesitter Marco Bezzecchi crashed out at high speed after colliding in the opening lap as Spanish rookie Fermin Aldeguer won a chaotic Indonesian MotoGP yesterday.
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.