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England cricketers snap 15-year Test losing streak in Australia
AFP, Published on 27/12/2025
» MELBOURNE - A fighting England won their first Test on Australian soil in 15 years on Saturday, restoring their battered pride with a gutsy four-wicket victory to clinch a chaotic fourth Ashes clash that was all over inside two days.
Australia reeling on 72-4 at lunch as England strike in 4th Ashes Test
AFP, Published on 26/12/2025
» MELBOURNE - Josh Tongue took three wickets as England tore through Australia's top order Friday on a bowler-friendly deck to leave the hosts in disarray at lunch on day one of the fourth Ashes Test.
Jamie Melham riding Half Yours wins Melbourne Cup
AFP, Published on 04/11/2025
» MELBOURNE - Jamie Melham became only the second woman jockey to win the A$10 million (US$6.5 million) Melbourne Cup on Tuesday, steering Half Yours to victory in Australia's "race that stops a nation".
ONE Championship’s Takeru will use Rodtang fight money to build school in Laos
Nicolas Atkin, Published on 28/12/2024
» ONE Championship kickboxing superstar Takeru Segawa showed he is in the Christmas spirit by revealing plans to use money from his Rodtang fight purse to build a school in Laos next year.
Japan gymnastics captain out of Paris Games for smoking, drinking
Reuters, Published on 19/07/2024
» TOKYO - Shoko Miyata, the 19-year-old captain of the Japan women's artistic gymnastics team, has withdrawn from the squad for the Paris Games after violating the team's code of conduct by smoking, the Japanese Gymnastics Association said on Friday.
Kirk earns the most significant win of all
Sports, Chuah Choo Chiang, Published on 24/11/2023
» The who's who in golf including Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland and Tom Kim feature prominently on the PGA Tour's roll of honour in the recently concluded 2023 season.
Without a Fight wins Melbourne Cup
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» MELBOURNE - Without a Fight beat heavy favourite Vauban on Tuesday to win the Aus$8 million (US$6 million) Melbourne Cup, with jockey Mark Zahra claiming back-to-back victories in a dominant ride.
For Iranian refugees, French wine harvest part of anti-government 'struggle'
AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» SAINT-MEARD-DE-GURCON, France - Swapping their state-enforced veils for T-shirts reading "life" and "liberty", a group of Iranian women who have fled to France now help make wine that traces its roots back to ancient Persia.
Police investigate cricket star's island death
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 06/03/2022
» SURAT THANI: Police are investigating the death of former Australia cricket star Shane Warne, who was found unconscious in a villa on Friday while holidaying on Koh Samui.
'No foul play suspected' at Warne villa: Police
Online Reporters, AFP and Reuters, Published on 05/03/2022
» SURAT THANI: No foul play is suspected in the death of Australian cricket great Shane Warne on Koh Samui, police said on Saturday.