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NFL won't scrap diversity policy despite Republican pressure
AFP, Published on 01/04/2026
» LOS ANGELES - The National Fotball League will not scrap pro-diversity policies that require teams to interview minority candidates, despite legal pressure from Florida's Republican attorney general, commissioner Roger Goodell said on Tuesday.
France calls Olympic gender test ‘a step backwards’
AFP, Published on 27/03/2026
» PARIS - France on Friday called the International Olympic Committee’s new policy on gender testing to determine eligibility to compete in women’s events a “step backwards”, but other countries welcomed the move.
War, politics clouding World Cup on 100-day countdown
AFP, Published on 04/03/2026
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Donald Trump's brutal immigration crackdown, polarised politics and a war unleashed on Iran have tarnished the global image of the United States just under 100 days before millions of fans are expected to visit for the World Cup.
Redknapp's Gold Cup dream sparked by late grandmother
AFP, Published on 25/02/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) — English football icon Harry Redknapp told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that his late grandmother, the inspiration for his love of horse racing, "wouldn't believe" he had a horse that is "running in the (Cheltenham) Gold Cup".
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.
ONE Championship: Mongolia’s President hails Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu after shock world title win – ‘A new chapter in sports history’
Nick Atkin, Published on 10/12/2025
» Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh has praised Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu after the 36-year-old completed one of the biggest upsets in ONE Championship history to capture the bantamweight MMA world title at ONE Fight Night 38 in Bangkok.
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".
Singing my way to the Masters and British Open
Sports, Fifa Laopakdee, Published on 30/10/2025
» It means the world to me. To pull off the win is amazing and it was a great battle. At the start of the day, I said to myself, "it's just another round of golf and to go out there and try to play your best golf and whatever happens, happens." I tried to not put pressure on myself this year because I've been putting too much pressure over the past few years at this event where I kind of choked at the end. This year, I felt like I could just go out and have fun.
ONE Championship: Abdessamie Rhenimi apologises after red card for illegal soccer kicks at Friday fights 128
Nick Atkin, Published on 11/10/2025
» Moroccan teenager disqualified for two illegal kicks to grounded opponent Payakrut in Muay Thai bout at Lumpinee Stadium
NBA back in China after six-year absence sparked by democracy tweet
AFP, Published on 08/10/2025
» MACAU — The National Basketball Association (NBA) returns to the lucrative China market this week with two pre-season games following a six-year absence after a team official tweeted his support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.