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No bars to Uruguay's rugby inmates
AFP, Published on 17/08/2023
» MONTEVIDEO - The smiles of the tryscorers and the grimaces of the tackled are the same as you will find on any rugby field in the world.
Jailed ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan's lawyers to apply for bail
AFP, Published on 08/08/2023
» ISLAMABAD - Lawyers for Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan were Tuesday set to file a bail application for him, as he languished in a small cell of a century-old prison at the start of a three-year jail term for graft.
Pistorius to be sentenced for murder in S.Africa court
AFP, Published on 06/07/2016
» PRETORIA - Disgraced Paralympian Oscar Pistorius will learn Wednesday how long he will spend in jail when a judge sentences him for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp three years ago.
Best offbeat moments in sports of 2015
AFP, Published on 15/12/2015
» PARIS - Novak Djokovic eating grass at Wimbledon, a pistol-packing referee in Brazil or a Scottish goalkeeper travelling to the wrong ground for a game. It's been a bumper year for world sports' light-hearted moments.
Tearful prayers as Manny Pacquiao visits death row Filipina
AFP, Published on 10/07/2015
» YOGYAKARTA (INDONESIA) - Boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao visited a Filipina on death row in Indonesia on Friday, with the convict breaking down in tears as she prayed behind bars with the Philippine sporting hero.
Italian prisoners take rugby road to rehabilitation
AFP, Published on 20/05/2015
» TURIN (ITALY) - It is, according to former Italy international Walter Rista, a sport with respect for the rules written into its DNA.
Pakistan's Imran fights terror with cricket
AFP, Published on 02/08/2013
» Pakistan cricket hero Imran Khan is launching a hunt for sporting talent as a flagship counter-terrorism policy in the northwest province governed by his political party, an aide said Friday.
Russian jailed in Chile serves time on pitch
AFP, Published on 12/08/2012
» A young Russian man jailed for drug trafficking in Chile credits football with saving his life after a Santiago league team hired him from behind bars.
Group D goes down to wire after Ghana, Guinea win
AFP, Published on 29/01/2012
» Ghana duo Asamoah Gyan and Andre Ayew lit up day eight at the Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday to push the Black Stars virtually through the door opening onto the knockout stage.