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Boxer Tyson Fury offers condolences over Joshua car crash
AFP, Published on 30/12/2025
» LONDON - Tyson Fury has passed on his condolences after a car crash in Nigeria which killed two of Anthony Joshua’s team members and left his fellow former world heavyweight boxing champion injured.
The umpire who became a legend
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 27/09/2025
» The widespread tributes to cricket umpire Harold 'Dickie' Bird who passed away this week at the age of 92 show how much he was admired in the cricketing world. It is extremely rare for an official in any sport to be acknowledged in such a manner, but Bird was someone special. He was an eccentric character and the subject of many anecdotes.
When dodgy calls lit up Wimbledon
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 05/07/2025
» In addition to tackling the unprecedented hot weather, something else Wimbledon had to get used to this past week is that for the first time there are no line judges. Breaking a very long tradition they have been replaced by electronic devices, a true sign of the times.
It's a big day for Preston's Lillywhites
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 29/03/2025
» Outside Preston North End's Deepdale Stadium there is an eye-catching statue of the club's greatest-ever player, the late Sir Tom Finney. The statue is known as "The Splash" as it was inspired by a dramatic photograph of Finney aqua-planing while playing against Chelsea on a waterlogged Stamford Bridge pitch in 1956.
Olympians baffled as Thai flag raised without Thai athlete
Online Reporters, Published on 10/08/2024
» Viewers were left confused on Friday night when the Thai flag was raised during a medal ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympics, even though no Thai athlete had won a medal.
Who is Imane Khelif?
Post Reporters, Published on 02/08/2024
» A controversy erupted during the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games when Italian boxer Angela Carini refused to continue fighting just 46 seconds into her round of 16 welterweight bout against Algeria’s Imane Khelif on Thursday. After taking two powerful punches, Carini, broke down in tears, saying she had never experienced such forceful hits before.
Thai shuttlers Kunlavut, Ratchanok stay on track
Sports, Bangkok Post &, Published on 02/08/2024
» Paris: Badminton star Kunlavut Vitidsarn will face No.1 seed Shi Yuqi in the men's singles quarter-finals at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Motor racing-F1 drivers barred from political statements unless approved
Reuters, Published on 20/12/2022
» LONDON: Formula One drivers will need prior written permission from the sport's governing body to make 'political statements' from next season following an update of the International Sporting Code.
Police escorts, hazmat suits - welcome to Beijing's Olympic bubble
AFP, Published on 13/01/2022
» BEIJING: China is sealing the Beijing Olympics inside an impenetrable giant bubble cocooning thousands of people and stretching nearly 200 kilometres in an effort to thwart the coronavirus.
Djokovic admits 'errors' in urgent fight to avoid deportation
AFP, Published on 12/01/2022
» MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic on Wednesday admitted "errors" in his travel papers and in his behaviour after a claimed coronavirus infection as he battled to stay in Australia and fight for a record 21st Grand Slam.