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Kohli ready to shine on Cricket World Cup stage
AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» AHMEDABAD, India - If you can judge a tournament by the number of replica tops sold, the Cricket World Cup in India opening this week already has a winner — home superstar batsman Virat Kohli.
Farewell to Moss and 'The Cat'
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 18/04/2020
» It has been a bad week. Two sporting heroes of my schooldays passed away -- motor racing icon Sir Stirling Moss, 90, and former Chelsea and England goalkeeper Peter Bonetti, 78.
Ex-Brazil star Ronaldinho arrested in Paraguay
AFP, Published on 07/03/2020
» ASUNCION: Former Brazilian football star Ronaldinho and his brother were arrested Friday in Asuncion, Paraguay's public ministry said, after entering the country on fake passports.
Duterte calls for probe after mess
Sports, Published on 30/11/2019
» Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has called for a probe into the preparations for the Southeast Asian Games, which officially start today after a messy build-up marked by last-minute construction and logistical problems.
A football fan's place is not on pitch
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 16/03/2019
» When I watched Reading at Elm Park as a kid back in pre-historic times, a few minutes before the final whistle, over the public address system would come the stern message: "Please don't run on the pitch after the match." Of course as soon as the final whistle sounded, dozens of kids would run onto the pitch, for the simple reason they had just been told not to.