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Pushing the cycling limits
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 17/07/2022
» Kevin Latta pushed his bike forward, following the Bull River down a ridge in the Canadian Rockies. The tyre tracks from riders ahead of him had disappeared.
Vintage cars show racy past of Iran's toppled royalty
AFP, Published on 01/12/2021
» TEHRAN - Before they were ousted by the 1979 Islamic revolution, Iran's royal family enjoyed a lavish lifestyle with a taste for fast cars quite unlike any ever built.
Top flight: South Korea's 18-year-old world drone champion
AFP, Published on 30/03/2021
» HWASEONG (SOUTH KOREA) - In a South Korean rice field, the teenage world drone-racing champion is preparing to defend his title in one of the planet's fastest and highest-tech sports.
Formula One unveils eight-race schedule in Europe from July 5
AFP, Published on 02/06/2020
» PARIS - The curtailed Formula One season will start with two races behind closed doors in Austria on July 5 and July 12 followed by six other grands prix in Europe, the organisers said on Tuesday.
US sport edges back from virus shutdown with golf, auto events
AFP, Published on 15/05/2020
» WASHINGTON - World number one Rory McIlroy and America's most popular auto racers will nudge United States sport forward this weekend as hope grows for a June revival from the coronavirus shutdown.
'It's a dream': Sainz to succeed Vettel at Ferrari as Ricciardo heads to McLaren
AFP, Published on 14/05/2020
» PARIS - Spanish driver Carlos Sainz will replace four-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari next season, while Daniel Ricciardo has signed a "multi-year" deal with McLaren from 2021.
Thailand MotoGP is sport's latest virus casualty
AFP, Published on 02/03/2020
» BANGKOK: Thailand's MotoGP was postponed over the new coronavirus on Monday as motorcycling's premier championship took its second hit in two days from the deadly outbreak.
Birhanu wins for second year running at virus-hit Tokyo marathon
AFP, Published on 01/03/2020
» TOKYO - Birhanu Legese of Ethiopia won the virus-hit Tokyo marathon reduced from a mass participation event of 38,000 runners to just elite athletes on Sunday because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Kitzbuehel downhill's giddying start to a white circus
AFP, Published on 24/01/2020
» KITZBüHEL (AUSTRIA) - The giddying view from the start hut says it all about the fabled men's downhill at Kitzbuehel, widely regarded as the most prestigious and demanding on the World Cup circuit.
Breathless Shiffrin wins record fourth straight world slalom title
AFP, Published on 16/02/2019
» ÅRE (SWEDEN) - US ski star Mikaela Shiffrin overcame a chest cold to write herself into the alpine history books Saturday when she produced a devastating second run to win her fourth straight world slalom title.