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Size doesn't matter: NZ tips scales for smaller rugby players
AFP, Published on 08/11/2020
» WELLINGTON - The tackles still crunch and the darks arts of the front row remain, but don't expect to see the big men fly in New Zealand's weight-restricted rugby competition.
Elite sport in England exempt from fresh lockdown
AFP, Published on 01/11/2020
» LONDON - Elite sport will continue to be allowed behind closed doors despite a new month-long lockdown being imposed across England by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday.
EU warns coronavirus epidemic worsening
AFP, Published on 24/09/2020
» STOCKHOLM - The EU raised the alarm Thursday on coronavirus saying the epidemic is worse now than at the March peak in several member countries, as governments in Europe and beyond reimpose drastic restrictions.
'Freakish' Greenwood is Man Utd's new baby-faced assassin
AFP, Published on 08/07/2020
» LONDON - Manchester United have spent more than pound sterling1 billion ($1.2 billion) on new players over the past nine years but the Red Devils latest revival owes much to a home-grown superstar in 18-year-old academy graduate Mason Greenwood.
German football returns as Spain, UK death rates fall
AFP, Published on 18/05/2020
» BERLIN: German football champions Bayern Munich played and won their first match in more than two months on Sunday as Spain and Britain recorded their lowest daily coronavirus death tolls since March, but the pandemic continued its devastation elsewhere.
Improve short games for markedly better scores
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 17/05/2020
» The best players in the world average six missed greens per round and yet they still regularly shoot under par rounds.
Big-spending Sharks face Buriram
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 29/06/2019
» Chonburi may have parted with a princely sum to get several new players on board, but their coach Sasom Pobprasert is under no illusion about his team's chances against Thai League 1 leaders Buriram United on Sunday.
EPL player spending falls for first time since 2012
Published on 01/02/2019
» LONDON: Spending on players by English Premier League football teams slumped in January for the first time since 2012 as the top clubs cemented their dominance of the competition and income from broadcasting levelled off.
Wales boss Gatland rates Ireland 'World Cup favourites' ahead of Six Nations
AFP, Published on 23/01/2019
» LONDON: Wales coach Warren Gatland piled the pressure on Ireland ahead of the Six Nations Championship by installing them as favourites to win the World Cup in Japan later this year.
Phachara has his eyes set on Masters title
Sports, Published on 13/12/2018
» Jakarta: Thailand's Phachara Khongwatmai, who finished second at the Indonesian Masters after losing to England's Justin Rose by eight shots last year, is determined to make amends on a golf course which he rates as one of his favourites.