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Tennis fans sizzle as heatwave hits Wimbledon
AFP, Published on 30/06/2025
» WIMBLEDON (UNITED KINGDOM) - Tennis devotees armed themselves with hats, sun cream, mini-fans and a sense of humour for the first day of Wimbledon Monday, as the tournament provisionally recorded its hottest ever opener.
ONE Championship’s Nico Carrillo jokes ‘my fiancee is next opponent’ as wedding takes priority after major win
Nick Atkin, Published on 08/04/2025
» Nico Carrillo quipped that his next opponent will be “my fiancee” with the ONE Championship star set to marry his “best friend” this summer.
Women's sport a winner as money pours into India cricket league
AFP, Published on 02/03/2023
» MUMBAI - India's inaugural Women's Premier League cricket has generated hundreds of millions of dollars even before a ball is bowled on Saturday, with experts calling it a game-changing moment for women's sport.
An uneasy face-off in the making
Sports, Published on 04/09/2022
» The Sept 8-11 BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth reminds me of my input and association with its acquisition back several years ago.
There's always room for surprise
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 13/08/2022
» One of the entertaining aspects of the English Premier League is that despite the air of inevitability about which teams will finish at the top and those which will struggle, nearly every weekend there are usually a couple of surprise results which no one would have predicted.
India's mango man, father of 300 varieties
AFP, Published on 20/07/2022
» MALIHABAD (INDIA) - Every day, Indian octogenarian Kaleem Ullah Khan wakes at dawn, prays, then ambles about a mile to his 120-year-old mango tree, which he has coaxed into producing more than 300 varieties of the beloved fruit over the years.
'Unstoppable' Mbappe underlines value to PSG and leaves Messi in shade
AFP, Published on 16/02/2022
» PARIS: Kylian Mbappe's importance to Paris Saint-Germain was all too evident long before his stoppage-time strike gave them a narrow win over Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League showdown on Tuesday and left them on course for a place in the quarter-finals.
Heat risks add to challenges for Tokyo's pandemic-hit Olympics
AFP, Published on 12/07/2021
» TOKYO - Searing heat, dripping humidity, and face masks: it's going to be a sweaty Tokyo Olympics and while coronavirus measures are top priority, heatstroke remains a serious risk, experts warn.
Mission accomplished: Dressel, Ledecky get the job done with wins at US trials
AFP, Published on 20/06/2021
» OMAHA (UNITED STATES) - World record-holder Caeleb Dressel will try to add 100m butterfly Olympic gold to his two world titles after a victory Saturday at the US Olympic swimming trials.
Ko comeback, Cinks in synch, world traveller: golf talking points
AFP, Published on 20/04/2021
» HONG KONG - Familiar names returning to the top of leaderboards, and a travelling American winning a return ticket home dominate AFP Sport's golf talking points this week: