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She was a child Instagram influencer. Her fans were grown men.
New York Times, Published on 14/11/2024
» NEW YORK — For her 18th birthday in March, "Jacky Dejo," a snowboarder, bikini model and child influencer turned social media entrepreneur, celebrated on the secluded island of Dominica.
'So fun!' says 9-year-old Asian Games skateboarder
AFP, Published on 25/09/2023
» HANGZHOU (CHINA) - She probably ought to have been in primary school, but instead Mazel Paris Alegado -- aged nine -- competed in skateboarding at the Asian Games on Monday.
Dutch open trailblazing skatepark for LGBTQ people, women
AFP, Published on 14/08/2023
» AMSTERDAM - Skateboarders in colourful outfits zip around a skatepark unique in Amsterdam, one of the first in the world to provide a safe space for LGBTQ and women skaters.
Inside a US abortion clinic director's post-Roe odyssey
AFP, Published on 20/06/2023
» MOORHEAD (UNITED STATES) - As a first-year college student from the Minneapolis suburbs, Tammi Kromenaker was proudly anti-abortion, at one point slapping a "God is pro-life" bumper sticker on her dormitory room wall.
When is an eSport not an eSport? Olympic event puzzles gamers
AFP, Published on 20/06/2023
» SINGAPORE - ESports has long been derided as "not a real sport". But now, an Olympic-organised event is being dismissed by competitive gamers as not real eSports.
Tears and anger as US police beating victim Tyre Nichols laid to rest
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» MEMPHIS - Civil rights leaders, family and friends came together in a Memphis church Wednesday to bid farewell to Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old African American whose fatal beating by police shocked the nation -- and triggered urgent calls for reform.
Five US police officers charged with beating Black man to death
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» WASHINGTON - US authorities on Thursday charged five former police officers with murder over the fatal beating of a Black man in Memphis, as the southern city braced for possible civil unrest and President Joe Biden urged demonstrators to protest peacefully.
Tokyo counts cost of $15 billion pandemic Olympics 'gamble'
AFP, Published on 09/08/2021
» TOKYO: Tokyo awoke to a huge bill and soaring coronavirus cases on Monday after pulling off a mid-pandemic Olympics that at times looked impossible and had a mixed reception to the end.
Australian skateboarder stuns at Olympics as US relay team crash out
AFP, Published on 05/08/2021
» TOKYO - Australia's Keegan Palmer flew to a stunning skateboarding gold medal on Thursday as the USA suffered track disappointment with a major flop in the 4x100 metres relay heats.
USA step up Olympic medal hunt
AFP, Published on 05/08/2021
» TOKYO - The United States are eyeing a quadruple gold medal haul spearheaded by hurdler Grant Holloway in the Tokyo Olympic Stadium on Thursday, while the men's basketball tournament reaches the semi-final stage.