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India crush Pakistan by 88 runs amid handshake snub, umpiring drama
AFP, Published on 06/10/2025
» COLOMBO - India thumped arch-rivals Pakistan by 88 runs in a Women's World Cup clash but the game was marred by controversy as players refused to shake hands at Colombo's R. Premadasa Stadium on Sunday.
Chinese hope to lay a marker
Sports, Published on 23/09/2023
» HANGZHOU: After a year's delay due to Covid-19, the 19th Asian Games officially open on Saturday with hosts China eager to lift a country mired in economic gloom and athletes hoping to lay a marker before next year's Paris Olympics.
Haaland hits hat-trick to take Man City top, Son treble inspires Spurs
AFP, Published on 03/09/2023
» MANCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick as Manchester City maintained their perfect Premier League start with a 5-1 thrashing of Fulham on Saturday, as Son Heung-min also netted three times in Tottenham's 5-2 victory at Burnley.
Just ordinary! When 'Billy the Horse' saved Wembley match
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 03/06/2023
» Despite the two big Manchester clubs reaching the FA Cup final for a combined 31 times, this afternoon at Wembley will be the first time United and City have actually met in the final.
Milan on brink of historic title as thrilling season heads down to the wire
AFP, Published on 20/05/2022
» MILAN: Europe's most dramatic title race will finally reach its climax on Sunday when AC Milan take the field at Sassuolo ready to end an 11-year Scudetto drought and announce their return to the top table.
'This is huge' as Marsh powers Australia to T20 World Cup title
AFP, Published on 15/11/2021
» DUBAI: Mitchell Marsh smashed an unbeaten 77 as Australia hammered New Zealand by eight wickets to clinch their maiden Twenty20 World Cup title on Sunday with captain Aaron Finch describing the achievement as "huge".
Liverpool beat Man Utd to boost chances of Champions League return
AFP, Published on 14/05/2021
» MANCHESTER: Liverpool kept their chances of a place in next season's Champions League in their own hands with a thrilling 4-2 victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford on Thursday.
Giggs, Scholes and instant noodles: Vietnam takes pot-shot at World Cup
AFP, Published on 12/02/2020
» HUNG YEN (VIETNAM) - After a career that began in instant noodles, Vietnam's richest man knows all about long shots, and now he's taking another: trying to get the football-mad country's national team to their first World Cup.
Rain slows down Phachara's charge
Sports, Published on 24/11/2019
» Kota Kinabalu: Young Thai Phachara Khongwatmai fired three birdies against a bogey in his opening eight holes to extend his lead to three shots before the penultimate round of the Sabah Masters was halted due to inclement weather yesterday.
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.