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NBA back in China after six-year absence sparked by democracy tweet
AFP, Published on 08/10/2025
» MACAU — The National Basketball Association (NBA) returns to the lucrative China market this week with two pre-season games following a six-year absence after a team official tweeted his support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
Marseille-Lyon off after bus attack as 'angry' Mbappe lifts PSG
AFP, Published on 30/10/2023
» PARIS - Sunday's Ligue 1 match between Marseille and Lyon was postponed after the visitors' bus was stoned on its way to the ground, while Kylian Mbappe drew the ire of Brest after scoring twice in Paris Saint-Germain's 3-2 victory.
F1 tensions with FIA surface over 'inflated price tag' row
AFP, Published on 30/01/2023
» PARIS - Formula One is never more than a chicane away from an unseemly spat as last week's surfacing of tensions between the sport's custodians the FIA and its owners Liberty Media demonstrated
Veterans Messi and Lewy clash for knockout berth
Sports, Reuters and AFP, Published on 30/11/2022
» DOHA: Two of the most intimidating strikers in world football, Argentina's 35-year-old Lionel Messi and Poland's 34-year-old Robert Lewandowski, line up against each other on Wednesday with a last 16 place at stake in the World Cup.
Unjabbed Djokovic out of US Open
Published on 25/08/2022
» NEW YORK: Former men’s world number one Novak Djokovic said he will not play in the US Open which begins on Monday as Covid protocols mean he cannot travel to the United States.
Elon Musk 'joking' about buying Manchester United
AFP, Published on 17/08/2022
» Billionaire Elon Musk was joking when he said he was going to buy English football club Manchester United, the entrepreneur said on Twitter on Wednesday.
'Very happy' Mbappe snubs Real Madrid to stay at PSG
AFP, Published on 22/05/2022
» PARIS: Kylian Mbappe said he was "very happy" to stay at Paris Saint-Germain after the club's president announced on Saturday the World Cup winner was rejecting Real Madrid to remain in France until 2025.
Cairns opens up on pain wrought by match-fixing trials
AFP, Published on 02/05/2022
» WELLINGTON - New Zealand cricket great Chris Cairns feels he can talk candidly about the pain of match-fixing allegations brought against him now that he has survived multiple health scares.
Woods aims to pull off another Masters miracle
AFP, Published on 06/04/2022
» AUGUSTA: Tiger Woods plans to tee it up in the Masters on Thursday, gunning for a record-equalling sixth green jacket in what would be the most miraculous resurgence of a career studded with epic comebacks.
NFL legend Brady poised to retire after 22 seasons: reports
AFP, Published on 30/01/2022
» NEW YORK: Seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady is poised to retire after 22 NFL seasons, according to multiple US media reports Saturday.