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Messi hailed as 'America's number 10' as he greets rapturous Miami fans
AFP, Published on 17/07/2023
» FORT LAUDERDALE (UNITED STATES) - It rained on his parade, but Lionel Messi greeted his new Inter Miami fans and was hailed by the club's owner as "America's number 10" at a damp but celebratory unveiling event on Sunday.
Blind surfer Matt Formston: conquering the world's biggest waves
AFP, Published on 12/12/2022
» PISMO BEACH (UNITED STATES) - Matt Formston proudly shows off a photo of him surfing a liquid mountain off the Portuguese coast, where some of the biggest waves on the planet crash to shore. No matter that he can't see it because he is blind.
Dressel eyes 100m freestyle gold as Olympic golf tees off
AFP, Published on 29/07/2021
» TOKYO: US swim star Caeleb Dressel seeks a second gold medal at the Tokyo Games on Thursday in his pursuit of Olympic greatness while the absence of Simone Biles will be keenly felt in the women's all-around gymnastics.
Nelly Korda wins Women's PGA title to become World No.1
AFP, Published on 28/06/2021
» WASHINGTON: Nelly Korda won the Women's PGA Championship on Sunday to capture her first major title and become the first American since 2014 to seize the world number one ranking.
Medvedev powers past Tsitsipas into Australian Open final
AFP, Published on 19/02/2021
» MELBOURNE: Russia's Daniil Medvedev overpowered Stefanos Tsitsipas to make his first Australian Open final Friday, where he will bid to stop world number one Novak Djokovic from clinching an unprecedented ninth title.
Resurgent Sergio, low-key Lawrie: golf talking points
AFP, Published on 06/10/2020
» HONG KONG - Two major winners and an emerging talent with an unusual dress sense feature in AFP Sport's golf talking points this week:
Thomas outduels Koepka for WGC win, World No. 1 ranking
AFP, Published on 03/08/2020
» WASHINGTON - Justin Thomas reclaimed the world number one ranking on Sunday by outdueling defending champion Brooks Koepka down the stretch to win the WGC St. Jude Invitational by three strokes.
Sport in 2019: Ten offbeat stories
AFP, Published on 18/12/2019
» PARIS - Matches held up by wildlife and underwear protests, chickens in danger in Croatian football and offside armpits.
Park shoots stunning 64 to win Women's World Championship
AFP, Published on 03/03/2019
» SINGAPORE: Red hot world number two Park Sung-hyun shot a stunning best-of-the-week round of eight-under par round of 64 Sunday to claim a two-stroke victory at HSBC Women's World Championship.
Salas leads Indianapolis LPGA by two
AFP, Published on 19/08/2018
» LOS ANGELES - American Lizette Salas had eight birdies in an eight-under par 64 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead heading into the final round of the US LPGA tournament in Indianapolis.