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Dechapol, Sapsiree ousted in first round
Sports, Published on 14/03/2024
» Mixed doubles stars Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai bowed out in the first round of the US$1.3 million All England Open Championships 2024 in Birmingham on Wednesday.
Making history and inspiring a nation
Sports, Published on 29/02/2024
» Two feats, which took place five days and some 15,000km apart, delivered timely reminders as to why golf continues to appeal to the masses where accomplishments sprinkled with touches of inspiration and historical proportions proved that the true essence of our sport is alive and well.
Marathon world record holder Kiptum dies in road accident
Reuters, Published on 12/02/2024
» NAIROBI: Kenya's marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach were killed in a traffic accident in the Rift Valley on Sunday, cutting short the promising career of the only man to have run the endurance classic in less than two hours and one minute.
Ugandan athlete Benjamin Kiplagat 'stabbed to death' in Kenya
AFP, Published on 01/01/2024
» NAIROBI - Ugandan athlete Benjamin Kiplagat has been found dead in Kenya, police said Sunday, with local media reporting he had been stabbed to death.
Ethiopia's Assefa smashes women's marathon world record in Berlin
Reuters, Published on 24/09/2023
» BERLIN, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa shattered the women's marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday, lopping off more than two minutes from the previous best to clock an official time of two hours 11 minutes and 53 seconds.
World records for Duplantis, Tsegay as Diamond League concludes in Eugene
AFP, Published on 18/09/2023
» EUGENE (UNITED STATES) - World and Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis improved his world record with a leap of 6.23m at the Diamond League finals on Sunday, as Gudaf Tsegay shattered the women's 5,000m world record.
Mahuchikh delivers Ukraine world gold, Ingebrigsten bounces back
AFP, Published on 28/08/2023
» BUDAPEST - Yaroslava Mahuchikh delivered an emotional end to the World Athletics Championships by securing war-afflicted Ukraine's first gold medal of the event whilst Jakob Ingebrigtsen showed huge character to retain his 5000m title.
World record-setter Kipyegon says more to come
AFP, Published on 03/06/2023
» FLORENCE, Italy: Faith Kipyegon warned there is more to come after adding the women's 1500m world record to a stellar career path that has already seen her bag two world and two Olympic golds over the distance.
'Anything is possible': IOC's efforts for refugee athletes hailed
Sports, Published on 27/10/2022
» There are only two times in my life that I've cried -- when my mother left me, and when I received the news that I would be on the first-ever IOC Refugee Olympic Team.
'Confidence' about Rugby World Cup despite Champions League fiasco
AFP, Published on 08/09/2022
» PARIS: World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin says he is "confident" about fan safety with one year to go to the Rugby World Cup in France despite the security issues surrounding May's Champions League final held in Paris.