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Sacred cow: Ball makers break taboos for India's favourite sport
AFP, Published on 27/09/2023
» MEERUT (INDIA) - Stitching together cricket balls is a wearisome task for leatherworker Bunty Sagar, whose labours are frowned upon by many fellow Indians even if he makes their favourite pastime possible.
French MPs battle over AI-assisted Olympics surveillance
AFP, Published on 23/03/2023
» PARIS: French government plans to trial surveillance cameras upgraded with artificial intelligence at the 2024 Olympics have opponents fuming at what they say is unnecessary and dangerous security overreach.
NBA suspends Suns owner Sarver for year after racism probe
AFP, Published on 14/09/2022
» NEW YORK: The NBA has suspended Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver for one year and fined him $10 million dollars after a probe of claims of racism and misogyny, the league said Tuesday.
Embattled Pakistani PM faces crucial vote
AFP, Published on 09/04/2022
» ISLAMABAD: Pakistans lawmakers clashed angrily in the national assembly on Saturday ahead of a no-confidence vote on Prime Minister Imran Khan that will likely see him booted from office.
Intarat appointed interim International Weightlifting Federation chief
Sports, Published on 16/10/2020
» Thailand's Maj Gen Intarat Yodbangtoey has taken over as interim president of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) after Ursula Papandrea of the United States was removed from the post in a boardroom putsch.
'Ticks the boxes' - Australia, NZealand favourites to host 2023 women's World Cup
AFP, Published on 23/06/2020
» SYDNEY - A decade ago Australia spent millions of taxpayer dollars on a disastrous quest to host the 2022 men's World Cup, but its football boss is quietly confident that crushing defeat will not be repeated this week.
US-China political tensions, tariffs don't worry NBA boss
AFP, Published on 31/05/2019
» TORONTO: NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday he is unconcerned about US-China political tensions and tariffs as league players prepare for China trips later this year to grow the sport globally.
Bayern Munich hand Ribery "heavy fine" for Tweetstorm
AFP, Published on 06/01/2019
» BERLIN: Bayern Munich will impose "a heavy fine" on Franck Ribery for his obscenity laced outburst on social media, the club's sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic said on Sunday.
Kosovo uses sport in diplomatic joust with Serbia
AFP, Published on 29/12/2016
» PRISTINA - Belgrade rejects its claim to independence and Russia blocks it from joining the United Nations, but Kosovo is fighting back for its place on the international stage through sport.
Giacomo set for Sydney-Hobart yachting race handicap win
AFP, Published on 29/12/2016
» SYDNEY - New Zealand's Giacomo was set Thursday to win handicap honours in the record-breaking Sydney-Hobart yacht race as rivals were becalmed on Hobart's breathless River Derwent.