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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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