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Sabalenka 'does not understand' Australian Open fitness tracker ban
AFP, Published on 27/01/2026
» MELBOURNE - World number one Aryna Sabalenka said Tuesday she could not understand why wearing fitness trackers was banned at the Australian Open after being told to remove hers.
Out of Africa: Hard knocks the spur for history-making Coventry
AFP, Published on 20/03/2025
» COSTA NAVARINO - Kirsty Coventry says she has "learned the best lessons by failing" and the Zimbabwean swimming great's mantra appears to have served her well after she became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
'For them': US figure skating plane crash victims remembered in China
AFP, Published on 14/02/2025
» HARBIN (CHINA) - Two teenage figure skaters who died in the Washington plane crash that killed 67 people were poignantly remembered this week at the Asian Winter Games in China's Harbin.
Sophia: From a trembling little child to an Olympic hopeful
Sports, Grace Gambrill, Published on 15/07/2024
» In the 2011 Royal Varuna Yacht Club Santa Race, Sophia Montgomery began her competitive sailing career with a "First Girl Without Overall Prize" award. Twelve years later, she stands at the same place with a hard-earned ticket to the Paris 2024 Olympics in her pocket.
Brazil's Dani Alves sentenced to prison for rape, will appeal
Reuters, Published on 23/02/2024
» BARCELONA - Brazilian footballer Dani Alves was convicted of raping a woman in the restroom of a Barcelona nightclub in 2022 and sentenced to four and a half years in prison on Thursday, which he will appeal.
Meksen aims to finish off Ruumet quickly
Sports, Published on 13/04/2022
» Anissa Meksen had a spectacular debut in One Championship when she knocked out Cristina Morales in the second round of their kickboxing bout last September.
Mira Rai: child soldier, ultra-runner, mentor
AFP, Published on 08/03/2022
» KATHMANDU: For years Nepali child soldier turned ultra-runner Mira Rai trained alone every morning, but now she leads other young women up and down the hills, hoping the sport can help them break cycles of poverty and discrimination.
Biles out of more Olympic events as doping case rocks athletics
AFP, Published on 31/07/2021
» TOKYO: Simone Biles pulled out of two more events at the Olympics on Saturday, raising major doubts over whether she will compete again in Tokyo as Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare was thrown out after failing a doping test.
Baker dazzles in 100m back at US swimming championships
AFP, Published on 29/07/2018
» IRVINE (UNITED STATES) - Kathleen Baker sliced more than half a second off her personal best to win the women's 100m backstroke at the US swimming championships in a world record of 58.00sec on Saturday.
Michelle Wie wins dramatic Singapore tourney
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» SINGAPORE: US-Korean golfer Michelle Wie delivered when it mattered most Sunday, draining a 40-foot putt for a birdie on the last hole to claim a dramatic one-stroke victory at the HSBC Women's World Championship.