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Plenty of peaks, but skiing yet to take off in Central Asia
AFP, Published on 12/02/2026
» BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Two weeks before setting off for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics to compete as Kyrgyzstan’s only alpine skier, Timur Shakirov was weaving down a slalom course in his homeland.
Athletes swap skis for skates in a glimpse of winter sport's future
AFP, Published on 21/10/2025
» MUNICH - Many of the world's best biathletes swapped skis for skates at an exhibition event in Munich on the weekend, offering a glimpse into the future of winter sports in a warming world.
Heat risks force marathons and race walks to start earlier
AFP, Published on 11/09/2025
» TOKYO - The marathons and 35km race walks at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo will start half an hour earlier because of health risks posed by unseasonably hot weather, organisers said Thursday.
With six months to go, Winter Games organisers say they'll be ready
AFP, Published on 05/08/2025
» ROME - Six months before the start of the Winter Olympics, Italian organisers say that, after years of ups and downs, they are on schedule.
Thailand-Russia match called off due to typhoon
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 08/09/2024
» The LP Bank Cup football tournament match between Thailand and Russia in Hanoi yesterday was cancelled as Typhoon Yagi hit the host country.
Bunjong rockets into boxing quarters
Sports, Published on 31/07/2024
» Paris: Boxer Bunjong Sinsiri secured his place in the Paris Olympics quarter-finals after he defeated Jesus Nazaret Cova Romero of Venezuela 5-0 in the men's 63.5kg division on Monday.
Canadians pack into cooling centers as heat wave death toll doubles
AFP, Published on 01/07/2021
» VANCOUVER - Inside one of Vancouver's 25 air-conditioned cooling centers on Wednesday, visitors quietly read books or worked on laptops as the death toll in Canada's British Columbia province rose into the hundreds from a record-smashing heat wave.
Mud stops play: after smog, wind, rain, new challenge for Aussie Open
AFP, Published on 23/01/2020
» MELBOURNE: An Australian Open that has been hit by weather extremes faced a new challenge on Thursday: dirty rain, after overnight downpours left courts muddy and unplayable.
'Hazardous' air pollution halts Australian Open practice
AFP, Published on 14/01/2020
» MELBOURNE: Soaring pollution halted Australian Open practice and delayed qualifying on Tuesday as smoke from raging bushfires hit the build-up to the season's opening Grand Slam.
Smoke delays unlikely at Australian Open, say organisers
AFP, Published on 07/01/2020
» SYDNEY: Smoke from bushfires is unlikely to delay the Australian Open tennis Grand Slam, organisers said on Tuesday, insisting they have pulled out all the stops to protect the health and safety of players.