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How China's ladies are shaping sport
Sports, Chuah Choo Chiang, Published on 02/10/2025
» When the Women's China Open first teed off in 2006, the occasion was quietly significant. At the time, women's golf in the Middle Kingdom was still taking fledgling steps in the global game. The domestic circuit was modest, the talent pool limited and the pathway to elite professional circuits like the LPGA Tour seemed distant, if not daunting.
Stunning burst of seven birdies sees Ortiz storm to victory
Sports, Published on 27/02/2024
» Muscat: Mexico's Carlos Ortiz upstaged Louis Oosthuizen and Joaquin Niemann to record a convincing victory in the US$2million International Series Oman on Sunday -- the first of this year's International Series events.
Wolff says Mercedes car 'does not deserve to win'
AFP, Published on 06/11/2023
» SAO PAULO - Team boss Toto Wolff slammed his Mercedes outfit's car and Brazilian Grand Prix performance on Sunday, claiming it was akin to a three-wheeler and "does not deserve to win" a race this year.
Alcaraz through at US Open as Sabalenka, Vondrousova advance
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» NEW YORK - World number one Carlos Alcaraz edged closer to a US Open rematch with Italy's Jannik Sinner on Thursday as Grand Slam winners Aryna Sabalenka and Marketa Vondrousova booked their places in the third round.
Ukrainian athletes' human rights ignored by IOC, says legal expert
AFP, Published on 31/03/2023
» PARIS - Ukrainian athletes' human rights have been ignored by IOC president Thomas Bach and a UN expert in weighing Russia and Belarus's readmission into global sports events, a leading authority on human rights says.
Jacobs storms to shock Olympic 100m crown as Italy celebrates golden double
AFP, Published on 01/08/2021
» TOKYO: Lamont Marcell Jacobs stormed to a shock victory in the Olympics 100m final on Sunday to cap a golden double for Italy on a dramatic day of athletics action at the Tokyo Games.
Thai Polo win British Open Gold Cup
Sports, Published on 30/07/2021
» The Gold Cup for the British Open Polo Championship inaugurated in 1956 represents the heritage, tradition and competition of the sport.
Osaka threatened with French Open disqualification over media boycott
AFP, Published on 31/05/2021
» PARIS: Japanese superstar Naomi Osaka was on Sunday threatened with disqualification from the French Open if she persists with her controversial media boycott, officials said.
Osaka fined and threatened with French Open default over media boycott
AFP, Published on 30/05/2021
» PARIS: Japanese superstar Naomi Osaka was on Sunday threatened with disqualification from the French Open if she persists with her controversial media boycott, officials said.
'Work in progress' Osaka into French Open second round
AFP, Published on 30/05/2021
» PARIS - World number two Naomi Osaka let her racquet do the talking at the French Open on Sunday, maintaining her media boycott but briefly telling a TV interviewer that her clay court game is "a work in progress".