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Twenty-six charged in latest basketball gambling scandal
AFP, Published on 16/01/2026
» LOS ANGELES - Twenty-six people have been charged with fixing US college and Chinese professional basketball games in an alleged transnational criminal conspiracy, federal prosecutors said on Thursday.
Anti-doping body hails Yemeni drugs seizure
AFP, Published on 27/11/2025
» PARIS - The seizure of a large amount of performance-enhancing drugs in a raid by Yemeni law enforcement agents is “a landmark moment”, the head of investigations for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has told AFP.
Belarus Olympic athlete 'happy to be in safety' in Poland
AFP, Published on 05/08/2021
» WARSAW: Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya said she was "happy to be in safety" in Warsaw on Thursday, a day after arriving in Poland where she took refuge after saying she feared for her life if forced to return home.
Belarus Olympic athlete leaves Japan after Poland visa offer
AFP, Published on 04/08/2021
» TOKYO: Belarusian Olympic athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya flew out of Japan on Wednesday and was expected to take refuge in Poland after saying she feared for her life if she was forced to return home.
Belarus athlete leaves Japan on Vienna-bound flight
AFP, Published on 04/08/2021
» TOKYO: Belarusian Olympic athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left Japan on a Vienna-bound flight on Wednesday and was expected to head for Poland, where she has been offered a humanitarian visa.
Belarus athlete offered Poland visa as US slams 'repression'
AFP, Published on 03/08/2021
» TOKYO: A Belarusian Olympic athlete was sheltering in Poland's embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday after being offered safe passage to Warsaw, as the US slammed her team's attempt to send her home.
Pandemic sparks surge in Hong Kong 'devil's breath' cash druggings
AFP, Published on 17/06/2021
» HONG KONG - A spiked drink, a puff of dust, missing memories, and an empty bank account.
IOC weighs boxing Olympic KO
AFP, Published on 28/11/2018
» TOKYO - Top IOC officials will from Friday weigh the future of boxing as an Olympic event at a meeting in Tokyo expected to be dominated by concerns over the sport's governance.
Srisaket earns right to be called champion
Sports, Oliver Fennell, Published on 28/02/2018
» 'Champion" is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as "a person who has surpassed all rivals in a sporting contest or other competition".