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Repair the green, respect the game
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 01/04/2026
» Ball marks, shoe damage such as spike marks and scrapes or indentations caused by equipment or a flagstick are regarded as damage to the putting green and therefore may be repaired. Also included would be old hole plugs, turf plugs, seams of cut turf and scrapes or indentations from maintenance tools or vehicles, animal tracks or hoof indentations, and embedded objects such as a stone, acorn, hail or tee and indentations caused by them.
World Cup host Morocco under pressure to save stray dogs
AFP, Published on 07/08/2025
» TANGIERS, Morocco - Animal welfare groups have accused Morocco of culling stray dogs as it prepares to host football's 2030 World Cup, but the kingdom denies the accusations, vowing to protect the canines.
‘Floating village’ to house Asian Games athletes in Japan
AFP, Published on 05/06/2025
» TOKYO - Athletes at next year’s Asian Games in Japan will stay on a “floating village” cruise ship and in converted shipping containers, an organising official told AFP, defending the cost-cutting move.
France is busing homeless immigrants out of Paris before Olympics
New York Times, Published on 12/07/2024
» PARIS — The French government has put thousands of homeless immigrants on buses and sent them out of Paris before the Olympics. The immigrants said they were promised housing elsewhere, only to end up living on unfamiliar streets far from home or flagged for deportation.
France goes (a bit) veggie for Olympics
AFP, Published on 13/09/2023
» PARIS - With France slowly weaning itself off its traditional obsession with meat, the top chefs in charge of feeding the sporting masses at the 2024 Olympic Games are emphasising a more vegetarian approach.
Iceland suspends whale hunt on animal welfare concerns
AFP, Published on 21/06/2023
» REYKJAVIK - Iceland's government said Tuesday it was suspending this year's whale hunt until the end of August due to animal welfare concerns, likely bringing the controversial practice to a historic end.
Warisa, Clara shine in Pattaya
Sports, Published on 20/06/2023
» Warisa Phavasantanont and Clara Buanack won at the President's Cup 2023 equestrian competition in Pattaya recently.
Cyclists in Australia on alert for swooping magpies
AFP, Published on 17/09/2022
» WOLLONGONG, Australia: Riders are bracing for an unusual threat at the world cycling championships in Australia this week — swooping magpies.
Rising stars emerge at President's Cup 2022
Published on 15/08/2022
» The President’s Cup 2022 has been underway since last month at the Thai Polo & Equestrian Club, Pattaya, with Harald Link, president of the Thailand Equestrian Federation (TEF), declaring that the competition is truly back on track.
Suphakamol, Suphajit riding high and dreaming big
Sports, Published on 28/07/2022
» Thai equestrians Suphakamol and Suphajit Vuntanadit have set their sights on qualifying for the 2022 Asian Games and 2024 Olympics.