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Vienna wins on home turf as it hosts first tram driver world cup
AFP, Published on 14/09/2025
» VIENNA - Vienna hosted the first ever Tram Driver World Championship on Saturday, with the city's skilled drivers emerging victorious out of 25 teams from across the world battling it out in a tense competition.
New boss Tuchel has a tough task ahead
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 19/10/2024
» The appointment of Thomas Tuchel as England coach has been met with mixed reactions. While it has generally been well received by fans, some of the tabloids are unhappy the job hasn't gone to an Englishman. They are particularly upset at Tuchel being German, digging up fallacious archaic arguments going back to World War II.
Djokovic heading to Australian Open with Covid-19 exemption
AFP, Published on 04/01/2022
» MELBOURNE: World number one Novak Djokovic said Tuesday that he was heading to the Australian Open to defend his title after being granted a Covid-19 medical exemption to play.
Now comes hard part for champ Raducanu
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 18/09/2021
» Some may regard the British reaction to the stunning, success of Emma Raducanu as being a bit over the top … and they would be partly right.
The rugby-mad duo cycling from Twickenham to Tokyo
AFP, Published on 11/08/2019
» HANOI - They survived angry dogs in Iran and stomach bugs in India, and have slept in monasteries, underpasses and on farms -- it's been a madcap adventure for a pair of rugby enthusiasts cycling from Twickenham to Tokyo for charity ahead of the Rugby World Cup.
South Africa confront World Cup demons
AFP, Published on 22/05/2019
» JOHANNESBURG - For South Africans, there is no escape from the reality of the country's bitter history of painful failure in World Cup knockout games.
Getting sporty at historic, cultural sites
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 11/11/2018
» Wiggins' World recently expanded its horizons, going on a southwestern Europe sojourn that included stops in Bordeaux in France, Madrid and Barcelona in Spain and Lisbon in Portugal.
England win toss, bat against India in first Test
AFP, Published on 01/08/2018
» BIRMINGHAM (UNITED KINGDOM) - England captain Joe Root won the toss and elected to bat against India in the first of a five-Test series at Edgbaston on Wednesday.
Anyone but England? The bitter truth about football rivalry in the UK
AFP, Published on 10/07/2018
» EDINBURGH - For football fans in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, it's often a case of ABE (Anyone But England). It's tough for them to change the habit of a lifetime and get behind Gareth Southgate's team in the World Cup.
The Dale are on their way to Wembley
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 24/02/2018
» Although Wigan Athletic ending Manchester City's bid for the quadruple understandably grabbed all the headlines in last week's FA Cup action, it was Rochdale's battling effort against Tottenham that caught my attention.