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Angry Indian fans trash stadium after chaotic Messi visit
Reuters, Published on 13/12/2025
» KOLKATA - Lionel Messi’s tour of India kicked off chaotically on Saturday as fans threw objects, ripped up seats and invaded the pitch at Salt Lake stadium after the Argentine football great made only a brief appearance at a ticketed event.
Arsenal face Man Utd test as Nunez targets Liverpool start
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» LONDON - Manchester United will seek a cure for their travel sickness when they travel to face Arsenal in an early-season blockbuster on Sunday as Liverpool take on free-scoring Aston Villa.
'Brick wall' Djokovic, Murray eye Wimbledon third round
AFP, Published on 29/06/2022
» LONDON - Australia's Thanasi Kokkinakis attempts to demolish the "brick wall" of Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon on Wednesday while Andy Murray needs to defuse the big-serving threat of John Isner.
Real tennis: Coaching the quirky sport of kings
AFP, Published on 13/05/2022
» MAIDENHEAD: Josh Smith is a tennis pro with a difference -- playing, coaching and even making the balls for the members at Holyport Real Tennis Club in London's leafy commuter belt.
Nadal: Grand Slam warrior who reached for the stars with his feet on the ground
AFP, Published on 12/10/2020
» PARIS: To death and taxes being life's only two certainties can be added a third -- Rafael Nadal winning the French Open.
Chapter 56 as Djokovic and Nadal eye history in Roland Garros blockbuster
AFP, Published on 11/10/2020
» PARIS - Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal meet for the 56th time on Sunday in a Roland Garros final blockbuster with history on the line for both men.
Sharapova ends a career that was stuff of Hollywood
AFP, Published on 26/02/2020
» PARIS: From the shadow of Chernobyl's nuclear wasteland to international super-stardom and from penniless arrival in the United States, without a word of English, to estimated earnings of at least US$300 million.
Of cabbages and celery, pigs and pies
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 13/10/2018
» Steve Bruce was not a happy bunny when a cabbage was thrown at him by a protesting spectator at Villa Park recently. The Aston Villa manager was even less happy shortly afterwards when he got the sack for his team's recent cabbage-like performances, highlighted by throwing away a 2-0 lead in a 3-3 draw with bottom-placed Preston.
Sudan's 'sister coach' takes love of football to field
AFP, Published on 03/04/2018
» GADAREF (SUDAN) - In Sudan, where a women's national football team remains a distant dream, Salma al-Majidi knew the only way to take part in her beloved sport was to coach... and that the players had to be men.