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Coote videos could have bad ramifications for refs
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 16/11/2024
» Making the news this week for all the wrong reasons has been Premier League referee David Coote who was suspended after a video surfaced of him appearing to make disparaging comments about former Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp.
Ashes drama sparks headlines war in England and Down Under
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 08/07/2023
» Whatever one's views of the controversial "stumping" of Jonny Bairstow in the second Ashes Test it will always be remembered for the astonishing scenes at Lord's, considered to be the home of cricket since it was established in 1814.
Kohli holds firm against Australia in WTC final thriller
AFP, Published on 11/06/2023
» LONDON - Virat Kohli defied Australia on Saturday to give India hope of an extraordinary win in the World Test Championship final at The Oval.
Russia handed two-year doping ban in 'catastrophic blow to clean sport'
AFP, Published on 18/12/2020
» LAUSANNE: Sport's highest court on Thursday banned Russia from the international stage for two years, including the Tokyo Olympics next year and 2022 Beijing Winter Games, but the halving of the initial punishment was blasted as "a catastrophic blow to clean athletes and the integrity of sport".
USADA calls Russia doping ruling a 'tragedy'
AFP, Published on 18/12/2020
» LOS ANGELES: The United States Anti-Doping Agency condemned the Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision to halve Russia's doping ban on Thursday as a "tragedy" for the global fight against drug cheats, slamming the ruling as a "weak and loophole-riddled outcome."
Russia to decide on appeal against doping ban
AFP, Published on 19/12/2019
» MOSCOW: Russia's anti-doping agency will on Thursday decide whether to launch an appeal against a four-year ban from major sporting events over systematic violations, a prohibition denounced by the country's leadership as politically motivated.
With flash, cash, International Swimming League out to shake up sport
AFP, Published on 05/10/2019
» PARIS: Team competition, finals only with $5 million to be shared: the International Swimming League debuts this weekend outside the orbit of governing body FINA with the aim of revolutionizing a sport.
Armstrong manager Bruyneel banned from cycling for life
AFP, Published on 25/10/2018
» LOS ANGELES - Lance Armstrong's former US Postal team manager Johan Bruyneel has been handed a life ban from cycling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Well chaps, that's simply not cricket
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 31/03/2018
» For a country which loves sport so much and prides itself on its sense of fair play, the ball-tampering incident has left Australia in a state of shock.
Smith fights for job and reputation after admitting ball-tampering plot
AFP, Published on 25/03/2018
» CAPE TOWN - Australia captain Steve Smith was fighting to save his job and reputation on Saturday after admitting he was the chief plotter in the ball-tampering scandal which has plunged cricket into potentially its greatest crisis.