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When dodgy calls lit up Wimbledon
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 05/07/2025
» In addition to tackling the unprecedented hot weather, something else Wimbledon had to get used to this past week is that for the first time there are no line judges. Breaking a very long tradition they have been replaced by electronic devices, a true sign of the times.
Dark horses' dreams dashed?
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 09/01/2025
» The NFL postseason is a horse of a different colour compared to the MLB playoffs.
Club anthems play inspirational role
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 28/09/2024
» When the Leicester team came out onto the pitch at the King Power Stadium last Saturday it was good to hear they are still greeted by the stirring strains of the Post-Horn Gallop. It must be the most traditional piece of music to grace a football stadium in the English League and quite appropriate for a team nicknamed the Foxes.
Reminiscing what it used to be like at Open
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 17/07/2022
» I was trying to explain recently to a group of juniors how the professional game of golf has advanced over the years.
Giannis inspires Bucks to NBA title
Sports, Published on 22/07/2021
» MILWAUKEE: A resilient Milwaukee Bucks squad that battled back from adversity throughout the NBA play-offs and bonded over past failures ended a 50-year title drought on Tuesday by winning the NBA Finals.
Lack of action makes MLB less interesting
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 08/07/2021
» Chicks dig the long ball, they say. If that's so, in their attempt to win over the ladies, big league baseballers are ruining the grand old game.
Ratchanok among title contenders
Sports, Published on 11/01/2021
» Ratchanok Intanon is among the title contenders in the women's singles at the Asian leg in Bangkok which begins on Tuesday with the Yonex Thailand Open.
Alliss, the soothing sound of an English summer, will be missed
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 12/12/2020
» It was sad to learn of the passing of legendary BBC golf commentator Peter Alliss at the age of 89.
Mandela's famed words remembered
Sports, Published on 26/05/2020
» LONDON: Twenty years ago, one of the most powerful speeches in sporting history was spoken on stage at the inaugural Laureus World Sports Awards.
Jazz meditating his way to Masters
Sports, AFP, Published on 12/01/2020
» HONG KONG: Thailand's Jazz Janewattananond has something special in his bag as he prepares for the US Masters -- the Buddhist meditation techniques learned as a monk that have helped him become the talk of Asian golf.