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'Empowering': Ireland's first female sumo wrestler blazes a trail
AFP, Published on 01/02/2026
» BELFAST - Sweat darkened the white "dohyo" ring mat as Ireland's first female sumo wrestler shoved and strained, learning a freshly-discovered sport.
ONE Championship: Bokang Masunyane calls for Joshua Pacio title shot after Fight Night 39 return
Nick Atkin, Published on 27/01/2026
» Bokang Masunyane has been knocking on the door of ONE Championship’s strawweight MMA title picture for more than five years.
Lasting legacy of Wanheng endures
Sports, Wasim mather, Published on 18/01/2026
» Chon Buri, July 20, 2022. Few inside the arena realised they were witnessing the final chapter of a quietly extraordinary career. Ringside, it felt like another familiar Thai world title night, yet it would be the last time Chayaphon Moonsri, better known as Wanheng Menayothin, entered the ring as a professional. Across from him stood Knockout CP Freshmart, the reigning WBA minimumweight champion, in a rare Thai-versus-Thai world title bout promoted by Petchyindee Promotions.
Thailand sets SEA Games gold record
Published on 19/12/2025
» Thai athletes more than compensated for the football heartbreak of the previous night by setting a new benchmark for total gold medals at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games on Friday.
England seek end to Women's Rugby World Cup pain as Canada try to 'burst their aura'
AFP, Published on 26/09/2025
» LONDON - England, the team that have everything except the thing they most want, face Canada in Saturday's Women's Rugby World Cup final, with coach John Mitchell hoping lessons he learned in the men's game can end their long wait for global glory.
McLaughlin-Levrone powers to 400m world gold in second fastest time ever
AFP, Published on 18/09/2025
» TOKYO — US track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ran the second fastest time ever to win a stunning gold in the women's 400 metres at the world championships on Thursday.
Canada confident of dethroning New Zealand in Women's Rugby World Cup semis
AFP, Published on 18/09/2025
» LONDON - Canada are full of belief they can end New Zealand's bid for a third successive Women's Rugby World Cup title in the semi-finals on Friday, with France taking on England in the other last-four clash this weekend.
Duplantis reaches new heights, Beamish makes Kiwi history at worlds
AFP, Published on 15/09/2025
» TOKYO - The world athletics championships were, not for the first time, the Armand Duplantis show on Monday although though New Zealand's Geordie Beamish did his best to share the spotlight after a shock win in the 3,000 metres steeplechase.
Chebet delights Tokyo crowd with 10,000m win
AFP, Published on 13/09/2025
» TOKYO - Beatrice Chebet won the 10,000 metres world title while the cream of sprinting delighted a sellout 55,000 crowd at the world championships on Saturday — a stark contrast to the empty stadium at the Covid-affected Tokyo Games in 2021.
Barca Liga homecoming against Valencia reduced to tiny stadium
AFP, Published on 12/09/2025
» BARCELONA - After three weeks on the road to start the La Liga season champions Barcelona play their first home match on Sunday, although it won't be the glorious return to the rebuilt Spotify Camp Nou they had hoped for.