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Japan hails ‘new chapter’ with first Olympic pairs skating gold

AFP, Published on 17/02/2026

» Japan hailed a “new chapter” in the country’s figure skating on Tuesday after Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara pulled off a stunning comeback to claim pairs gold at the Milan-Cortina Olympics.

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'Madness': Ukrainians furious over Olympian ban for memorial helmet

AFP, Published on 12/02/2026

» KYIV — Ukrainians were outraged Thursday by a decision from the International Olympic Committee to disqualify their skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from the Winter Olympics over his helmet honouring killed athletes.

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ONE Championship: Shadow survives hydration scare at Fight Night 40 weigh-ins as one athlete fails

Nick Atkin, Published on 12/02/2026

» Shadow Singha Mawynn endured an anxious few hours at the scales before finally securing his place in Saturday’s ONE Championship interim featherweight Muay Thai title fight.

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Plenty of peaks, but skiing yet to take off in Central Asia

AFP, Published on 12/02/2026

» BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Two weeks before setting off for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics to compete as Kyrgyzstan’s only alpine skier, Timur Shakirov was weaving down a slalom course in his homeland.

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India look forward to Pakistan 'challenge' after T20 World Cup U-turn

AFP, Published on 11/02/2026

» NEW DELHI - India said on Tuesday it would be "a challenge" to face a "quality" Pakistan team in Colombo after Islamabad U-turned and decided to play the blockbuster T20 World Cup clash.

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South Korea averts team boycott of Women’s Asian Cup

AFP, Published on 10/02/2026

» SEOUL - A dispute that saw South Korea’s players threaten to boycott next month’s Women’s Asian Cup over “discriminatory conditions” has been resolved, football officials in the country said on Tuesday.

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LA Olympics chief faces heat over Epstein files emails

AFP, Published on 05/02/2026

» LOS ANGELES  - Multiple Los Angeles officials have called on 2028 Olympics chief Casey Wasserman to step down, after the latest batch of files in the Jeffrey Epstein case revealed racy emails between the sports executive and the disgraced financier’s girlfriend.

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Probe into alleged inflated ice hockey budget at SEA Games

Online Reporters, Published on 04/02/2026

» Anti‑corruption officials on Wednesday inspected an ice hockey rink in Bangkok used for the SEA Games last year, following a report of irregularities in invoices it issued to the Ice Hockey Association of Thailand that showed claimed amounts higher than actual expenses during the event.

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China issues 73 life bans, punishes top football clubs for match-fixing

AFP, Published on 29/01/2026

» BEIJING - China's football association issued lifetime bans to 73 people, including former national team head coach Li Tie, and punished 13 top professional clubs for match-fixing and corruption, it said Thursday.

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Football Association of Thailand makes foreign player quota changes

Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 23/01/2026

» The Football Association of Thailand (FAT) has confirmed significant changes to foreign player quotas in Thai League 1 for the 2026–2027 season, following a meeting with all 16 top-flight clubs on Thursday.