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Niger celebrates unity in wrestling arena
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» AGADEZ, Niger - The winner falls to his knees, arms raised triumphantly. After just eight minutes, his opponent's knee and elbow have touched the sand, handing "Issaka Issaka" an historic win in Niger's king of sports.
For Iranian refugees, French wine harvest part of anti-government 'struggle'
AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» SAINT-MEARD-DE-GURCON, France - Swapping their state-enforced veils for T-shirts reading "life" and "liberty", a group of Iranian women who have fled to France now help make wine that traces its roots back to ancient Persia.
4 Aces GC in driver's seat at LIV event
Sports, Published on 05/10/2022
» Organisers yesterday confirmed the 12 teams ready to compete in the US$25 million LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok this week as the new circuit's season-long competition hits the home stretch.
Matsuyama's Masters triumph bodes well for Asia's future
Sports, Chuah Choo Chiang, Published on 07/05/2021
» A boyhood fantasy that turned into reality for Hideki Matsuyama is now destined to spark new dreams amongst Asian kids and potentially create the next golf rush in Japan and across the region.
Goals galore in Premier League, but the outlook for fans is gloomy
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 26/09/2020
» When you get down to the basics in football, it is goals that people want to see and that's what we were treated to in the Premier League last week.
Coronavirus KO: Thai fighters despair as rings fall silent
AFP, Published on 17/04/2020
» KANCHANABURI: Training in masks, two metres apart, Thailand's professional fighters are battling a new reality -- shuttered gyms and cancelled tournaments after the coronavirus pandemic left them suddenly out of work.
Avid fan dedicates rice field to Liverpool
Soonthorn Kongwarakhom, Published on 02/03/2020
» PHETCHABUN: A 46-year-old football fan is again preparing to plant his rice fields with crops of different colours to proudly display the Liverpool emblem, as a symbol of his undying loyalty to the English Premier League club.