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Mind games: How football stars are fuelling chess boom
AFP, Published on 31/03/2026
» LONDON — Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah are among the Premier League stars "addicted" to chess, helping to spark a surge in the game's popularity among younger people.
ONE Championship: Tye Ruotolo says he and Kade will ‘figure out’ who fights Christian Lee first
Nick Atkin, Published on 18/03/2026
» Tye Ruotolo kept his ONE Championship submission grappling belt at ONE Fight Night 41.
ONE Championship: Christian Lee shuts down interim title talk, plays down Ruotolo threat
Nick Atkin, Published on 18/02/2026
» ONE Championship two-division king Christian Lee has dismissed talk of an interim welterweight MMA champion – and poured cold water on suggestions that the Ruotolo brothers are ready to force his hand in either division.
ONE Championship: Nabil Anane hints at Rambolek title defence as brother Yonis continues rise
Nick Atkin, Published on 14/02/2026
» Nabil Anane had one eye on the ring – and one on the rankings.
ONE Championship: Adam Sor Dechapan steps into the spotlight as Malaysia’s Muay Thai wave gathers pace
Nick Atkin, Published on 07/02/2026
» Adam Sor Dechapan has spent much of his early ONE Championship journey fighting in the slipstream of his older brother.
Shock exit: Thailand fall to the guns of Iraq in futsal quarters
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 04/02/2026
» Thailand's hopes of claiming continental glory in five-a-side football were dashed on Tuesday as they fell 4–2 to Iraq in the quarter-finals of the AFC Futsal Asian Cup in Jakarta.
ONE Championship: Vladimir Kuzmin to face Mohanad Battbootti in short-notice Fight Night 39 bout, source says
Nick Atkin, Published on 17/01/2026
» ONE Championship has added a short-notice featherweight Muay Thai bout between Vladimir Kuzmin and debutant Mohanad Battbootti to next week’s ONE Fight Night 39 card in Bangkok, a source told the Bangkok Post.
SEA Games end, Thais reign supreme
Published on 20/12/2025
» The curtain fell on the 33rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games with a colourful closing ceremony on Saturday night at Bangkok’s Rajamangala National Stadium, attended by athletes and officials from Asean nations — minus Cambodia.
How China's ladies are shaping sport
Sports, Chuah Choo Chiang, Published on 02/10/2025
» When the Women's China Open first teed off in 2006, the occasion was quietly significant. At the time, women's golf in the Middle Kingdom was still taking fledgling steps in the global game. The domestic circuit was modest, the talent pool limited and the pathway to elite professional circuits like the LPGA Tour seemed distant, if not daunting.
Milan's San Siro football stadium on course for demolition
AFP, Published on 30/09/2025
» MILAN - One of the world's most famous stadiums is set for demolition after Milan city hall early Tuesday approved the sale of San Siro, nicknamed football's La Scala, to the city's two football giants.