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Seville wins Tokyo 100m for first Jamaican men's sprint title in 10 years
AFP, Published on 14/09/2025
» TOKYO — Oblique Seville won Jamaica's first men's world 100-metre title in 10 years after outpacing Kishane Thompson and defending champion Noah Lyles for gold in Tokyo on Sunday.
Supreme Pogacar wins Tour de France for fourth time
AFP, Published on 28/07/2025
» PARIS - Tadej Pogacar closed out a supreme 21-day performance to win the Tour de France in Paris on Sunday, crushing his rivals in the 3,400km slog to rack up a fourth title.
'The Beautiful Game' falls for AI's charms
AFP, Published on 03/06/2025
» PARIS - Sport has been unable to resist the surge of artificial intelligence and the biggest one of them all, football, is benefitting from data that AI can supply and the human eye cannot.
Bol strikes hurdles gold amid shock Jamaican title double
AFP, Published on 25/08/2023
» BUDAPEST - Femke Bol struck gold in the 400-metre hurdles amid an unexpected Jamaican double gold rush at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Thursday.
Veni, vidi, bici: Is Rome ready for a cycling 'revolution'?
AFP, Published on 21/04/2021
» ROME - With its historic seven hills, crazy traffic, cobbles and notoriously crumbling roads, Rome has never been the ideal city for cyclists -- but with the coronavirus pandemic, things are changing.
Graveyard of the bikes: China's failed share-cycle scheme from above
AFP, Published on 21/04/2021
» BEIJING - Handlebars tight in snaking rows of colour, thousands of abandoned bicycles line an open field outside the city of Shenyang, relics of a shared bike mania that has overwhelmed China's cities.
On yer bike: cycling industry out-pedalled by demand
AFP, Published on 23/07/2020
» PARIS - Cycling is booming across the globe as people seek to avoid crowded buses and trains on their commute in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic -- or get back into shape after long months of lockdown.
Empty Las Vegas Strip counts losses as locals venture out
AFP, Published on 09/05/2020
» LAS VEGAS - The marble statues at Caesars Palace are fenced off, the Venetian hotel's gondolas sit empty, and the New York-New York casino rollercoaster has ground to a halt.
Sport in 2019: Five stories you may have missed
AFP, Published on 18/12/2019
» PARIS - Sport has made the front pages as well as the back pages all around the world in 2019 with the rugby and cricket World Cups, the World Athletics Championships and the women's football World Cup to name just a few.
Celtics humble Cavaliers in NBA playoff series opener
AFP, Published on 14/05/2018
» NEW YORK - Jaylen Brown scored 23 points and Al Horford added 20 to power the Boston Celtics over Cleveland 108-83 Sunday, humbling LeBron James and his Cavaliers teammates in their NBA playoff series opener.