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Wrexham rise showcases English football pyramid in US, says Anton Ferdinand
AFP, Published on 11/07/2025
» PARIS - Wrexham's exploits since being bought by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have helped lift "the bonnet" on lower-league English football and boosted its popularity in the United States, former West Ham defender Anton Ferdinand told AFP.
It's a welcome change of fortune for Patty
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 02/03/2024
» This time last year Thai golfer Patty Tavatanakit finished last in the Honda Thailand tournament and must have been wondering what the future would hold. Just two years earlier she had stunned the golfing world with a magnificent performance to win the Chevron Championship, a major and her first LPGA victory. It included the traditional celebratory dip in Poppie's Pond.
Dazzling Phachara delights with 63
Sports, Published on 11/11/2023
» Hong Kong: Thailand's Phachara Khongwatmai unleashed his full repertoire of shots on Friday to take the halfway lead in the US$2 million Hong Kong Open, carding a brilliant seven-under-par 63, stacked with 10 birdies.
Biggest-ever Asian Games ready for liftoff in China after Covid delay
AFP, Published on 21/09/2023
» HANGZHOU (CHINA) - The biggest Asian Games in history, boasting about 12,000 competitors -- more than the Olympics -- will open on Saturday in the Chinese city of Hangzhou after a year's delay because of Covid.
Players chasing one last leap in the desert
Sports, AFP and Bangkok Post, Published on 31/03/2022
» Rancho mirage: Half a century of golfing history will draw to a close this weekend as the Chevron Championship tees off today in the California desert for the final time.
Sport battles back to find a sense of normality
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 25/12/2021
» It is the time of the year to acknowledge the sporting heroes of the past 12 months.
It isn't the same old Ryder Cup anymore
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 03/10/2021
» The criticism in the British press on what went wrong with Europe in the Ryder Cup in Wisconsin last week will soon subside and a new captain will be named.
Former FIA president Max Mosley dies aged 81
AFP, Published on 24/05/2021
» LONDON - Max Mosley, the former president of motorsport's world governing body the FIA, has died aged 81, ex-Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone announced on Monday.
Inspired Patty earns plunge into Poppie's Pond
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 10/04/2021
» There cannot be a better way to open your LPGA Tour account than by winning a major, as Thailand's Patty (Paphangkorn) Tavatanakit achieved last weekend.
China signals World Cup ambitions with new football stadiums
AFP, Published on 24/04/2020
» SHANGHAI: China is in the throes of a multibillion-dollar splurge on new football stadiums, ramping up ambitions to be a superpower in the sport and host a World Cup as early as 2030.