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Putting the boot in: Colombian women farmers embrace football
AFP, Published on 26/08/2025
» JENESANO (COLOMBIA) - Skirts swirl and hats fly on a soccer field in Jenesano in central Colombia, as the "Smelly Ones" face off against the "Fillies" in a football extravaganza celebrating women farmers.
Brush the ground to savour better chips
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 06/08/2021
» The business of golf coaching has changed throughout the years but teaching ideas and techniques have changed little, especially chipping.
Virus delay, overseas fan ban: turbulent Olympic timeline
AFP, Published on 20/03/2021
» TOKYO: From a historic coronavirus postponement, to a decision to bar overseas specators, the path to Tokyo 2020 has been littered with hurdles.
Tokyo Olympics ceremonies chief quits over comedian insult
AFP, Published on 18/03/2021
» TOKYO: The creative director for Tokyo's Olympic ceremonies will resign after making derogatory comments about a female Japanese comedian, in the latest headache for organisers of the virus-delayed Games.
Swiss court confirms Semenya cannot compete without hormone-suppressing treatment
AFP, Published on 09/09/2020
» LAUSANNE: South Africa's double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya cannot compete until she accepts to be treated with hormone-suppressing drugs, the Swiss supreme court confirmed on Tuesday.
After the hype, let's enjoy the football
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 16/06/2018
» After weeks of hype, promises and previews it was something of a relief when the 2018 World Cup finally kicked off in Moscow on Thursday. No more second guessing about who must do what -- now the respective teams have to deliver. The Sun newspaper got into the spirit of things in its own inimitable way with the headline "And We're Offski!"
Deaf, 'psychic' cat picks winner of World Cup opener
Published on 14/06/2018
» MOSCOW: Russia's football team has failed to chalk up a single victory in eight months but things could be about to improve -- according to a supposedly clairvoyant cat who predicted a win for the side in the first World Cup match.
Deaf cat named World Cup seer
Published on 09/06/2018
» SAINT PETERSBURG: A deaf, white cat named Achilles is ready to begin work as Russia's "official" soothsayer for the World Cup, following in the tentacle-prints of Paul the Octopus who became a star in 2010.