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Mexico star Hernandez sorry for sexist comments
AFP, Published on 25/07/2025
» MEXICO CITY - Mexican football icon Javier Hernandez apologised on Thursday for making sexist remarks which led to him being sanctioned by Mexico's football federation and his club Guadalajara.
Celine Dion performs at Olympic Games' opening ceremony
Reuters, Published on 27/07/2024
» PARIS - Celine Dion made a comeback to the live stage on Friday singing Edith Piaf's classic "L'Hymne A l'Amour" to close the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.
Serbia player Djurdjevic banned for racist gesture
Sports, Published on 10/06/2021
» Serbia libero Sanja Djurdjevic has been given a two-game suspension for her racist gesture during the match against Thailand in the 2021 FIVB Women's Nations League last week.
Growing sense of angst over virus-hit Olympic Games
Naomi Tajitsu and Makiko Yamazaki of Reuters, Published on 11/03/2020
» TOKYO: For weeks, Olympic organisers have relentlessly pushed a consistent message: The Summer Games in Tokyo will not be cancelled or postponed.
US lawmakers urge NBA to suspend China activities over boycott
AFP, Published on 10/10/2019
» WASHINGTON: A bipartisan set of US lawmakers urged the NBA on Wednesday to suspend all activities in China until Chinese firms and broadcasters end their boycott of the league and the Houston Rockets.
World Cup sees Iranian women score spot in the stands
AFP, Published on 26/06/2018
» TEHRAN: For many of the thousands of joyful women packed into Tehran's largest football stadium, their first ever chance to watch a game at a sports arena was a victory for freedom despite Iran's agonising World Cup elimination.
'Referee has garbage bag instead of heart', rages Buffon
AFP, Published on 12/04/2018
» MADRID (SPAIN) - Gianluigi Buffon told English referee Michael Oliver he "has no heart" and should have been watching Juventus' Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid in the stands "with his wife and a Sprite".