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India flexes IPL muscle in hunt for more TV riches
AFP, Published on 22/05/2018
» NEW DELHI - The head of the multi-billion dollar Indian Premier League says the glitzy tournament is taking aim at football and basketball's heartlands as India strengthens its role as world cricket's financial powerhouse.
North America 2026 World Cup bid vows record profit
AFP, Published on 08/05/2018
» BRUSSELS: Leaders of North America's bid for the 2026 World Cup urged FIFA voters to ignore the "politics of the moment" on Tuesday as they promised to deliver a record-breaking multi-billion-dollar profit for the global football showpiece.
Super Rugby chief denies South Africa teams ready to quit
AFP, Published on 07/05/2018
» SYDNEY - Super Rugby chiefs Monday rubbished claims that three more South African teams could leave the competition to play in Europe as "simply wrong", insisting they remained committed to the southern hemisphere game.
Australian cricket cheating plot sparks ethics review
AFP, Published on 01/05/2018
» SYDNEY - Cricket Australia on Tuesday appointed an ethics guru to review the sport's culture in the wake of the cheating scandal that has rocked "the gentleman's game".
Young fighters reap four golds
Sports, Published on 28/04/2018
» Four Thai boxers won gold medals at the ASBC Asian Youth Confederation Boxing Championships 2018 at Indoor Stadium, Hua Mark yesterday and qualified for this year's Youth Olympics.
Pards joins managerial merry-go-round
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 07/04/2018
» News that West Bromwich Albion and Alan Pardew have parted ways by "mutual consent" hardly came as a surprise considering the club's dire situation, sitting rock bottom after eight straight defeats. 'Pards' lasted just 124 days.
'Horrible 24 hours' as Australia's day of shame ends in 322-run rout
AFP, Published on 26/03/2018
» CAPE TOWN - Australian cricket's day of shame ended in a crushing 322-run defeat by South Africa on the fourth day of the the third Test at Newlands on Sunday.
Australia in turmoil over cricketers' ball-tampering shame
AFP, Published on 25/03/2018
» MELBOURNE: Sports-loving Australia is in uproar over the ball-tampering scandal that has ensnared the national cricket team in South Africa with demands for heads to roll.
No Olympics for Russians whose life bans were lifted
Associated Press, Published on 05/02/2018
» PYEONGCHANG, South Korea: The International Olympic Committee rejected a request on Monday to invite 15 Russians to the Pyeongchang Winter Games just days after the athletes' doping bans were overturned by the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
North Korea cancels joint Olympics event with South
AFP, Published on 30/01/2018
» SEOUL: North Korea has called off a joint cultural performance with artistes from the South ahead of the forthcoming Winter Olympics, Seoul said on Monday, underscoring the fragility of their Games-led rapprochement.