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Buenos Aires, Argentina | AFP | One person died Thursday following violent clashes that started outside a soccer match on the outskirts of Buenos Aires before spilling into the stadium and onto the pitch, authorities said. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas as they attempted to stop fans attending the match between top-flight teams Boca Juniors and Gimnasia y Esgrima from pushing into the already crowded venue. The unrest outside the Carmelo Zerillo stadium […]
Henderson, United States | AFP | by Nicolas PRATVIEL With an 8-foot (2.42m) wingspan and the smooth shooting touch of a point guard despite his towering frame, French prodigy Victor Wembanyama didn’t disappoint in his first US appearance. Wembanyama, 18, flew to Nevada with his French league team to showcase the skills that many informed observers believe will make him the number one pick in next year’s NBA draft. Around 200 NBA team representatives […]
by Coralie FEBVRE Agence France Presse Lausanne, Switzerland (AFP) — The decision to award the 2029 Asian Winter Games to Saudi Arabia may have been greeted with amazement but it follows a double logic. For the biggest events, hosts are becoming harder to find than snowstorms in the Arabian desert. For those willing to undertake the task, the appeal of major sports competitions is as national showcases. It is difficult to imagine a more spectacular […]
by Robbie COREY-BOULET Agence France Presse Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia was chosen on Tuesday to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at a $500 billion futuristic megacity in the desert that planners say will feature a year-round winter sports complex. “The deserts and mountains of Saudi Arabia will soon be a playground for winter sports,” the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said in a statement on the decision made during its general […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Struggling Championship club Middlesbrough announced Monday they have sacked manager Chris Wilder after less than a year in the role. Boro, who have won only two of their 11 league games this season, are third from bottom of England’s second tier after Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at Coventry. “Middlesbrough Football Club have terminated the contract of manager Chris Wilder with immediate effect,” said a club statment. “Leo Percovich will take over […]
Paris, France | AFP | The stampede at a domestic football match in eastern Indonesia that led to at least 125 deaths late on Saturday is the latest in a long line of football stadium tragedies. AFP Sport highlights some of the worst: PERU May 24, 1964 – 320 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured during a stampede at a Peru-Argentina Olympic qualifier at Lima’s National Stadium. Fans could not escape the […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – Jaminet succeeded with all five of his kicks at goal as the 21-time champions of France went top of the table, moving a point ahead of European champions La Rochelle. Jaminet took over kicking duties with French star Ramos starting on the bench and fellow international back Ntamack rested. His personal 14-point haul was highlighted by a monster 60-metre penalty which secured the victory and allowed the 23-year-old full-back to keep […]
Malang, Indonesia (AFP) by Marchio Gorbiano with Dessy Sagita in Jakarta Indonesian police came under mounting criticism Sunday after at least 125 people died in a stampede at a football stadium where officers fired teargas on angry fans invading the pitch. The tragedy on Saturday night in the city of Malang, which also left 323 injured according to police, was one of the world’s deadliest sporting stadium disasters. Arema FC supporters at the Kanjuruhan […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – Montpellier No. 8 Zach Mercer says more of his English compatriots should head to play in France with Premiership clubs facing mounting financial issues. Mercer, 25, joined the Mediterranean outfit last season from Bath. He helped Montpellier win a first French title in June before claiming the Top 14 player of the season award this week. “I do recommend coming to France,” Mercer said after picking up the individual prize in […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) – Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said on Wednesday he does not see it as “a dry spell” or “end of the world” if he fails to win a race this season. The Briton has struggled all year in his Mercedes and ahead of Sunday night’s race in Singapore is well out of the running for another world title, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen on the cusp of retaining […]
OSLO, Norway (AFP) – Chess superstar Magnus Carlsen for the first time openly accused American Hans Niemann of cheating Monday, saying the rising star had done so more recently and more often than he previously admitted. The chess world has been shaken for three weeks by the Carlsen-Niemann controversy, since the 31-year-old five-time world champion withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup in the US after losing to Niemann, 19. Last week, the Norwegian’s abrupt withdrawal from […]
Tokyo, Japan (AFP) Floyd Mayweather knocked out mixed martial arts fighter Mikuru Asakura in the second round on Sunday in Japan in the latest of the retired boxing great’s post-retirement exhibitions. The 45-year-old Mayweather floored his opponent with a right hand as his former welterweight foe Manny Pacquiao watched ringside in Saitama. The American Mayweather, who retired in 2017 with an unbeaten 50-0 record, afterwards dismissed any prospect of a fight with the similarly […]
