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SINGAPORE – The Singapore Cycling Federation (SCF) is shifting gears to prioritise high performance with the aim of forming a men’s continental cycling team by 2023 and having a Singaporean rider feature in the 2030 Tour de France, It has appointed a high performance director, Australian Shayne Bannan, for at least the next three years to help it achieve those […]
Read moreVALDOSTA, Ga. — There is no joy in Titletown, as this South Georgia city calls itself. The Valdosta Wildcats are undoubtedly one of America’s most successful high school football teams, with more than 900 victories, two dozen state titles and its star players seemingly on a conveyor belt to football meccas like Georgia and Alabama. Greatness is a given here. […]
Read moreLone Toailoa has a chance to be the next New Zealander in the NFL, as he awaits news whether he will be selected for the International Player Pathway Program. Instituted in 2017, the program aims to provide elite international athletes the opportunity to compete at the NFL level, improve their skills, and ultimately earn a spot on an NFL roster. […]
Read moreWhat worked for Wayne Gretzky and Canadian hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics never quite fit the karmic ambitions of Canadian basketball officials nearly two decades later. The sacred tradition of sneakily stashing a good-luck coin beneath the playing surface did not sound as good to those antsy officials as buying a complete basketball floor for its supposed mystical properties. […]
Read moreAUGUSTA, Ga. — Hideki Matsuyama’s first swing in the final round of the 85th Masters was an unsightly banana-shape slice that would have looked familiar on the nerve-racking first tee of any golf course in the world. Matsuyama, who entered Sunday’s fourth round with a four-shot lead, hunted down his wayward drive in the left woods and chose an intrepid […]
Read moreSINGAPORE – Mehar Mukesh Muni used to be an avid runner. A former army regular, he would clock at least 5km a day twice a week along East Coast Park. But gradually, the 51-year-old found his knees getting worn out due to the constant impact of running, experiencing knee pain whenever he attempted to increase the frequency of his runs […]
Read moreAUGUSTA, Ga. — The third round of the Masters tournament began Saturday with a gusting wind that bedeviled the field and seemed to make the firm, already crusty Augusta National Golf Club greens more parched, speedy and vexing. Then, just before 4 p.m., a rainstorm with the potential for thunder and lightning sent the golfers scurrying to the safety of […]
Read moreKevin Loughery and Julius Erving share a city, Atlanta, a golf club and an emotional connection to a basketball allegory told inharmoniously in three distinct parts — what was, what might have been and what now has become. In other words: the history of the Nets, from Long Island to New Jersey to Brooklyn. Inevitably, wistfully, Loughery’s conversation with Erving […]
Read moreThe author is not good at the game. But games played online while meeting on a video call with strangers provided connection at the right time. By Sopan Deb One of my closest friends is Myki Bajaj, a 30-year-old film and television producer in Los Angeles. We see each other every week, and we usually speak multiple times. Our conversations […]
Read moreTOKYO (AFP) – The Diving World Cup, which serves as an Olympic qualifier and test event, will be held in Tokyo around two weeks later than planned, organisers said on Saturday (April 10). Last week the International Swimming Federation (Fina) said it was moving the competition from the city, reportedly due to Japan’s strict Covid-19 border rules. It had been […]
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