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Foreign secretary condemns ‘cynical and reckless’ bid to disrupt Games, before they were postponedRussian military intelligence services were planning a cyber-attack on the Japanese-hosted Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo this summer in a bid to disru…
Beijing is working overtime for another 2008-style showcase in 2022, but world is very different place this time around and the diplomatic gloves are off Ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics to be held in Beijing and neighbouring cities, China is working …
Fa’afafine athlete and advocate Jaiyah Saelua, and Kaimana, the fa’afafine actor who will play her in Taika Waititi’s latest film, find shared celebration in a uniquely Polynesian storyJaiyah Saelua is a footballer first.The first openly transgender wo…
Observers link apparent decision to growing hostilities between UK and ChinaChinese state television appears to have demoted broadcasts of Premier League matches to lesser watched channels amid deepening hostilities with the UK.Bloomberg reported on Th…
Karim banned by Fifa after female players reported abuseCourt of arbitration for sport confirms punishmentThe court of arbitration for sport (Cas) has dismissed the appeal of Keramuudin Karim, a former president of the Afghanistan Football Federation, …
Ōrora, who hit 292kg before he retired, warns wrestlers need to care of themselves after death of colleague from coronavirusJapan’s sumo wrestlers should rein in their enormous appetites and take better care of their health. The advice comes not from d…
With no active Covid-19 cases, NZ to open borders to certain migrants but the move will also help team American Magic for March 2021 competitionNew Zealand is relaxing its borders to grant exemptions for certain workers – including America’s Cup sailor…
K-League says club ‘deeply humiliated’ female football fans and damaged the league’s reputationSouth Korea’s professional football league has imposed a record fine on one of its clubs for placing sex dolls in empty seats during a recent match played wi…
The 29-strong squad have been sleeping on the floor of an Auckland church and surviving off donated food after Tonga closed its bordersSign up to the coronavirus in the Pacific weekly briefing to your inboxFor the past six weeks, the days have followed…
K-League club FC Seoul said the dolls, used to make stadiums look less empty, had been ordered inadvertently after a ‘misunderstanding’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA professional football team in South Korea has apologise…
Organisers says they are not considering cancelling the Games after incorrect assertion spreads online Tokyo Olympic organisers have been forced to confront rumours the coronavirus outbreak could lead to the cancellation of the Games, less than six mon…
Coach Noeline Taurua got all players out on court in a match where NZ were without four key veteransThe Silver Ferns have beaten the England Roses netball team 64-48 in their first international of 2020.Without retired Maria Folau and Casey Korpua, and…
Netball team will look quite different from World Cup-winning outfit, as they take on understrength England The new-look Silver Ferns will take on England in their first international of 2020 without some of their biggest hitters on the court.Captain L…
Most Britons were not hostile and helped south Asians and east Africans to settle, says Nitin Mehta, while Jane Lane believes racism needs to be tackled at an early ageKavita Puri, like so many others before her, talks about the racism faced by immigra…
Player, who has 4 million followers on Chinese microblog Weibo, is called a ‘dirty ant’ for attacking ChinaChinese football fans have burned Arsenal football shirts and called on the club to fire star player Mesut Özil after he publicly criticised Chin…