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The host nation has attracted criticism over the price tag of November’s event, while an expert labels Chinese funding ‘shrewd diplomacy’Luke Haga has spent the past two years getting ready for the race of his life. Haga, a sprinter, is preparing for t…
Read MoreOn race days outside the Royal Calcutta Turf Club, boisterous children and adults sell racecards emblazoned with BOL, ‘best of luck’. This jocular anachronism sets the tone for the afternoonAfter you pay your £2 entrance fee and heave yourself through …
Read MoreCharges follow months of complaints against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh by country’s top wrestlersPolice in India have filed charges of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation against the chief of the country’s wrestling federation, a member o…
Read MoreSoccer for Life league in Tokyo has about 40 players, enough for three teams, playing 30-minute matchesThere are mops of silver hair, Bobby Charlton combovers and a fair number of creaking knees. But the Red Star and Blue Hawaii football teams can be f…
Read MoreWorkers at World Cup 2022 venues fired as tournament ended and allegedly jailed or deported after trying to claim unpaid wagesThree World Cup security guards who were detained while trying to resolve a dispute over unpaid wages are still being held in …
Read MoreIndia’s small group of female skateboarders are smashing stereotypes and forming strong communities. We hear some of their storiesGrowing up in Delhi, India, I was always fascinated by the stories of women who challenged societal norms and broke barrie…
Read MoreThe climate crisis and farmers opting to grow more lucrative timber is putting many bat-makers in Kashmir out of businessFor more than 100 years they have been making cricket bats from Kashmir’s willow trees. Along the highway leading to the town of Sa…
Read MorePresident of Wrestling Federation of India accused of sexually harassing seven young female wrestlersThey were the first women who brought Olympic glory in the wrestling ring to India. But last week several of India’s top female wrestlers threatened to…
Read MoreWrestlers in India are demanding the arrest of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Wrestling Federation of India chief and member of parliament, for alleged sexual harassment of seven wrestlers including a female minor. Singh has denied all allegations against …
Read MoreSpanish manager whose CV also features time at Barcelona and Brighton recently led ATK Mohun Bagan to playoff triumphWhen the 2022-23 Indian Super League (ISL) ended last month, four of the 11 teams had Spanish coaches, four were in English hands and t…
Read MoreStadiums are reopening but detentions of major football figures overshadow the sport, as scandal engulfs basketballSergio Agüero may be one of the greatest strikers of his generation, but he won an even rarer accolade in 2015, when he became the first …
Read MoreDentsu Group charged after arrest of Tokyo 2020 committee official accused of rigging Games-related tendersJapan’s biggest advertising agency and five other companies have been indicted for allegedly violating an anti-monopoly law, in a corruption sca…
Read MoreHosting the World Cup in the Indian state of Odisha has transformed playing the game into a respectable career choiceIn a small mud room, Elisaba Lakra hurriedly cooks lunch for her husband. It is 11am and she only has two hours before her eight-year-o…
Read MoreWrestlers including Olympic medallists stage sit-in demanding federation is disbandedTwo Olympic medal-winning wrestlers in India have accused the head of their sport’s governing body and its coaches of sexually harassing female players and have vowed …
Read MoreIn contrast with security deal between China and Solomon Islands, the Australia-PNG agreement will be ‘public and transparent’, prime ministers vowGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia and Papua New Guinea h…
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