Sport
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Tackle training and too many urinals: New Zealand women face challenges as they flock to rugby
Participation up 20% since Black Ferns World Cup victory but change rooms and tackle safety among challenges f…
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From lucky shoes to Olympic trailblazer: Solomon Islands athlete pushes for Pacific Games gold
Veteran long-distance runner Sharon Firisua among stars competing in the two-week tournament set to begin in H…
- Asia Pacific, China, Hong Kong, Human rights, LGBTQ+ rights, Society, Sport, Transgender, World news
Gay Games delight Hong Kong amid China’s growing hostility to LGBTQ+ community
Activists have secured a string of legal victories in Hong Kong but it is a very different story on the mainla…
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‘They bring us joy’: Afghans swept up in cricketing fairytale
Blue Tigers’ exceptional performances in India a ray of light in country beset by problemsThe wicketkeeper use…
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Osaka’s baseball underdogs hope one more win will lift curse of KFC
Many in the city have put the Hanshin Tigers’ lack of success down to an unusual Colonel Sanders-based superst…
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‘I’ve been so lucky’: Hamilton swaps Essex Alliance for Sri Lanka’s World Cup dream
FC Baresi midfielder is preparing to face Yemen in Saudi Arabia instead of turning out in the 11th tier of Eng…
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Chinese censors block ‘Tiananmen’ image of athletes hugging
Picture of athletes’ ‘6/4’ race numbers erased in perceived reference to 1989 massacreA photograph of two Chin…
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‘Fiji’s Jonny Wilkinson’: island nation embraces Simione Kuruvoli ahead of Rugby World Cup clash
Excitement builds across Pacific nation over young scrum-half who helped seal historic victory against Austral…
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China ‘gifts’ and cost concerns: Pacific Games stir controversy in Solomon Islands
The host nation has attracted criticism over the price tag of November’s event, while an expert labels Chinese…
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A day at the Kolkata races – a photo essay
On race days outside the Royal Calcutta Turf Club, boisterous children and adults sell racecards emblazoned wi…
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Indian wrestling federation chief charged with sexual harassment
Charges follow months of complaints against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh by country’s top wrestlersPolice …
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Japan’s ageing footballers get their kicks in over-80s league
Soccer for Life league in Tokyo has about 40 players, enough for three teams, playing 30-minute matchesThere a…
- Africa, Employment, Fifa, Football, Global development, Kenya, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Qatar, Remittances, South and Central Asia, Sport, Workers' rights, World Cup, World Cup 2022, World news
World Cup security guards still jailed in Qatar after dispute over unpaid wages
Workers at World Cup 2022 venues fired as tournament ended and allegedly jailed or deported after trying to cl…
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‘We say, skate and destroy! Just commit and do it’: India’s skatergirl pioneers
India’s small group of female skateboarders are smashing stereotypes and forming strong communities. We hear s…
- Business, Climate crisis, Cricket, Drought, Employment, Environment, Global development, India, Kashmir, South and Central Asia, Sport, Travel & leisure, Trees and forests, World news
Not seeing the trees for the wood: willow shortage could spell end for Kashmir’s cricket bat industry
The climate crisis and farmers opting to grow more lucrative timber is putting many bat-makers in Kashmir out …