カテゴリー: Sport
The 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…
President 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…
Wrestlers 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 …
Spanish 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…
Stadiums 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 …
Dentsu 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…
Hosting 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…
Wrestlers 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 …
In 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…
For thousands of low-paid workers, this year’s games brought back only memories of abuse and exploitationOn a huge billboard in front of Kathmandu’s international airport, is a picture of five migrant workers with the words: “Meet the hardest working t…
Japanese official says corruption claims could damage Sapporo’s chances of hosting 2030 eventMore than a year after the Tokyo Olympics were held in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, their legacy has been overshadowed by a bribery scandal that threat…
Victory in World Cup opener sparks street celebrations and banishes painful memories in Doha of failure to qualify for USA 1994Japan’s shock victory over Germany in Qatar on Wednesday sparked late-night celebrations and calls to mark the Samurai Blue’s…
Houses have been painted blue and flags are sold out across the island country ahead of the grand final against Australia on Saturday at Old TraffordOn the main street of Apia, the capital of Samoa, everything is blue. People are in royal blue T-shirts…
A song from Hong Kong’s protest movement seems to have been played in place of the Chinese national anthem during a rugby sevens tournament in South Korea. Hong Kong said it ‘strongly deplores and opposes’ the playing of a song associated with ‘vi…
Glory to Hong Kong, linked to 2019 protest movement, played in South Korean stadium at start of rugby sevens gameHong Kong’s government has strongly criticised a rugby sevens tournament after a song from the city’s protest movement was played in place …