Fri 07 Apr 2023: Hussain Besou was just four when he started asking his father to teach him chess, hovering around the board as he played in the evenings in the Middle East until he said yes, Reuters reports. After mastering the basic moves, Besou quickly surprised everyone with his talent. “He started correcting us and telling […]
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Tue 04 Apr 2023: Amir Khan, the former light-welterweight world champion, has been banned from all sports for two years after testing positive for a prohibited substance. The 36-year-old retired boxer tested positive for the anabolic agent ostarine after losing to Kell Brook in Manchester in February 2022, according to UK Anti-Doping. Ostarine is a […]
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Tue 04 Apr 2023: Former Bizhub Lions cricket player, Jean Symes, has been found guilty of participating in match-fixing for the domestic Ram Slam T20 Cricket Challenge. This comes after the Anti-Corruption officer at Cricket SA received information from a whistle-blower about alleged match-fixing planned for the 2015/2016 domestic Ram Slam T20 Cricket Challenge. “The […]
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Wed 29 March 2023: In a 7-0 friendly victory over Curacao, Argentina captain Lionel Messi has passed the 100-goal mark for the reigning world champions. Seven-time Awarded the Ballon d’Or Messi scored the game’s first goal in 20 minutes against the Caribbean island Minnows in Santiago del Estero on Tuesday, bringing his career total to […]
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Tue 28 March 2023: Olympic chiefs recommend returning Russian and Belarusian athletes to competition as individuals under a neutral flag with no links to the military. International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said the IOC had recommended to international federations and event organisers that “athletes with a Russian or a Belarusian passport must compete […]
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Sun 26 March 2023: A recent study has revealed that footballers are 50 per cent more likely to suffer from dementia compared to the rest of the population. Researchers from Sweden’s Karolinska Institute published the study in the Lancet Public Health journal which compared 6,000 elite footballers’ health records with more than 56,000 non-footballers between […]
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Sat 25 March 2023: Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar has made a new bid to buy Manchester United, according to UK media reports. According to the Press Association and the BBC, the chairman of Qatar Islamic Bank placed a second-round offer overnight. According to Sky Sports News, the offer is worth approximately […]
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Sat 25 March 2023: An offer to buy Manchester United signals Qatar’s continuing ambition to be seen as a global sport powerhouse, analysts say. Doha, Qatar – Avram Glazer was in the stands last month to watch Manchester United lift their first trophy in six years. United’s English League Cup triumph over Newcastle could very well be […]
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Wed 22 March 2023: England’s Premier League and English Football League (EFL) match officials have been told by refereeing body Professional Game Match Officials Ltd (PGMOL) to pause play so Muslim players can break their fast during the month of Ramadan, which is set to commence tomorrow. According to Reuters, match officials have been issued […]
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Thu 16 March 2023: Gianni Infantino was re-elected unopposed as president of FIFA until 2027 at the 73rd congress of the world’s football governing body in Kigali, Rwanda on Thursday. Ahead of his re-election as FIFA president, Infantino told delegates in the Rwandan capital, after being confirmed by a standing ovation at the 73rd FIFA […]
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