Sun 15 August 2021: Nico Ali Walsh made a strong pro debut on Saturday night, winning the first round and paying tribute to his grandfather, Muhammad Ali. “It’s been an emotional journey, this whole ride,” Ali Walsh said. “Obviously, my grandfather, I’ve been thinking about him so much. I miss him.” Wearing trunks made for […]
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Fri 13 August 2021: Adidas stated on Thursday that it had reached an agreement to sell the Reebok brand to Authentic Brands Group of the United States for 2.1 billion Euros ($2.5 billion). Back in February, the company started the formal process of selling Reebok, which it acquired in 2006 for roughly $3.8 billion, due […]
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Fri 13 August 2021: Soccer star Lionel Messi’s signing on fee at Paris St Germain includes some of the French club’s cryptocurrency fan tokens, in the latest big name endorsement for new digital assets. The Argentine, 34, left Spanish side Barcelona and signed a two-year contract with Paris St Germain (PSG), with an option for […]
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Thu 12 August 2021: Lionel Messi said on Wednesday that he is dreaming of winning the Champions League once again after joining Paris Saint-Germain. The Argentine superstar, who has signed a two-year deal with the French club, won four Champions League titles during his time with Barcelona, with the last one coming back in 2015. […]
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Sun 08 August 2021: On Sunday, Lionel Messi bid farewell to Barcelona, where he spent his entire professional career. “I never thought of it,” he remarked in an emotional, tearful press conference. “In recent days I’ve given lots of thought to what I could say and the truth is that I can’t think of anything,” […]
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Thu 05 August 2021: Police in the United Kingdom have made 11 arrests in relation to online racial abuse directed at England players following the team’s loss in the Euro 2020 soccer final against Italy. Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were victims of abuse after they missed penalties in the shootout defeat at Wembley on July 11. The UK Football Policing Unit said Wednesday that of the 207 posts on social media identified as criminal, 123 accounts belong to individuals outside the United […]
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Tue 03 August 2021: The Greek Olympic Committee (HOC) has announced that Greece has withdrew from the Olympic artistic swimming contests after four of their swimmers tested positive for Covid-19. One athlete tested positive yesterday, and three more tested positive on Tuesday, causing the team to be ruled out and the athletes to be placed […]
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Sun 01 August 2021: Former international cricketers are being threatened and warned by the Indian cricket board against taking part in the inaugural Kashmir Premier League (KPL) cricket tournament, organisers and players have said. The KPL is scheduled to start from August 6 in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and will be contested by six teams […]
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Fri 30 July 2021: South African Tatjana Schoenmaker smashed the long-standing women’s 200m breaststroke world record on Friday to win the Olympic gold medal. The 24-year-old timed 2min 18.95sec to better the 2:19.11 set by Denmark’s Rikke Moller Pedersen in 2013. America’s Lilly King was second in 2:19.92 with her team-mate and training partner Annie […]
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Tue 27 July 2021: Tatjana Schoenmaker won silver in the women’s 100m breaststroke at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday morning, kicking off an all-female two-medal haul for Team SA. Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, has congratulated Tatjana Schoenmaker for winning a silver medal in the women’s 100m breaststroke final at the Tokyo […]
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