Newswire Cagliari, Italy and Baku, Azerbaijan have been announced as the hosts of the respective 2022 International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Judo World and European Championships. The two events – amongst the biggest on the sport’s calendar – will see judoka fight for titles and world ranking points on their road to the Paris 2024 […]
Read MoreFormer Australia all-rounder and two-time World Cup winner Andrew Symonds has died following a car accident in Queensland, Cricket Australia (CA) said. Symonds was aged 46. He had played 238 matches, including 26 Tests, for Australia between 1998-2009. He was also a member of Australia’s World Cup-winning teams in 2003 and 2007 and appeared in […]
Read MoreNewswire Canberra: Pakistani High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri this week congratulated Pakistani mountaineer Abdul Joshi on scaling Mount Everest. “Abdul Joshi successfully scaled Mount Everest (8,848 metres). He is the eighth Pakistani to successfully scale the world’s highest Mountain,” the envoy tweeted. Mountaineers say that Joshi is skilled climber but he mainly focuses […]
Read MoreJack Gonyea While Italy is perhaps better widely known for other cultural hallmarks – cuisine, canals, the Renaissance — Jack Gonyea of Indiana University explains that it has been a destination for sports fans for decades. Milan is set to host the 2025 Winter Olympics, with basketball (yes, basketball) being a huge draw, and the […]
Read MoreNewswire Rob Key says Ben Stokes was “prepared for an argument” when the pair discussed the topic of Stuart Broad and James Anderson returning to the England fold. Stokes succeeded Joe Root as Test captain last month after Root stepped down in the wake of a series defeat to the West Indies – a series […]
Read MoreStaff writer Islamaad: Iran football team defeated Italy 2-0 in its opening match in the 24th edition of the Deaflympics on Saturday. Ali Akbar Ahmadvand and Alireza Basij were on target for Iran. Iran is drawn in Group B along with Brazil, Netherlands, Italy and Cameroon. The Deaflympics had initially been scheduled to take place […]
Read MoreDirector General Pakistan Sports Board, Col. Muhammad Asif Zaman (Retd) addressing to the players in Anti-Doping Awareness Seminar conducted by PSB at Jinnah Library Hall, Pakistan Sports Complex Islamabad. IT’S the third case in just over three years of widespread doping in a single sporting discipline in Pakistan. If this one doesn’t spark an investigation […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini will retire from international football after the European champions play a friendly against their South American counterparts Argentina at Wembley in June. Italy’s failure to qualify for this year’s World Cup in Qatar seems to have hastened the 37-year-old Juventus defender’s decision, with the Argentina match in London, where […]
Read MoreGraeme Smith, the former CSA director of cricket, has been cleared of racism charges in an independent arbitration process following the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) commission’s report. The SJN made tentative findings that Smith had engaged in prejudicial behaviour on three counts; advocates Ngwako Maenetje SC and Michael Bishop cleared him on all of […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: NetBet Italy – one of the country’s most exciting online casinos – has teamed up with fresh talent Spribe to bring the best of their games to a global audience. NetBet have made a name for themselves as one of the most dynamic and long-standing online casinos in the industry, offering premium games […]
Read MoreCurrent Netherlands men’s head coach Ryan Campbell is in ICU in London after suffering a heart attack this week. The fifty-year-old felt chest pains and difficulty breathing while out with his family. Campbell was still unresponsive in hospital, though had made attempts to breathe on his own, according to Perth journalist and friend of the […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Lahore: President of Pakistan Federation of Baseball (PFB) Syed Fakhar Ali Shah said this week that Pakistani baseball team will participate in the 19th Asian Games to be held in China in September 2022. In a statement, he maintained that PFB had written a letter to Director General of Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) […]
Read MoreAlina Pavlyuchik Italy defeated hosts United States 13-4 in bronze medal game this week at the 2022 World Men’s Curling Championship in Las Vegas, NV. The win marks Italian curling’s best-ever world performance, and it follows the European bronze won by this team—skip Joel Retornaz, third Amos Mosaner, second Sebastiano Arman, lead Simone Gonin, alternate […]
Read MoreSam Goodwin South Africa’s spiteful Test series against Bangladesh has come to an end, but not before another ugly incident caused more divide between the two sides. Spinners Keshav Maharaj and Simon Harmer took all 10 wickets on Monday as South Africa crushed Bangladesh by 332 runs in the second Test in Cape Town, completed […]
Read MoreNewswire Florence: Roberto Mancini will stay on as Italy coach despite the team’s failure to qualify for the World Cup again. Italy, which won the European Championship only eight months ago, lost to North Macedonia 1-0 in the playoffs on Thursday and will now miss a second straight World Cup. The previous failure led to […]
Read MoreEnock Muchinjo Harare: Brendan Taylor, former Zimbabwe cricket captain, was handed a three-year ban earlier this year for failing to report a match-fixing approach from a trip to India. He made the trip in October 2019 where he received $15,000 which he claimed he was blackmailed into accepting by his hosts using a video of […]
Read MoreNewswire Wembley will host the revived ‘Finalissima’ match between UEFA EURO 2020 winners Italy and CONMEBOL Copa America 2021 champions Argentina on 1 June. European football’s governing body Uefa and South American counterparts Conmebol agreed last year to play three editions of the intercontinental match. Twenty-nine years after its last edition, the relaunch of this […]
Read MoreLahore: With the aim of reducing the national side’s gap with the leading international teams and creating more opportunities for players to grow and evolve according to the demands of the contemporary game, the Pakistan Cricket Board this week unveiled a bumper season for the women cricketers. Bismah Maroof’s side will compete in eight international […]
Read MoreMichele Lamaro described Italy’s incredible Six Nations victory in Cardiff as “unreal” while Wales skipper Dan Biggar said the performance was “simply not good enough”. Edoardo Padovani scored a late try as the visitors stunned Wales 22-21 to secure their first win in Cardiff and end their 36-game losing streak in the competition on Saturday. […]
Read MoreSteve Smith was a man on a mission on day one of the third Test — but he wasn’t just after Pakistan’s bowlers in Lahore. The Aussie No.4 was called to the crease inside three overs after the early dismissals of David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne. It was immediately clear that he was in the […]
Read MoreOli Coates Relive Italy’s unforgettable Euro 2020 triumph with the Puma Italy Winners collection – now available at discounted prices of more than 35%. They came, they saw, they conquered. The Azzurri’s dramatic penalty shootout victory over England at Wembley goes down in history as one of the European Championship’s most memorable finals. What better […]
Read MoreHamilton: Sidra Amin has become the first Team Pakistan batter to smash a brave-ton in an ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022. The 29-year-old batsman set the record while playing against Bangladesh at Seddon Park in Hamilton. However, her century went in vain as Pakistan could not chase down 235-run target set by Bangladesh. Bangladesh […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: AFan Token is set to be introduced for one of the best national teams in the world. Italy, the three-time world champions and the reigning European Championship holders, have announced that they’ll launch their official Fan Token ($ITA) this week, through Socios.com, the leading platform for sports industry blockchain solutions. Italy, currently preparing […]
Read MoreShane Warne offered gifts of his old cricket clothing and ate the traditional Australian snack of Vegemite on toast in the final hours before his death this week, an associate of the cricketing great said. Tom Hall was staying at the resort in Koh Samui, Thailand, where Warne was found unconscious in his room in […]
Read MoreFrancesco Porzio Gianluigi Buffon and Parma have reached a contract extension that will keep the legendary Italian goalkeeper around until 2024, meaning he’s set to play at least until he’s 46 years of age. The club this week, owned by American entrepreneur Kyle Krause, announced the new agreement with Buffon, who during the current Serie […]
Read Morenewswire Australian cricketer Shane Warne, considered one of the greatest players in history of the sport, has died at the age of 52, his management company confirmed . “It is with great sadness we advise that Shane Keith Warne passed away of a suspected heart attack in Koh Samui, Thailand today, Friday 4th March,” said […]
Read MoreEngland batter Jason Roy has taken a “short, indefinite break from cricket” to spend time with his family. The 31-year-old has pulled out of the Indian Premier League and will miss the start of the County Championship. Roy was set to play for new franchise Gujarat Titans in the IPL. “After more than two years […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: The Olympic flame has been extinguished, bringing down the curtain on the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, but the passion still lingers from the sports gala that has enlivened and inspired the world amid the pandemic. After all 109 medal events had been decided, the closing ceremony was held on Sunday at […]
Read MoreJessie Sale Rome: Grassroots sports in Italy are to receive support from Entain Foundation through a partnership with non-profit organisation, Sport Senza Frontiere Onlus. For the first time, the collaboration will now aim to deliver a social inclusion programme through free access to sport for young people across Italy – where Entain operates through the […]
Read MoreDave Middleton Sydney: Australia’s white-ball depth will be tested next month with David Warner, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitch Starc and Glenn Maxwell to all miss the limited-overs leg of their upcoming tour of Pakistan. However, Cricket Australia will not be releasing its contracted stars to join the early stages of the Indian Premier League, […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: An icy river in Beijing was the setting for a special Olympic torch relay as an amphibious robot shaped like a curling stone held a metallic red-and-silver torch. The robot slid along the ice before plunging into an unfrozen area of the waterway, with the flame burning well underwater as it […]
Read MoreNewswire Beijing: As the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics marched into its 10th day, it was the first day where no confirmed positive COVID-19 case had been notified within the closed loop management of the Games, and the event has reported no cluster infection so far. China’s well-orchestrated COVID-19 prevention policies have not only staved off […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has requested the postponement of a round of Serie A fixtures to help the Italy national team in its preparations for the FIFA World Cup playoffs, FIGC president Gabriele Gravina said. European champion Italy risks failing to qualify for a second consecutive World Cup after finishing behind Switzerland […]
Read MoreDing Gang The wonderful appearance of LEDs during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics reminded me of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. That opening ceremony used a ground-level LED screen, 3,234 square meters in area, but many parts, especially key components, were imported from abroad. 14 years later, the world’s largest LED […]
Read MoreNewswire Beijing: China is winning applause and praise from visiting Olympians for its top-notch venue services, as the world’s first “dual Olympic city” pays attention to the details in every aspect to support the safe and smooth operation of the Games while overcoming the difficulties brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. When the Winter Olympics meet […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Islamabad: Bravo China – the Winter Olympics in Beijing became a successful event even before the formal conclusion, an evidence of the great Chinese leadership’s unwavering commitment. When President Xi Jinping promised to stage safe and successful Winter Olympics, he meant it. The whole world saw the Chinese arrangements, live and on […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: The Italian FA announced this week that it has told UEFA it wants to bid to host the 2032 European Championship, after its national team won the most recent edition. “In the last few days the Italian Football Federation presented to UEFA its expression of interest for hosting Euro 2032,” the FA said […]
Read MoreGlobal Times It comes as no surprise that when most mainstream US media reported the victory of Eileen Gu Ailing, they didn’t forget to stress that Gu was “US-born.” NBC Bay Area, an NBC-owned-and-operated television station, reminded its Twitter audience that Gu is from San Francisco. Gu is the 18-year-old skier representing China at the […]
Read MoreWang Meng and Su Bin Beijing: Beijing is basking in the glow of the Olympic flame for a second time after the 2022 Winter Olympics officially opened Friday night in the Bird’s Nest Stadium – an iconic 2008 Summer Games venue. At 21:51 Beijing time, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared the Games open, in front […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: Archaeologists in southern Italy have discovered ancient warrior helmets and the ruins of a painted brick wall at a site that might have been a forerunner of a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, officials said this week. Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said the remains dug up at the popular tourist site […]
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