Shane 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 […]
Read MoreAustralia’s women could have to wait up to four years to play another home Test with the thrilling Ashes finish no silver bullet for more certainty on red-ball cricket. Sunday’s final hour in Canberra capped arguably the best women’s Test played, with all four possible results still on the table into the last over as […]
Read MoreAndrew Korybko The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games will begin on February 4 and are taking place in a completely different international environment than the Beijing Summer Olympics that were held in 2008. Drawing attention to China’s peaceful and mutually beneficial rise to global leadership over the past 14 years can help observers better appreciate […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: Senior Italian diplomat Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo this week greeted Pakistani cricketer Babar Azam on being named ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year. “Well deserved!,” Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo tweeted, along with the news of Babar Azam’s achievement. Earlier, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam was named ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year following his exploits […]
Read MoreFormer Zimbabwe cricket Captain, Brendan Taylor says he was blackmailed to engage in match fixing by a group of Indian businessmen he met in October 2019, after they took photographs of him taking cocaine. In a statement on his twitter page this week, Taylor confirmed taking $15,000 from the fixers, but said he never manipulated […]
Read MoreNewswire Florence: Mario Balotelli is back in the Italy squad more than three years after his last appearance in an Azzurri shirt. Italy coach Roberto Mancini included the striker in a 35-man squad announced Monday for a three-day training camp this week, ahead of the World Cup playoffs in March. The 31-year-old Balotelli made the […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Allison Blackburne, British Deputy High Commissioner said this week that football was not just a sport, for many in the UK it’s a way of life, and it would be great to see it become more popular in sport-loving Pakistan. She was speaking at an event where Rawalpindi Express Shoaib Akhtar kicked off […]
Read MoreAndrew Dampf Modena: The endless cacophony of ambulance sirens. The convoys of military trucks carrying away the overflowing coffins. The funerals — or lack thereof. Nobody who lived through the initial wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Bergamo — the first epicenter of COVID-19 in Europe — will ever forget it. For Sofia Goggia and […]
Read MoreNewswire Chris Silverwood, England’s embattled head coach, has said that he wants to remain in his post despite overseeing a humbling Ashes defeat in Australia and will begin planning for March’s Test tour of the Caribbean “until I’m told differently”. In the wake of their 4-0 hammering, Silverwood is one of a number of England […]
Read MoreIan Aikman Rome: Skiers heading to Italy will now need winter sports insurance, according to a new law. The travel insurance add-on is usually an optional extra for those visiting winter sports resorts, but skiers caught without it in Italy will face €150 fines and ski pass cancellation. Winter sports insurance, or ski insurance, is […]
Read MoreSydney: Chief executive of the Australian Cricketers Association (ACA), Todd Greenberg, has admitted that some of the players won’t be willing to tour Pakistan. Greenberg also added that they will take advice from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the Australian government before giving the nod for Pakistan tour. “There may be […]
Read MoreFormer England batter Kevin Pietersen believes that the ECB must create a first-class competition with a similar structure to the Hundred if the men’s Test team is to “return to its former glories”. Pietersen, an Ashes winner in 2005, 2009, 2010-11 and 2013, was part of Sky Sports’ commentary team for the inaugural edition of […]
Read MoreRome: The Italian luxury sports car manufacturer headquartered in Maranello, Italy, Ferrari has announced the firm is partnering with Velas Network AG, a firm that specializes in blockchain and non-fungible token (NFT) technology. On December 27, Ferrari the well known luxury sports car maker founded in 1939 by Enzo Ferrari revealed the firm is stepping […]
Read MoreCui Fandi and Zhao Yusha Beijing: With less than one month to go before the opening of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, widely and fondly known as the Beijing 2022 Games, the host city shows the world its confidence and readiness. Beijing has been fully prepared in all areas, including the construction of venues […]
Read MoreKarachi: The 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay arrived in Karachi this week as it continues its global journey around the 72 Commonwealth nations and territories before concluding at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games on 28 July 2022. A welcome ceremony was hosted by the Deputy British High Commission, Karachi to […]
Read MoreNewswire Saitama: Two-time Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu has booked his place at the Beijing Games, laying down a marker with a commanding win at Japan’s national championships on Sunday. But he failed in his bid to become the first person to land a quadruple axel in competition, slightly under-rotating his maiden crack at […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: Italy’s premier Mario Draghi presided over the annual Collari d’Oro awards ceremony, the highest honour in Italian sport, at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome this week. Hailing 2021 as “an extraordinary year” for Italian sport, Draghi said: “I am sure that for you, as for all champions, there can never be […]
Read MoreNewswire New Zealand will tour Pakistan twice next season, including once to compensate for abandoned tour earlier this year, the cricket boards of both countries said. New Zealand aborted its limited-overs tour to Pakistan in September due to security fears just before the toss in the first one-day international was due to take place at […]
Read MoreSusy Campanale Milan: It has now been announced that the ‘new’ San Siro stadium will be the Cattedrale design by Populous, chosen by Milan and Inter. The various designs had been cut down to a shortlist and the decision has now been made, so the Nuovo Stadio di Milano will be the concept drawn up […]
Read MoreAlex Malcolm Jhye Richardson’s return to Test cricket could not have gone much better, taking a five-wicket haul in the fourth innings to help Australia claim a 2-0 Ashes series lead in Adelaide. But his reaction in the aftermath said a lot about his character. “More of a relief than anything,” Richardson said. “Especially after […]
Read MoreNewswire The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has ended its investigation into a language exam taken by Uruguay striker Luis Suarez ahead of a potential move to Juventus last year. A FIGC statement said that, pending the arrival of further documentation, the case will be dismissed as there was “not enough evidence to prove that there […]
Read MoreAndrew Ramsey Despite their recent record in day-night Test matches proving even more problematic than their dual batting capitulations at the Gabba, England captain Joe Root believes adapting to the pink ball should come more naturally to his team than coping with additional bounce in Brisbane. England enter the second Vodafone Ashes Test at Adelaide […]
Read MoreErroneous actions on Beijing Winter Olympics deplored China Economic Net Beijing: China warned this week that the United States would “pay a price for its erroneous actions.” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian made the remarks when talking about countermeasures China would take in response to the US announcement of not sending any diplomatic or official […]
Read MoreBen Knapton Rome: Italy manager Roberto Mancini has emphatically denied reports claiming that he has an agreement in place to join Manchester United. The Euro 2020 winner is being tipped to take over at Old Trafford permanently in the summer once interim coach Ralf Rangnick moves into a consultancy role. However, Italy will be forced […]
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