Australian Olympic equestrian avoids sanction after ‘mankini’ ride

Australian Olympic equestrian avoids sanction after ‘mankini’ ride

Australian equestrian Shane Rose escaped punishment on Monday for wearing a "mankini" during a showjumping competition, allowing him to resume preparations for this summer's Paris Olympics. The three-time Olympic medallist slipped into the fluorescent orange outfit -- popularised in the movie "Borat" -- during an event at Wallaby Hill near Sydney last weekend where riders were encouraged to wear fancy dress. It sparked a complaint to Equestrian Australia, but […]

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Sport

Australia’s Warner ready for hostile New Zealand fans in T20s

Australia batting great David Warner said Monday he expected a hostile reception when the world champions begin a Twenty20 series in New Zealand this week. New Zealand host Australia in Wellington on Wednesday in the first of three T20 matches before a two-Test series. Warner eight years ago accused New Zealand fans of "derogatory and vulgar" abuse aimed at him and his team-mates during Australia's last Test tour […]

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Namibia

Netherlands beat Richelieu Eagles in Nepal

The Namibian senior national cricket team, the Richelieu Eagles, lost their second match at the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 triangular series. After winning their first match against hosts Nepal, the Namibians found the going tough this morning after being sent in to bat by the Netherlands. After losing early wickets, the Namibians were reeling 26 for 3 wickets, could not recover and posted a total of […]

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Sport

Hockey coach says India ‘extremely difficult for women’

India women's hockey coach and former Olympic gold medallist Janneke Schopman has hit out at the gender disparity in the country, both in sport and society more widely. Schopman, the first woman to coach an Indian national hockey team, broke down as she described the preferential treatment enjoyed by the men's team. "I come from a culture where women are respected and valued. I don't feel that here," Schopman, […]

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Sport

Sjostrom and Wiffen end swim worlds with a splash

Swedish sprint queen Sarah Sjostrom secured her 14th world title and Ireland's Daniel Wiffen lit up the 1500m freestyle and won a bet with his coach in the process as the curtain came down on the 2024 world aquatics championships on Sunday. Elsewhere in the pool in Doha, Isaac Cooper became the first Australian to win the men's 50m backstroke title and Ruta Meilutyte claimed her third straight 50m […]

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Sport

‘I literally died’: Luton’s Lockyer details life-threatening collapse

Luton captain Tom Lockyer has revealed his heart stopped for two minutes and 40 seconds during an on-pitch cardiac arrest that left his life in the balance. Lockyer collapsed in the second half of Luton's Premier League game against Bournemouth on December 16. The 29-year-old was fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator after he was hospitalised for five days following the shocking incident. Wales defender Lockyer, who also collapsed […]

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Sport

Title ‘not so realistic’ says Tuchel after Bayern’s ‘horror’ week

Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel said winning this season's Bundesliga title was "not so realistic right now" after a loss on Sunday which left Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen eight points clear at the top. The 3-2 defeat at lowly Bochum was Bayern's third reverse in a row, after a 3-0 thumping by Alonso's league leaders last weekend and a 1-0 midweek loss at Lazio in the Champions League. The […]

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Sport

Diaz Acosta stuns Alcaraz conqueror to win Buenos Aires title

Argentine wild card Facundo Diaz Acosta captured his maiden ATP title in Buenos Aires on Sunday by defeating Nicolas Jarry, the man who had stunned Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-finals. World number 87 Diaz Acosta claimed a 6-3, 6-4 victory, sealing the triumph on a sixth match point. Before this week, 23-year-old left-hander Diaz Acosta had only won four tour-level matches in his career. He will now rise to […]

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Sport

Voeller backs Alonso to stay at Leverkusen

Former Bayer Leverkusen sporting director Rudi Voeller said Sunday he backed coach Xabi Alonso to stay beyond the summer amid links to Liverpool and Bayern Munich. Taking over with the club near the foot of the table last season, Alonso has supercharged Leverkusen, who are eight points clear atop the Bundesliga table and on track for a first-ever league title. Alonso's Leverkusen are unbeaten in 32 games in all […]

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