Month: October 2019

Koepka leads big guns rolling in for PGA Tour’s Asian riches

The US PGA Tour kicks off its new-look Asian Swing in South Korea on Thursday with the world’s top golfers lured by megabucks in three tournaments with no cuts. This week’s $9.75 million CJ Cup, where four-time major winner and world number one Brooks Koepka is defending champion, […]

Everybody’s talking about Jamie: Japan heroes toast ‘massive’ Joseph

Eddie Jones once described Japan as a “joke team” — before the Australian lit the fuse that sparked an outrageous victory over the mighty Springboks at the 2015 World Cup. Well, no one’s laughing now after his successor, former All Black Jamie Joseph, steered this year’s tournament hosts […]

World Cup dream sparked retirement U-turn for England’s ‘plodding’ Marler

England prop Joe Marler said his belief in the team’s potential to become world champions had fuelled his decision to come out of international retirement. When Marler quit the Test arena late in 2018, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family, the Harlequins front-row appeared […]

Nationals down Cardinals for first World Series berth

The Washington Nationals reached the World Series for the first time in franchise history on Tuesday after completing a 4-0 series sweep over the St. Louis Cardinals. A blistering first inning laid the foundation for a 7-4 victory over a Cardinals team who rallied in the fifth but […]

Kim’s horseback ride spurs policy shift speculation

New pictures of Kim Jong Un riding a white horse through a winter landscape to the summit of Mount Paektu, a sacred peak for North Koreans, have fuelled speculation that the young leader may be set for a major policy announcement. The images released by the official KCNA […]

‘Ignorance and panic’: Jordan Spieth opens up on his epic golfing fall

A few years ago it all came so easy to Jordan Spieth. Fresh-faced, articulate and ridiculously talented, in 2015 the young Texan was on top of the world and virtually untouchable. He won the Masters and US Open back-to-back before his 22nd birthday, was second and fourth in […]

Far out: Myanmar’s first surfing team to take off at SEAsia games

Competitive surfing was barely known in Myanmar a few years ago but one local beach town is riding a wave of enthusiasm to the Southeast Asia Games for the first time ever. Paddling hard and smiling, Thwe Thwe Soe flung herself up on the board just as a […]

Hong Kong leader abandons policy speech after heckles from lawmakers

Hong Kong’s embattled leader abandoned a State of the Union-style speech on Wednesday after she was heckled by rowdy opposition lawmakers during chaotic scenes inside the city’s legislature. The speech by chief executive Carrie Lam was billed as an attempt to win hearts and minds after four months […]

Rising star Warren weathers attacks at Democratic White House debate

Surging White House hopeful Elizabeth Warren faced a barrage of attacks from fellow Democrats at the party’s fourth 2020 debate Tuesday, cementing her status as a frontrunner in the race to challenge Donald Trump. The president himself loomed large as the dozen Democratic contenders trained their fire on […]

Supreme Court to hear sentencing case for ‘Washington sniper’

He has described himself as a “monster” and confessed to his crimes. Lee Boyd Malvo was 17 years old when he and an accomplice carried out a deadly three-week shooting spree that terrorized the Washington area in 2002. Malvo was sentenced to life in prison without parole and […]

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