Paralympic hockey player calls for greater accessibility in Ontario ice rinks
Billy Bridges has witnessed so many advancements in the Paralympic movement from when he first started playing para hockey more than two decades ago.
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Irrepressible Kurt-Lee tussles with Bok veterans for SA Rugby Player of the Year award
Bulls and Springbok sensation Kurt-Lee Arendse will go up against a daunting group of national veterans for the SA Rugby Player of the Year award in a development that illustrates just how the former Blitzboks star has taken the 15-man format by storm.
Footballer union ‘sickened’ as Iranian player risks death sentence
PARIS: The world union of professional footballers FIFPRO said it was “shocked and sickened” by the risk of Iranian footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani being sentenced to death in connection with protests which have shaken the country for three months. Nasr-Azadani was arrested in the city of Isfahan two days after allegedly taking part in an “armed riot” in which three security agents were killed on September 16, Isfahan’s judiciary chief Abdullah Jafari said, quoted Sunday by Iran’s ISNA news agency.
Top-ranked Swiatek named WTA Player of the Year
World number one Iga Swiatek was crowned WTA Player of the Year for the first time in her career, while Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova were named Doubles Team of the Year, the governing body of the women's game said on Monday.
ILT20 delivers on local player development vow as 24 Emiratis named for inaugural edition
DUBAI: With just over one month to go before the first smart ball is bowled at the Dubai International Stadium, the International League Twenty20 has named the UAE cricketers who will compete in its inaugural edition.
Peter Dooley loving player-driven culture at Connacht
The Connacht players would have been forgiven for putting their feet up following their double-scores victory over Benetton last weekend, but Peter Dooley and his fellow forwards were quickly back to work.
Brain charity slams FA Cup video after player has lucky escape
LONDON : Head brain injury charity Headway has described as "beyond belief" a video posted by the Football Association apparently making fun of a player colliding with an advertising hoarding.
Polish player Kamil Majchrzak fails drug test
Poland's Kamil Majchrzak said he has failed a drug test, adding that he did not knowingly take a banned substance and that the news came as "the biggest shock."