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NBA Boss Says Chinese Talent Development Must Improve

The NBA needs a greater focus on developing Chinese basketball talent to elite levels, league commissioner Adam Silver...

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NHL Chief Rules Out Ice Hockey Olympic Deal

National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman has ruled out any chance of a deal to suspend competition during the...

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Gatlin Struggles To Victory In Japan

American Justin Gatlin, so often the pantomime villain of men's sprinting, returned to winning form with a pedestrian...

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Blitzbokke Aim To Break Fiji Hold In Paris

South Africa take to the Stade Jean-Bouin pitch in Paris this weekend in the knowledge that they could break Olympic...

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UPS Announces Dubai Venture, Eyes Middle East Growth

UPS announced a partnership Tuesday to provide logistics at the 2020 World's Fair in Dubai, a venture it sees as a...

Sports

Anxiety Rocks Black Stars Backroom Staff As Big Shake-Up Looms

Members of the Black Stars backroom staff have been making frantic and worried phone calls after it emerged that some...

Sports

Kotoko Pitch Camp In Accra For One Week

Kotoko will not return to Kumasi until after the 2016/17 Premier League, match day 14 encounter at the Accra Sports...

Sports

How Nigeria Rejection Led To Anthony Joshua’s Rise To Stardom, A Lesson To Ghana

There, on Saturday night, could have been Anthony Joshua fighting Wladimir Klitschko, as world boxing champion, under...

Sports

Salaries of All Black Stars Coaches In the Last 15 Years

It is fair to say that Ghana regularly dispenses with its national coaches at the turn of this generation with the...

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Kenya’s Keitany Wins London Marathon In Record Time

Kenya's Mary Keitany set the fastest time in a women-only marathon as she won a third London Marathon on Sunday in an...

International

Bekele Star Attraction For Marathon With Royal Touch

Ethiopian track legend Kenenisa Bekele believes he is in the sort of form to break Eliud Kipchoge's fastest ever time...

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Japan To Test Mass Telecommute For 2020 Olympics

Japanese commuters will be encouraged to work from home for one day in a nationwide exercise for the 2020 Olympics that...

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Other Sports Have ‘bullies’ Too, Says World Cycling Boss

World cycling chief Brian Cookson said he didn't recognise dark accounts of a "culture of fear" in the British team but...

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Brazil Corruption: Eight Cabinet Ministers Named In Petrobras Probe

Brazil has been rocked by dramatic new corruption allegations after a judge ordered investigations into eight cabinet...

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Bolt Inspired Me To Break World Record

Training with Jamaican athletics legend Usain Bolt gave Wayde van Niekerk the self-belief he could break Michael...

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Aduana Stun Olympics As Wa All Stars Hold Tema Youth

Aduana Stars moved within reach of leaders WAFA after recording a 2-1 win over Olympics in Accra. The game was replayed...

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Man of Steel Pieters, Rahm Ready For Masters Showdown

Two newcomers with nerves of steel, Thomas Pieters of Belgium and Spain's Jon Rahm, are both handily placed Saturday to...

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Rugby Can Rival Football In China, Says Chief

Rugby can grow from a niche sport to be as big as football in China and eventually rival the cash-rich Chinese Super...

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US Soccer, Women’s Team Settle Labor Dispute

The United States Soccer Federation and the country's women footballers agreed a new long-term labor deal on Wednesday,...