Tag: sports
With help from China, Cambodia’s Hun Sen closes ‘win-win’ SEA Games
The Southeast Asia Games, hosted by Cambodia for the first time, featured a US$150 million stadium built by China specifically for the event
World No. 3 pole vaulter auctions off winning shoes for Philippine...
The shoes could well increase in value over the next year or so, with Obiena in strong contention for a podium finish at Paris 2024
Will Messi keep his promise to the Virgin Mary after winning...
Messi promised that he would walk from his home in the town of Arroyo Seco to the Basilica of San Nicolás, a distance of about 24 miles
‘It’s all grace from God,’ says Catholic olympian who heads India’s...
The former ace fullback said “it's all grace" from God. "I have strong faith in God and strive hard to reach the objective,” he said.
‘A time to help’: Indonesians ran to aid of fleeing fans...
Photographers and video journalists stopped shooting to wrest fleeing football fans who were trapped in the human crush near an exit
Pope Francis prays for victims of Indonesia football tragedy; gov’t launches...
“I pray for those who have lost their lives and for the wounded following clashes that erupted during a soccer match in Malang, Indonesia”
Indonesian bishop, priests express condolence over football tragedy
“I want to express my deepest condolences with all families who have lost their loved ones during … (the) football tragedy”
In India, NGO uses sports to uplift lives of underprivileged special...
“I wanted to establish an organization that specifically work with children ... to professionalize sports at the grassroots level," said Joseph
At least 129 dead after riot at Indonesia football match
The tragedy on Saturday night in the eastern city of Malang was one of the world's deadliest sporting stadium disasters
Sports festival offers hope to Indonesia’s Papua province
The National Games seemed to have put aside the image of the volatile situation in Papua