European Super League collapse: US football owners badly misread supporter culture in England
Apr 22, 2021 05:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
Barely two days after it was unveiled, the European Super League (ESL) is dead in the water. All six of the English clubs who made up the 12 founding members of the proposed breakaway competition pulled out, following loud...
More Japanese buy fishing tackle and used boats amid pandemic
Apr 14, 2021 17:48 pm UTC| Business Sports Economy
More people in Japan looking for fresh air during the COVID-19 pandemic are being lured in by fishing and boating, increasing sales of fishing equipment, used boats, and boat club memberships. While sales of new boats...
Japan's golf industry hoping to cash in on Hideki Matsuyama's win at Masters
Apr 14, 2021 10:22 am UTC| Business Sports Economy
Japans golf industry is hopeful that Hideki Matsuyamas triumph at the Masters in Augusta, Georgia, on April 11 could unleash a resurgence in the local popularity of the sport. Matsuyama is the first Japanese man to win...
Without crowds, football teams still have a home advantage: new study
Apr 04, 2021 10:18 am UTC| Sports
In football, a win on the road often takes on a greater significance than a comparative win at home. Although the idea of a home advantage has received some considerable research attention over the years, we still dont...
Tiger Woods' car crash injuries explained, according to a trauma surgeon
Feb 26, 2021 14:40 pm UTC| Sports
Tiger Woods medical team has released a statement on Twitter to explain the injuries he sustained in his car crash earlier this week. The statement was from the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, a trauma centre, where golfer...
Why are Japan's leaders clinging to their Olympic hopes?
Jan 22, 2021 07:48 am UTC| Politics Sports
With the spread of COVID-19 steadily worsening in Japan since the onset of winter daily records for infections and deaths continue to be broken the fate of the Tokyo Summer Olympics is again very much in doubt. This...
Racing 2-year-old horses is lucrative, but is it worth the risks?
Jan 22, 2021 07:24 am UTC| Sports
Horse racing is an ethical hotbed in Australia. The Melbourne Cup alone has seen seven horses die after racing since 2013, and animal cruelty protesters have become a common feature at carnivals. The latest event to...
Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects