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SYDNEY – England’s 2025-26 Ashes tour will live long in the memory — not for heroic resistance or tactical genius, but as a catalogue of avoidable failures, shambolic preparation and strategic incoherence that culminated in a 4-1 thrashing by Australia. The series was effectively over […]

—- World Athletics’ president Sebastian Coe has confirmed that the sport’s governing body will provide financial and technical support and resources to be distributed through the national federation in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. “During my time here, we have looked at how World Athletics […]

GIANNI MERLO, AIPS president / LAUSANNE: We are living through the most delicate period for global stability since the end of the Second World War. The echo of the drums of war is part of our daily lives, and we risk becoming numb to the […]

LAUSANNE: Swedish pole vaulter Armand “Mondo” Duplantis has been named the AIPS Best Male Athlete for the second year running after amassing an unassailable lead in the traditional end-of-year poll, organised by AIPS. The AIPS Best Female Athlete of the Year 2025 award went to […]

LAUSANNE: French football club Paris Saint-Germain have been voted as the AIPS Best Team of the Year 2025, while the FIFA Club World Cup scooped the AIPS Best Press Facilities accolade. This is the result of the poll by the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), […]

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MELBOURNE: one of the most remarkable finishes in recent Ashes history, England overcame Australia by four wickets in the fourth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, ending a 14-year wait for a Test win on Australian soil. The contest, played over just two […]

SYDNEY: England’s latest Test series will be remembered as a sobering reminder of how quickly promise can dissolve into crisis in the longest format of the game. What began with confident talk of intent, bravery and “positive cricket” ended in a comprehensive defeat that exposed […]