A former captain of South Africa’s national cricket team withdrew from a T20 World Cup match on Tuesday after the sport’s national body instructed all players to “take the knee” before every game in the tournament that’s under way in the United Arab Emirates.
Quinton de Kock, the wicketkeeper and star batsman, declared himself unavailable for the game […]
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The first five-time Olympic medallist in the colourful, unpredictable sport of snowboarding comes from a colourful, unexpected place: New Zealand. The honour belongs to Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, a 24-year-old from Wānaka.
High‑impact rugby, young men in their prime and families left with more questions than answers.
My response to Alice Soper discovering America is bad (again) and calling for a boycott. Another response to another NZ Herald article.
The lesser-known but influential characters from the creator of Conan the Barbarian.
The arts establishment is anti-Semitic, root and branch.
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