New Zealand’s women go into next weekend’s sevens World Series stop in Singapore on top of the standings, and veteran Tyla King warned the team had still not reached its full potential. Victory in Hong Kong earlier this month was the Black Ferns’ third in a row, after wins in Vancouver and Los Angeles, and …
A bittern hiding in the grass in Florida – Lee Coursey – CC license, Flickr What’s secretive, pretends to be a stick, and is sometimes confused with a mythical creature? The figure in focus of this question is a beloved bird that’s returning in numbers to Tasmania for the first time in 40 years. The …
The NFL will expand its international search for talent by opening an academy in rugby-mad Australia to develop promising teenagers in the Asia-Pacific region into college and pro prospects. In an announcement on Thursday, the league said its NFL Academy would open in September for student athletes aged 12 to 18, following recruitment camps taking …
“Before sports, my sleep was often broken. I would spend nights awake with anxiety and insomnia,” says Sum, who lives in Hong Kong. “But going from zero exercise and working a stressful corporate job to being a weekend warrior has helped me to find sleep again.” Since taking up trail running, and MMA sports, Michelle …
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Text by Tracy Scott Forson Photographs selected Donny Bajohr Scientists estimate that sharks were swimming the seas some 190 million years before dinosaurs roamed the earth, and they’re still here. That’s only one reason why we’re fascinated by the creatures that live in the oceans—one of the few areas of the earth where humans do …
Northern marsupial mole – Courtesy of KJ Rangers This tiny creature is a northern marsupial mole, a card-carrying member of one of the strangest landscapes on Earth. The Western Deserts of Australia bristle, slither, and burrow with life; much of it unseen by the few passersby. The extreme aridity and heat have caused these animals …
China conducted military “combat patrols” Sunday in the disputed South China Sea, its army said, the same day as joint drills by the Philippines, the United States, Japan and Australia. Issued on: 07/04/2024 – 13:01 2 min The announcement comes one day after defence chiefs from four countries including the Philippines — which has been …
On the field, New Zealand’s men and women picked up where they left off last year, brushing aside all-comers and making staunch starts to the defences of their titles. Hong Kong’s men and women got in on the action, too, taking on and beating their Chinese counterparts as part of the Melrose Claymore competitions. Local …
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By Helen Sullivan Photographs by Michael Aw When he picks me up at the airport, Gary Cobb is wearing a nudibranch baseball cap, a gray T-shirt covered in illustrations of nudibranchs of various kinds, and wraparound sunglasses known colloquially in Australia as “speed dealers.” It is a bright, clear winter’s day in Mooloolaba, on Australia’s …
Lee is “a bit sad to not play the top teams like New Zealand and Australia, because we can measure where we are against them”. Cado Lee (left) and Mak Kwai-chung show their emotion as they leave the fray at the 2022 Sevens. Photo: Sam Tsang Equally, he understands the argument that says Hong Kong …