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It’s officially the season of sneaker alternatives and more specifically, open toe shoes. The North Face delivers accordingly with a new take on the Skeena Sandal, offered here in a neutral colorway that lends itself to easy matching. The eco-friendly pair is made with 100% recycled nylon uppers, featuring a compression-molded EVA midsole and lightweight […]
JACKSON PARK — Charles Szymanski, a fixture of Chicago’s LGBTQ sailing community, was used to having people approach him for lessons. He always said no; he wasn’t a teacher and didn’t have a boat to teach on. But the messages kept coming. Now, with a donated boat and a passion to introduce more people to […]
HARTBEESPOORT, South Africa (Reuters) – Semakaleng Mathebula fires up the burner, aims a giant blue-orange flame toward a multicoloured balloon and watches as it fills with hot air and begins to lift off the ground. The 27-year-old is South Africa’s first Black hot air balloon pilot, and one of few women participating in the niche […]
Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images Brendon McCullum will be plotting how to bring down the Black Caps over the upcoming three-test series. David Long is a senior sports reporter at Stuff OPINION: For professional sports people, representing your country is the highest honour (unless you’re Steven Adams), but when it comes to coaching, anywhere will do. We’re […]
Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images Brendon McCullum will be plotting how to bring down the Black Caps over the upcoming three-test series. David Long is a senior sports reporter at Stuff OPINION: For professional sports people, representing your country is the highest honour (unless you’re Steven Adams), but when it comes to coaching, anywhere will do. We’re […]
Russia has withdrawn its judo athletes from international competitions because it claims to fear for their safety. After Vladimir Putin, whose favourite sport is judo, invaded Ukraine, the International Judo Federation (IJF) cancelled competitions in Russia but allowed Russians to compete with a neutral flag. The IJF removed alleged war criminal Putin as an honorary […]
The growing infatuation with English football in Africa; can the sport foster unity amongst the sports fans and citizenry at large? Since the inception of television in Sub Saharan Africa around the 1970s, the love for European sports like soccer, rugby and volleyball spread across the continent. Among those sports, soccer stands out with the […]