470 sailors Choo and Ng earn Rio nod
Singapore sailors Jovina Choo and Amanda Ng have earned the nod to represent Team Singapore at the Rio Olympicss in the women's 470 class.
They were the fastest among three teams vying for national selection for the sailing class at the April 5-12 470 Open European Championship in Bay of Palma, Spain. The duo were placed 49th overall, edging out Priscilla Low and Lee Shu Xian (50th) and Elise Yukie Yokoyama and Joan Poh (52nd).
Messi is world's top paid footballer again
PARIS • Lionel Messi remains the world's highest-paid footballer with an annual income of €74 million (S$113.6 million), according to a report set to appear in France Football magazine.
Messi's earnings in 2015 rose by €9 million compared to the previous figures, keeping the five-time Ballon d'Or winner ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo (€67.4m) and Neymar (€43.5m).
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Kenyatta vows to beat Wada deadline
NAIROBI • Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said he will give priority to pass a new anti-doping law to beat a deadline and ensure the east African track giants compete at the Rio Olympics.
The second World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) deadline for Kenya to tighten its anti-doping law and provide funding for a proposed anti-doping agency expired last week, with lawmakers failing to pass a bill criminalising sports doping. A new Wada deadline of May 2 has been given.
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Stephens wins third WTA title of 2016
LOS ANGELES • American Sloane Stephens won her third WTA title of 2016 on Sunday, beating Russian Elena Vesnina 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 in Charleston.
En route to the title match she saved a match point against Russian Daria Kasatkina in the quarter- finals, and she reached the final after Angelique Kerber, the reigning Australian Open champion, withdrew with illness in their semi-final contest.
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Coetzee to be named Springboks coach
JOHANNESBURG • Allister Coetzee is finally expected to be named coach of the South Africa national rugby team on Tuesday, four months behind schedule.
The national rugby union chose a "preferred candidate" rather than advertise the post and the media is convinced that Coetzee will become the second black coach of the Springboks after Peter de Villiers.
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