Sporting Life

Sporting Life

Lionel Messi versus Pele? In all sports, comparing eras just doesn’t work

With football’s World Cup imminent, we’re going to dust off ancient disputes. Someone’s going to smirk that Pele’s (right) no Maradona and neither is Lionel Messi (left).

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Doesn’t matter who your tennis hero is, you have to admire Saint Sinner

Italy's Jannik Sinner has served up some astonishing tennis in the past few months.

ST Full-time Report: New badminton scoring format: Boon or bane?

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Badminton has a unique poetry, yet it’s a sport which needs fixing

The extraordinary An Se Young deserves to be more widely celebrated than she is.

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Marathoner’s defiance of human limits is an act of rare, inspirational beauty

Sabastian Sawe's time of 1:59:30 in the London marathon was the first time a runner had run below two hours.

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Fifty years after Nadia Comaneci’s 10, athletes are still chasing perfection

Former Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci poses with her Life Achievement Award during the 27th Laureus World Sports Awards gala in Madrid on April 20, 2026.

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The Aussie with flying feet: Gout Gout is 18 and seriously fast

Gout Gout of Australia poses with fans after winning the 100m final of the Australian Athletics Junior Championships on April 18.

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Rory McIlroy, the majestic maverick, Masters himself when it matters

Right to the end, Rory McIlroy fought the course and himself on his way to victory at the Masters.

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Tradition, like at the Masters, is one of the great seductions of sport

BRIDGING GENERATIONS: American player Sam Burns crosses the Hogan Bridge at Augusta National which was dedicated to the legendary golfer Ben Hogan in 1958.

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$50 million matters only if Singapore football builds something worthy with it

Singapore football officials must take the $50 million and turn the country's love for the sport into something wide and wonderful.

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