5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (649+ words) The most ambitious NFL season in history kicks off today with a Super Bowl rematch, an unprecedented global schedule and a clutch of contenders plotting to dethrone the Seattle Seahawks. Seven months after Seattle defeated the New England Patriots to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (301+ words) In a retrial by the High Court, former major Lee Hai-peng (李海鵬) and his son Sergeant Lee Chu-hsiang (李楚庠) yesterday were sentenced to 11 years and six months and 16 years in prison respectively for passing confidential information to China The two…...

3+ week, 23+ hour ago   (331+ words) Organizers of this year’s Sydney Marathon have sparked online mirth by unveiling a finishers’ medal depicting a stadium in far-away Munich, Germany. The two-sided medal is engraved with a Sydney skyline showing course landmarks including the Opera House, the Sydney…...

3+ week, 23+ hour ago   (252+ words) Italian Gianmarco Tamberi cleared 2.31m to win the Silesia Diamond League high jump in Katowice’s market square in Poland on Saturday, with the 34-year-old continuing his fine form after clinching a fourth European gold medal. Former Olympic champion Tamberi was locked…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (419+ words) The Kaohsiung Department of Health yesterday urged people not to eat wild mushrooms, as it reported that a family had sought hospital treatment after reportedly eating unidentified mushrooms picked in a grassland. High temperatures and rainfall in the south made…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (608+ words) From about 650 competitors at its first event to more than 1 million participants worldwide today, Hyrox has gone from niche fitness challenge to global phenomenon with its sights set on the Olympics in less than a decade. A structured indoor activity…...