As December came

A short story by Tống Ngọc Hân

Amazon Customers Made this Holiday Season Record-Breaking with More Items Ordered Worldwide than Ever Before Amazon Customers Made this Holiday Season Record-Breaking with More Items Ordered Worldwide than Ever Before

People who cheat to win at anything

As a golf pro, club manager and general observer of the human condition, Robert Bicknell has often wondered why people cheat when there is no reason to. What drives them to do so?

Halloween can be scary, but golf cheats are scarier.

Robert Bicknell explains what the weaknesses are in a handicap system and what can be done to fix it.

A gambling genius

A short story by Từ Nguyên Thạch

Bouchard beats fallen idol Sharapova in Madrid

Eugenie Bouchard claimed she had the support of the tennis world after matching her fighting talk with some thrilling tennis to shock Maria Sharapova 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 in the second round of the Madrid Open on Monday.

Sharapova sets up Bouchard grudge match

Maria Sharapova set up a mouth-watering second-round clash with Eugenie Bouchard at the Madrid Open on Monday after battling back from a set down to beat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 on Sunday.

Bitter bamboo shoot At age eight, I was given a good hiding by Father because I had left the buffalo hungry and tried to get near a classroom. When I was 10, I was given another good hiding because I had helped a boy next door solve a problem. For women and girls in my family, being literate was a sin.

Teed Off (Jan. 26, 2014) To me, the best thing about Tet is that everything quiets down and I can collect my thoughts. It's a good time to assess the past year and reassess goals for the coming year. It's also a good time to play golf because most of the courses are a lot quieter.

Teed Off (Sep. 22, 2013) When something you want seems to be slipping from your grasp, people sometimes tend to get a bit desperate and want things to be as they want them to be, rather than what they actually are. Without clear cut proof otherwise, they argue their point.