Michael Church

Belfast, Hong Kong

Sports Journalist at Freelance

Journalist covering football across Asia since 1995. Work for Reuters, SCMP and others. Co-host @TheAsianGame. https://t.co/sB3rDeELlN…

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Soccer-The week in Asian football

1 week ago | msn.com | Michael Church

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Teen Gout breaks 20 second-barrier to win Australian 200m sprint

1 week ago | businesslive.co.za | Michael Church

Teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout claimed the Australian title in the men’s 200 metres in Perth on Sunday with a dominant display that broke the 20-second barrier with a wind-assisted performance. The 17-year-old crossed the line in 19.84sec, a time that eclipsed his own national record by 0.2sec but which will not count as a new mark due to a wind speed of +2.2m/sec. “Feels pretty good,” Gout said.
Why Myra was much more than the ‘Queen Mother of classical music’

2 weeks ago | islingtontribune.co.uk | Michael Church |Jessica Duchen

Myra Hess, the subject of a new book about her lifeTHE high point of my youthful concert-going was a piano recital at the Royal Festival Hall in 1959 by Myra Hess, regarded by some – unfairly in Jessica Duchen’s view – as classical music’s equivalent to the Queen Mother. Her playing was indeed regal, but it had a gracefully expressive profundity that has rarely been matched.
Why Myra was much more than the ‘Queen Mother of classical music’

2 weeks ago | westminsterextra.co.uk | Michael Church |Jessica Duchen

Myra Hess, the subject of a new book about her lifeTHE high point of my youthful concert-going was a piano recital at the Royal Festival Hall in 1959 by Myra Hess, regarded by some – unfairly in Jessica Duchen’s view – as classical music’s equivalent to the Queen Mother. Her playing was indeed regal, but it had a gracefully expressive profundity that has rarely been matched.
Why Myra was much more than the ‘Queen Mother of classical music’

2 weeks ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Michael Church

Myra Hess, the subject of a new book about her lifeTHE high point of my youthful concert-going was a piano recital at the Royal Festival Hall in 1959 by Myra Hess, regarded by some – unfairly in Jessica Duchen’s view – as classical music’s equivalent to the Queen Mother. Her playing was indeed regal, but it had a gracefully expressive profundity that has rarely been matched.
My suburb had hoped to be the Toorak of the north. Now, we’re known for more nefarious reasons

3 weeks ago | theage.com.au | Michael Church

Opinion March 31, 2025 — 7.00pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. My suburb’s story is one of what might have been. Just 13 kilometres from the city, it was once thought that Glenroy might become the Toorak of the north. Elevated and with clear air, it’s almost the perfect place to live, even if a ranking of Melbourne’s suburbs from not so long ago listed it at a lowly 184th place.
My suburb had hoped to be the Toorak of the north. Now, we’re known for more nefarious reasons

3 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Michael Church

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Soccer-The week in Asian football

3 weeks ago | theprint.in | Michael Church

Leo Ceara scored the only goal of the game in the 33rd minute for new coach Toru Oniki’s side leaving Kashima with 16 points from their first seven games of the season. Kashiwa Reysol climbed to third following their 0-0 draw with Tokyo Verdy. AUCKLAND INCREASE A-LEAGUE LEAD WITH WIN OVER BRISBANE ROARAuckland FC went seven points clear at the top of the A-League as goals from Nando Pijnaker and Hiroki Sakai earned the New Zealand-based team a 2-0 win over Brisbane Roar on Sunday.
This masterful staging of Puccini's masterpiece hasn't dated

3 weeks ago | hamhigh.co.uk | Michael Church

The cast of Turandot at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. (Image: Tristram Kenton) While poor English National Opera licks its wounds, and tries to figure out how to survive its vicious Arts Council cut, Covent Garden is riding high because it can draw on its back catalogue of great productions. Chief among these is Andrei Serban’s 40-year-old staging of Puccini’s Turandot.
Margaret Fingerhut channelled Ukraine's fighting spirit at Wigmore Hall

4 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Michael Church

Margaret Fingerhut sat down to the piano with the determined air of a woman with a mission, which was echoed by the title of the record she was about to release: Ukraine: A Piano Portrait. As she had explained to Radio 3’s In Tune the night before, she cherishes the fact that her grandfather was born in Odessa, “and who would not be proud of being connected to the incredible musical heritage of Jews from that city?”Quite so.