Jon Aspin
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Jon Aspin has been writing about sport since he played in a losing Collegiate Cup football final at Hindmarsh Stadium in Adelaide, South Australia, 17 years ago. Travelling and working on multiple continents in the ensuing years, he now divides his time between sub-editing daily news in Vietnam, pondering his next bicycle purchase and various freelance assignments. He's never quite gotten over that loss though.
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Scruggs wins two world titles at Junior and Cadet World Championship in Poland
- By Jon Aspin
- . April 17, 2019
Sixteen-year-old U.S. fencer Lauren Scruggs has won two foil world titles in two days at the ongoing Junior (U20) and Cadet (U17) World Championships in

France wins big in Belgium; Germany and Korea take gold in Hungary
- By Jon Aspin
- . March 27, 2019
Two women’s sabre World Cup events have delivered double gold for France in Sint-Niklaas, and wins for Germany and Korea in Budapest. Sint-Niklaas Women’s Saber

Columbia Crowned National Champions for 16th time at NCAA Championships
- By Jon Aspin
- . March 25, 2019
Columbia University have lead the NCAA Fencing Championships from start to finish to win their 16th national title after four days of competition in Cleveland,

Russia’s Deriglazova, France’s Mertine, win Foil Grand Prix Gold in Anaheim
- By Jon Aspin
- . March 19, 2019
Inna Deriglazova has extended her incredible winning streak at the Absolute Fencing Gear Foil Grand Prix in Anaheim, by again beating Alice Volpi of Italy

Use L’Force: France registers lightsaber dueling as an official sport
- By Jon Aspin
- . March 14, 2019
The French Fencing Federation has given the weapon made famous by Star Wars’ characters Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader the same status as