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[ad_1] :Winger Caleb Clarke scored two tries as the Auckland Blues produced a third dominant win for New Zealand teams in the Super Rugby Pacific quarter-finals with a 36-5 victory over Fijian Drua at Eden Park on Saturday. In what was always going to be a physical contest, the Blues raced to a 22-0 lead […]

[ad_1] Liverpool chairman Tom Werner said he was keen on seeing English Premier League games being played in New York and fixtures being hosted around the world, with his comments attracting criticism from fans. In 2008, former Premier League chairman Richard Scudamore proposed the idea of putting on a dedicated additional round of fixtures outside […]

[ad_1] Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan praised the team’s collective display after they claimed an emphatic 84-run victory over New Zealand in the Twenty20 World Cup on Friday. Openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz (80) and Ibrahim Zadrau (44) combined for 103 runs to power Afghanistan to a total of 159, before Rashid and Fazalhaq Farooqi took four wickets […]

[ad_1] Portugal will benefit from the wealth of experience veteran Cristiano Ronaldo brings to their squad, manager Roberto Martinez said ahead of this month’s European Championship in Germany. Ronaldo, the leading scorer in men’s international football with 128 goals in 204 official matches, will be playing in his sixth Euros, having reached the final in […]

[ad_1] Carlos Alcaraz reached the French Open final for the first time on Friday, a competition very close to his heart, and wants to add his name to the list of Spanish players who have won at Roland Garros. Alcaraz came out on top against second seed Jannik Sinner, beating the Italian 2-6 6-3 3-6 […]

[ad_1] Chijindu Ujah said he was hoping to fight his way to the top following his winning return at the European Athletics Championships, a year after serving his ban for a doping violation that resulted in his team being stripped of their Tokyo Olympics silver medals. Sprinter Ujah took victory in his heat at Rome’s […]

[ad_1] LONDON :England slumped to a 1-0 loss against Iceland in their last Euro 2024 warm-up match at Wembley on Friday, with Jon Dagur Thorsteinsson’s first-half goal giving the Scandinavian non-qualifiers a surprise but deserved victory. Thorsteinsson scored in the 12th minute, finishing off a sharp break with a low shot through John Stones’ legs […]

[ad_1] MONTREAL : Williams team principal James Vowles doesn’t need to be sold on Carlos Sainz but McLaren’s Andrea Stella offered a sales pitch on behalf of the Ferrari driver just the same on Friday during a break at a rainy Canada Grand Prix. With seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton moving to Ferrari to partner […]

[ad_1] MOENCHENGLADBACH, Germany :Euro 2024 host Germany had to come from a goal down to snatch a last gasp 2-1 victory over Greece on Friday in a lacklustre dress rehearsal ahead of next week’s tournament start. Pascal Gross fired in the winner in the 89th minute as the Germans showed they still have room for […]

[ad_1] PARIS : Carlos Alcaraz reached his maiden French Open final with a 2-6 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-3 win over Jannik Sinner before Alexander Zverev also recovered from a slow start on Friday to beat Casper Ruud 2-6 6-2 6-4 6-2 and set up a blockbuster clash for the trophy. Third seed Alcaraz was far […]