SYDNEY: Some of Australia’s top women’s cricketers on Monday (Aug 3) blasted a decision by India to schedule its T20 Challenge during the Big Bash League as a “huge shame” and “sad for the game”. Indian cricket bosses on Sunday said the women’s T20 Challenge will take place in the […]
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Washington – Danielle Kang held off France’s Celine Boutier over the final holes on Sunday (Aug 2) to win the LPGA Drive On Championship, the tour’s first tournament since February after a COVID-19 shutdown. It was the fourth career title for the 27-year-old American, whose first win was a major, […]
LEEDS: Israel Folau’s decision not to kneel down with his team mates before Sunday’s Super League match between his Catalan Dragons and St Helens was a “personal choice”, his coach Steve McNamara said. The former Australia rugby union international remained standing as other players and match officials “took a knee” […]
WELLINGTON: Dan Carter has conceded he might not appear for the Auckland Blues at all in Super Rugby Aotearoa, with the side only having one more game remaining in domestic competition. The 112-test former All Blacks flyhalf, 38, signed for the Blues as injury cover and had been pencilled in […]
WASHINGTON: Justin Thomas reclaimed the world number one ranking on Sunday (Aug 2) by beating defending champion Brooks Koepka down the stretch to win the WGC St. Jude Invitational by three strokes. Thomas, who began the day four shots off the lead, fired a five-under par 65 final round to […]
REUTERS: Justin Thomas clinched his 13th PGA Tour victory on Sunday, winning the WGC FedEx St. Jude Invitational by a three-stroke margin and claiming the world number-one ranking in the process. The 27-year-old American put up a near-flawless, five-under par 65 to win at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee, with […]
ROME: Three players were sent off as Genoa, Italy’s oldest professional club, beat Hellas Verona 3-0 to guarantee their Serie A survival on Sunday (Aug 2) while Lecce became the final team to be relegated after losing 4-3 at home to Parma. Genoa, whose coach Davide Nicola pulled off one […]
BUCHAREST: Romania great Gheorghe “Gica” Hagi has stepped aside as manager of his own club Viitorul Constanta on Sunday following a poor run of performances. Hagi said in a statement that “together with the president of the club we will have to find a new manager in the next days”. […]
SILVERSTONE, England: Six-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said “survival instinct” clicked in after a last-lap puncture almost cost the Mercedes driver a record seventh British Grand Prix on Sunday. Hamilton had been cruising to a solid home victory from pole position at Silverstone, with Finnish team mate Valtteri […]
SILVERSTONE, England: Lewis Hamilton limped to a record seventh British Grand Prix victory with his heart in mouth and a prayer on his lips after a dramatic last-lap puncture turned his Mercedes into a three-wheeler on Sunday. In an astonishing end to a race he had dominated from pole position, […]