WELLINGTON: Jordie Barrett highlighted a fine performance on his return from injury with a booming 60-metre penalty as he led the Wellington Hurricanes to a first win in Super Rugby Aotearoa, 25-18 over the Waikato Chiefs in Hamilton on Sunday. It was a morale-boosting victory for the ‘Canes in New […]
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REUTERS: Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers hailed Jamie Vardy’s “phenomenal achievement” after the striker scored his 100th Premier League goal in their 3-0 home victory over Crystal Palace on Saturday. Vardy’s brace helped him become the 29th player to score a century in the English top flight. His 101 Premier […]
LONDON: Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer described teenager Mason Greenwood as a “specialist finisher” after the striker scored a brace in their 5-2 Premier League win over Bournemouth on Saturday (Jul 4). The 18-year-old netted his first with a blistering left-footed shot and added another with his right to […]
LONDON: Chelsea manager Frank Lampard said his team must embrace the pressure in their remaining Premier League matches as they look to secure a top-four finish and qualify for next season’s Champions League. First-half goals from Olivier Giroud and Willian and a late strike from Ross Barkley earned Lampard’s fourth-placed […]
SPIELBERG, Austria: Carlos Sainz is relishing the opportunity to hog the limelight of being a Ferrari driver in 2021 but won’t even think about it until the last lap of the last race of this truncated season is over. The Spanish driver has been handed the task of filling the […]
SPIELBERG, Austria: Lewis Hamilton will begin his campaign for a record-equalling seventh world title on Sunday (Jul 5) on a grid where rivals are pushing back at his passionate anti-racism message after he suggested they lacked understanding of the issues. Hamilton will start the delayed season opener at the Red […]
BERLIN: Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich kept their hopes of a treble alive after beating Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on Saturday to win the German Cup for the 20th time. David Alaba gave Bayern the lead with a free kick in the 16th minute after Robert Lewandowski […]
REUTERS: Frances Tiafoe has tested positive for COVID-19 and been forced to withdraw from the All-American Team Cup exhibition tournament in Atlanta, the American said on Saturday (Jul 4). Tiafoe played in the first session on Friday and beat Sam Querrey in straight sets at the event in which the […]
LONDON: England batsman Ollie Pope is adamant the absence of fans will have no bearing on England’s intensity when they face the West Indies in next week’s first Test. The Ageas Bowl will be devoid of any spectators on health grounds when international cricket returns for the first time since […]
BEIJING: China’s two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan, arguably the greatest badminton player of all time, announced his retirement on Saturday (Jul 4) aged 36. It means that Lin, who won gold at the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Games, will not compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which were pushed […]