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Talented young tennis players offered college scholarships
A selection of Sunshine Coast talents have been offered scholarships to play division one college tennis in the United States. Somer Dalla-Bona, Tayah Cross and Chloe Purkiss have been recognised as promising players from the high performance program at KT Academy, Mooloolaba Tennis Club. Academy director Adon Kronk said he was “extremely proud of all Read More…
Sophie Molineux called into Australia Women’s Ashes squad
Australia have called spinning allrounder Sophie Molineux into their squad for the Women’s Ashes Test, which starts next Thursday in Taunton. The left-armer has played three ODIs and 15 T20Is, taking 21 wickets for her country, but has yet to feature in Tests. Molineux missed the original cut for the Ashes squad in June, as Read More…
Manchester United 0-1 Arsenal highlights
Arsenal needed a late strike from Danielle van de Donk to win at Manchester United, as the newly promoted hosts impressed against the defending Women’s Super League champions. England goalkeeper Mary Earps had produced several fine saves to give Casey Stoney’s team hope of earning their first point as a top-flight club. But a deflection Read More…
Five debutants in India squad for women’s world boxing champ
PARIS: The visit of Real Madrid to the French capital on Wednesday means a glamour tie for Paris Saint-Germain to begin their Champions League campaign but a meeting with the Spanish side also brings back unhappy memories. When the clubs last met in Europe two seasons ago, a PSG side missing an injured Neymar were Read More…
Tatiana Golovin is returning to the Tour, too
Kim Clijsters isn’t the only former top player who announced her comeback to professional tennis this week – Tatiana Golovin, a former No. 12 who had to leave the tour at the peak of her career 11 years ago due to a persistent back injury, has announced she may be back on tour as soon as Read More…
Fight Night Champion is too good to stay dead
I’m playing Fight Night Champion nearly a decade after its release. It can be a shockingly violent game, even given the subject matter. I deconstruct my opponent with body shots and side steps, throwing off his balance every time he tries to rush inside. But then one of my power punches leaves me open. The Read More…
Russia revalidates title in Funchal (POR)
The team of Russia was the winner of the 2019 edition of the FINA World Women’s Junior Water Polo Championships, held in Funchal (POR), from September 9-15, after beating the Netherlands by 11-5 in the final of the competition. The Russians managed to revalidate the 2017 title and were victorious in all the six matches Read More…
Cristiano Ronaldo’s six greatest games at Old Trafford
After what George Best called the most exciting debut he had seen, the flicks, tricks, stepovers and goals just kept on coming Cristiano Ronaldo dribbles past Stylianos Giannakopoulos and Nicky Hunt of Bolton Wanderers on his debut at Old Trafford in 2003. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images 1) 16 August 2003: Manchester United 4 Bolton Wanderers Read More…
ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup digital content delivers record-breaking numbers
The growth in consumption along with these record-breaking numbers demonstrate the power of cricket to bring together an enormous global audience,” says ICC Chief Executive Manu Sawhney. • #CWC19 video content nets over 4.6 billion views• 3.5 billion minutes watched across Facebook and YouTube• 31 million #CWC19 tweets The International Cricket Council today released the Read More…