AFP, Rio de Janeiro : Brazil coach Dorival Junior called for Neymar to be given as much time as he...
Day: September 29, 2024
AFP, Melbourne : Brisbane Lions convincingly won the Australian Football League (AFL) premiership on Saturday after stunning Sydney Swans in...
Agency : Paris St Germain coach Luis Enrique is looking forward to his side taking on Arsenal in the Champions League after a 3-1 Ligue 1 win over Rennes that saw his side rediscover their early-season attacking form and score some cracking goals. The Parisians netted 13 times in their opening three league games before stuttering somewhat, but on Friday they were back to their fluent best as Bradley Barcola scored twice and hit the woodwork with a shot that...
Agency : The Chicago Marathon plans to honour the late Kenyan marathon runner Kelvin Kiptum at next month’s race, a year after he smashed the men’s world record in the Windy City. Kiptum was aged only 23 when he put on a performance for the ages to break the tape in two hours and 35 seconds. He died in a car accident four months later, cutting short his promising career. Organisers have planned a moment of silence at the starting...
Agency : Sri Lanka stood on the verge of a 2-0 series sweep after their spin duo of Prabath Jayasuriya (32) and Nishan Peiris (27) wrecked New Zealand (NZ), who also suffered the ignominy of a follow-on, in the second Test in Galle on Saturday. Having declared their first innings on a mammoth 602-5 on Friday, Sri Lanka bundled out New Zealand for 88 on Saturday, enforced the follow-on and reduced the tourists to 199-5 in their second innings on...
AFP, Paris : Argentina’s World Cup-winning goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez has been banned for two matches by FIFA for “offensive behaviour”, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) announced on Saturday. The 32-year-old Aston Villa star was also found guilty of “violating principles of fairplay” in two separate episodes. Martinez was found to have violated FIFA’s code of conduct when holding a replica of the Copa America trophy to his groin after the World Cup qualifier win over Chile on September 5. It...
Agency : The Day 2 of the second Test between Bangladesh and India has been called off due to persistent rain at Green Park, Kanpur. Only 35 overs were played on the first day as Bangladesh managed to score 107-3 after being sent to bat first.Meanwhile, the second day saw more showers at the venue, forcing the abandonment of play without a ball being bowled. On Friday, rain delayed the start by an hour and then bad light forced the...
Agency : After the ongoing Test series, Bangladesh will face India in a three-match T20I series, which Bangladesh leg-spinner Rishad...
Ryan Rickelton and Reeza Hendricks struck half-centuries as South Africa romped to an eight-wicket win over Ireland in the first of a two-match T20 series in Abu Dhabi on Friday. Rickelton made 76 off 48 balls and Hendricks added 51 off 33 deliveries as South Africa’s opening pair put on 136 for the first wicket in reply to Ireland’s total of 171-8. Hendricks eventually fell lbw to Craig Young before Mark Adair removed Rickelton, but South Africa captain Aiden Markram...
