Sportsnet - Sports (An hour ago)
Tim Micallef brings you the latest edition of Central Sixty, featuring Canadian Vicky Mboko teaming up with legend Serena Williams at the HSBC Championships, Shohei Ohtani sparking a 10-run inning, and Braden Montgomery’s walk-off homer in his debut.
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The World Cup did not save South Africa. But for one second, it showed us the country we wanted to beBefore Siphiwe Tshabalala's rocket from his left foot, before Peter Drury's iconic commentary, before the wall of noise from thousands of vuvuzelas and before Shakira's Waka Waka, there was Philip.From the moment Sepp Blatter pulled out an envelope...
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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Jonathan Liew and Philippe Auclair to preview Groups I-LRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts and join the conversation on email.On the podcast today; our third and final World Cup preview. Continue reading...
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Updates from the final day's play at the Oval Day three report | Mail Tanya or comment BTLWith dancing feet, Lawrence pushes into the offside to reach another fifty – off just 35 balls. He's averaging an incredible 80.88 at the moment, with four hundreds. And every time he has reached fifty this season, he's gone on to three figures. Hampshire...
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Olympic gold medallist diver reflects on the financial and emotional challenges since retiring from the sport, and teaming up with his hero Tom Daley"It's like I've already got an open wound and you're stabbing me in it,” Matty Lee says as, deep into our second hour at a beautiful old Edwardian swimming pool in Leeds, we turn to Kirsty Coventry's...
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This weekend saw the French Open wrap up with Russia's Mirra Andreeva winning the women's final. There has since been a lot of speculation as to why her country's flag was not allowed at the trophy ceremony. Some people online are that claiming French President Emmanuel Macron is responsible, but as FRANCE 24's Charlotte Hughes explains, this is...
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Artan deemed a threat to national security by US officials'I promise you that I will attend the next one'The World Cup referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the US arrived on Wednesday in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, where he was received by a crowd of supporters and officials.Omar Artan was due to be the first referee from Somalia to...
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Football's staying home for the belt-tightening Beeb, while ITV and Gary Lineker's popular podcast present from glitzy studios in New YorkIt is the biggest World Cup in history, and perhaps the most unpredictable. How will England and Scotland fare in the heat? Who drew Curaçao in the office sweepstake?And, crucially, will anyone notice that the...
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News and buildup as World Cup countdown continuesPlayer guide | Bracketology | Wallchart | Mail us hereThe US isn't the only World Cup host where politics and football are colliding messily, albeit that they're being handled more sensitively. There have been protests in Mexico, where a demonstration blocked an avenue leading to Mexico City's Azteca...
ReadThe Guardian - Sport (6 hours ago)
Football and sleep deprivation walk hand-in-hand in Australia. We've tried every approach viewers in the UK and Europe are now contemplating for this year's tournamentTwo years ago, as I was preparing for the birth of my firstchild, a friend offered me some sage advice. There were many sleepless nights ahead. That was a certainty. But there was a...
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Sébastian Desabre's group has a clear collective identity but star forward Yoane Wissa will shoulder huge expectationsThis article is part of the Guardian's 2026 World Cup Experts' Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 48 countries who qualified. theguardian.com is running previews from three countries each...
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Plus: a national first for Madrid and have Everton supplied the most former managers to World Cup 2026? Mail us with your all of your questions and answers"The opening match of the year's World Cup is Mexico v South Africa,” notes Matt Reilly. "This was also the first game of South Africa's World Cup in 2010. Is this the first time that an...
ReadNDTV - Sport (6 hours ago)
Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar said that the pitch chosen by Team India for the 2023 ODI World Cup final against Australia was a "blunder", being critical of the captain-coach duo of Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid for controlling off-field stuff "a little too much".
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The rising Socceroos star isn't interested in celebrity and heads into his first World Cup with a strong connection to his roots and feet firmly on the groundThe 22-year-old was surprised but not unhappy when he saw the image on social media. "Mohamed Touré is … The Ter-Mo-Nator,” the poster mock-up read, crafted in Photoshop or an AI tool,...
ReadCBC - Sports (9 hours ago)
Jordan Staal scored his second goal of the game while stretched out on his stomach at 6:32 of the third period to put the Carolina Hurricanes ahead for good in their 5-3 victory on Tuesday night over the Vegas Golden Knights and even the Stanley Cup Final after four games.
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