Serena Williams withdrew from the WTA clay-court tournament that begins Monday in Rome due to a left Achilles tendon injury sustained in her US Open semi-final defeat, the tour announced Saturday. Serena Williams withdraws from Rome Williams, chasing her record-tying 24th Grand Slam single crown, lost to Victoria Azarenka in three sets on Thursday on […]
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The physical handover of their 2019/20 World Rugby Sevens Series silver medals has given the Blitzboks some closure and finality on the season that was, and they can now start looking toward their next goals – the 2021 series and the Tokyo Olympics. That is the view of Springbok Sevens coach Neil Powell after the […]
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Springbok Flyhalf Handre Pollard will miss this year’s Rugby Championship after his was ruled out for “many months” with a knee ligament tear on Monday 14 September. Pollard was injured while playing Top 14 rugby with Montpellier and the club announced that their number ten would be out of action for some time. Pollard injured […]
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England fast bowler Jofra Archer has defended the England Cricket Board against the accusation that they have ‘forgotten about Black Lives Matter’ levelled by Michael Holding. The former West Indies fast bowler expressed disappointment in the powers that be of English cricket for failing to continue gestures of solidarity with the BLM movement throughout the […]
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Wayde van Niekerk is set to finally make his return to international athletics after over three years out when he competes on Tuesday 15 September. The 2016 Olympic gold medallist in the men’s 400 metres, Van Niekerk has been trodding a long slow road back from an injury sustained playing a game of touch rugby […]
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Australia captain Aaron Finch won the toss and elected to bat in the second Twenty20 international against England at Southampton on Sunday. Both sides were unchanged from Friday’s opening fixture at the Ageas Bowl when England beat Australia by just two runs in a last-ball thriller. Australia, the world’s top-ranked T20 side, were cruising to […]
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Cricket South Africa (CSA) transformation chair Dr Eugenia Kula-Ameyaw is eager to ensure that former players who suffered racial abuse are compensated financially. Newly appointed transformation ombudsman Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza will be tasked with hearing the complaints from former and current players and setting up a Restoration Fund. Dr Kula-Ameyaw said that it is only […]
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Top of Sunday afternoon’s PSL action is the potentially title-defining clash between Bidvest Wits and Kaizer Chiefs at FNB Stadium. The fixture sees the table-topping Amakhosi return what’s usually their home base as visitors, with the Clever Boys – currently in fifth place and still within a mathematical shot at the title – taking up […]
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A dramatic late goal from Bienvenu Eva Nga gave Bidvest Wits a 1-0 win over PSL-leaders Kaizer Chiefs at the FNB Stadium on Sunday 30 August. Bidvest Wits vs Kaizer Chiefs: PSL title race Bidvest Wits start Sunday seven points adrift of Kaizer Chiefs and knowing that anything short of victory will see them drop […]
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Japan outside back Kotaro Matsushima said on Monday the Brave Blossoms pulling out of a reported Eight Nations competition is a “disappointment” with the Top League put on hold and domestic-based players set to go without playing until next January. Japan out of Eight Nations Last year’s Rugby World Cup hosts were set to join […]
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