Latham happy with Eire win

Latham happy with Eire win

DUBLIN: New Zealand captain Tom Latham praised batter Tom Blundell and bowler Nathan Smith because the Black Caps warmed up for his or her first check towards England at Lord’s subsequent week with a one-sided victory over Eire in Belfast on Friday. The vacationers received by an innings and 79 runs after placing apart their…

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Gauff French Open title defence ends

Gauff French Open title defence ends

Coco Gauff marched into the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Open with straight-sets victory. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE PARIS: Reigning champion Coco Gauff’s French Open title defence got here to an finish within the third spherical on Saturday as high seed Aryna Sabalenka and Naomi Osaka each gained to arrange a blockbuster last-16 conflict. Gauff went down 4-6,…

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Ronaldo leads Portugal charge

Cristiano Ronaldo is set to feature in a record sixth World Cup. Photo: AFP LONDON: Cristiano Ronaldo heads to a record sixth World Cup blessed with a prodigiously talented group of team-mates as Portugal target glory for the first time on the global stage. Roberto Martinez’s side are strong favourites to progress from Group K…

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N Korean ladies topped Asian champions

N Korean ladies topped Asian champions

SUWON, SOUTH KOREA: The primary North Korean sports activities group to go to the South in eight years stated they have been able to tackle the world after successful the Asian Ladies’s Champions League on Saturday. Naegohyang Ladies’s FC beat Japan’s Tokyo Verdy Beleza 1-0 within the ultimate within the South Korean metropolis of Suwon,…

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Antonelli seeks to extend sensational start

Kimi Antonelli leads George Russell by 20 points after four rounds of the 22-race championship. Photo: AFP/File LONDON: Italian teenager Kimi Antonelli seeks a sensational fourth consecutive victory to boost his F1 drivers’ title bid this weekend, but expects a robust response from Mercedes team-mate George Russell at the Canadian Grand Prix. The 19-year-old rising…

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Ex stars differ on African team WC chances

Morocco stunned Spain and Portugal en route to the FIFA World Cup 2022 semi-finals Morocco striker Brahim Diaz (L) heads the ball past Senegal captain Sadio Mane during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final in Rabat. Photo: AFP LONDON: Former Senegal star El Hadji Diouf shares the belief of CAF president Patrick Motsepe that…

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Neymar included in Brazil’s WC squad

Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti names Santos’ Neymar in his squad during the press conference. Photo: REUTERS BRAZIL: Neymar has been named in Brazil’s squad for next month’s World Cup, manager Carlo Ancelotti said on Monday, handing the forward a chance to return to international soccer’s biggest stage after an injury-disrupted cycle. The 34-year-old, Brazil’s all-time…

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Canadian football ready for World Cup

Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies (right) heads a new generation of players who have lifted Canada up the global rankings. Photo: AFP LONDON: Exactly 150 years after Carlton Cricket Club and Toronto Lacrosse Club took part in the first recorded organised football match in Canada in 1876, Canadian soccer is finally ready for its coming…

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