Month: August 2019

7:41 AM BST Luke Thompson has been handed the chance to play at a fourth Rugby World Cup after being included in Japan’s squad for the tournament. The 38-year-old New Zealand-born lock was one of the more experienced players to be named in the hosts’ squad, though forward Takuya Kitade was the only uncapped player
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8:28 AM ET For all of their starry absences, the United States will be the favorite to retain their FIBA World Cup when the 2019 edition tips off on Saturday in China. But an alternative victor isn’t that difficult to imagine. Within the competition’s largest-ever field of 32, there are a clutch of potential contenders
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© PTI The DDCA has re-signed former Delhi batsman KP Bhaskar as head coach of the senior team for the 2019-20 season. Bhaskar, a veteran of 95 first-class matches, helmed debutants Uttarakhand to the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals in the previous season. Rajkumar Sharma has been named the bowling coach. Sharma, an off-spinning allrounder, played nine
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3:42 AM ET The Baltimore Orioles‘ emotions boiled to the surface again Wednesday night, as reliever Richard Bleier and third-base coach Jose David Flores became embroiled in an obscenity-filled shouting match in the dugout and clubhouse tunnel. In a fifth-inning incident shown live on the local broadcast of Baltimore’s 8-4 loss to the host Washington
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Aug 28, 2019 Darren ArthurESPN New Zealand’s Kai Kara-France is feeling comfortable as he prepares in Shenzhen Shi for his August 31 fight with Mark de la Rosa. The 26 year-old enjoys China, a country where the popularity of UFC continues to soar. “I have fought in China six times, so this is all familiar
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