Melbourne Victory have added experienced Albanian midfielder Migjen Basha to their A-League ranks on a two-year deal. Central Coast and Brisbane Strikers will host FFA Cup semi-finals next month Markus Babbel was disappointed with Western Sydney’s meek FFA Cup exit but he can console himself with the impending arrival of German striker Alexander Meier. Melbourne
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2:29 PM BST TOKYO, Japan — It may have been a slow burn earlier in the week but any thought that the Rugby World Cup’s first foray into Asia wouldn’t be embraced by the people of Japan was blown away in a brilliant sea of red and white on Friday night. 2 Related It had
11:18 AM BST Siya Kolisi will become South Africa’s first black Rugby World Cup captain when the Springboks tackle New Zealand on Saturday, and former Stormers coach Robbie Fleck feels Kolisi is the perfect man for the job. Fleck, who coached Kolisi at age group level at Western Province, and then made him Stormers captain
5:18 AM BST The countdown is finally over, the Rugby World Cup 2019 is close to kick off, but who will take Bill home? While it’s considered the most open tournament to date, we’ve selected nine of the top teams we believe have a chance of taking it all the way to the Final and
6:26 AM BST TOKYO, Japan — The Wallabies made a solid start to the Rugby World Cup four years ago and Michael Cheika and his fellow selectors’ decisions have ensured they are best placed to repeat that performance against Fiji on Saturday. The location and conditions may be significantly different but the opposition from that
5:00 AM BST Beauden Barrett will start at fullback for New Zealand in their World Cup Pool B opener against South Africa in Yokohama on Saturday after coach Steve Hansen retained Richie Mo’unga at flyhalf. Barrett has played most of his career at flyhalf but has been shifted to fullback this year in order to
4:00 AM BST ESPN staff and Reuters David Pocock and Michael Hooper will team up alongside one another for the first time this year after Michael Cheika opted for their twin breakdown threat for Australia’s World Cup opener against Fiji. Pocock’s move to No. 6 at the expense of Lukhan Salakaia-Loto and Rory Arnold’s return
Sep 16, 2019 In recent years, the handling of concussions has become one of the recurring topics across the biggest sports across the globe. Be it contact sports which revolve around tackling — such as American football, soccer or rugby — to the combat sports of boxing and MMA all the way through to the
Sep 16, 2019 On the eve of the Rugby World Cup, Tom Hamilton assesses how far the game has come and how far it still has to go in its understanding of the most prevalent — and damaging — injury in rugby. Lewis Moody played the whole of England’s 2007 Rugby World Cup match against
11:52 AM BST World Rugby chief Brett Gosper has flagged concerns over a report on Tuesday that private equity firm CVC Capital Partners is on the brink of paying more than $350 million for a stake in the Six Nations. First reported in The Times, CVC has agreed in principle to buy a 15% share