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3 weeks ago | 
arynews.tv | Lori Ewing |Peter Rutherford |Ken Ferris
April 3 (Reuters) – The United Kingdom appears set to host the 2035 Women’s World Cup after FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Thursday described its interest as the “one valid bid” for the tournament. England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales announced last month that they would submit a joint bid to host the finals. England’s men won the World Cup for the first and so far only time when the country hosted the finals in 1966. It has never staged the women’s tournament.
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Aug 3, 2024 | 
exbulletin.com | Shifa Jahan |Peter Rutherford
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will become the first host body in the modern era to pay a touring fee for bilateral cricket when Zimbabwe hosts a one-off Test next year, ECB chief executive Richard Gould has said. Gould told Sky Sports on Friday that the ECB and other financially strong boards, such as the Indian and Australian boards, had a major responsibility to ensure the competitiveness of Test cricket.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
dfa.co.za | Nick Mulvenney |Peter Rutherford
The perennial underachievers looked anything but as they ripped through the Afghan batting in less than 12 overs at Brian Lara Stadium to restrict their shellshocked opponents to their lowest ever score in T20 internationals. A clinical South Africa skittled Afghanistan for 56 on their way to a comprehensive nine-wicket victory in the first Twenty20 World Cup semi-final in Trinidad on Wednesday, sending the Proteas into their first ever final.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
dfa.co.za | Fernando Kallás |Peter Rutherford
Vinicius is deployed as more of an orthodox forward wide on the left and has scored only three goals in 31 games for Brazil.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
dfa.co.za | Nick Mulvenney |Peter Rutherford
West Indies captain Rovman Powell paid tribute to the big, noisy crowds that had turned out around the region for the West Indies matches and for the fans who had shown their support for the team on social media. West Indies captain Rovman Powell said his team should take pride in bringing the buzz back to Caribbean cricket during the Twenty20 World Cup, even though they bowed out of the tournament in the Super Eight stage on Sunday.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
dfa.co.za | Nick Mulvenney |Peter Rutherford
Bangladesh also had a chance to progress or send Australia through with a victory but the Afghans dismissed them for 105 to take the win they needed to set up a first World Cup semi-final against South Africa in Trinidad on Wednesday. Afghanistan reached the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup with a dramatic eight-run victory over Bangladesh under the Duckworth Lewis System in St Vincent on Monday, joining India as the qualifiers from Group 1 and sending Australia home.
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May 29, 2024 | 
the18.com | Aadi Nair |Peter Rutherford
May 29 (Reuters) - One in five professional players who took part in a study commissioned by the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) said they were using nicotine pouches, tobacco sachets (snus) or both, research showed on Tuesday. One in five players from EPL, ELF and WSL consume nicotine The study, conducted by Loughborough University, surveyed 628 male players in the Premier League and EFL, as well as 51 players from the Women's Super League.
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May 29, 2024 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Peter Rutherford |David Elstone |Tony Kryzanowski |Kevin Mason
Australia’s Forest Wars – What lies beneath?
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May 7, 2024 | 
dfa.co.za | Aadi Nair |Peter Rutherford
United’s record 13th league defeat of the campaign left them eighth and facing the prospect of having no European football next season. They have conceded 81 goals in all competitions, their worst showing since the 1976/77 season. Erik ten Hag has run out of time at Manchester United and is unlikely to be given another year at the helm, former United players said in the wake of Monday’s 4-0 Premier League loss at Crystal Palace.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
dfa.co.za | Peter Rutherford
Scheffler cautioned his rivals not to take this as a sign his clubs are going to be collecting dust in the garage, however, and said he will be back on the job after a bit of diaper duty. Steve Keating, in AUGUSTA, Georgia – Scottie Scheffler reaffirmed his status as the best golfer on the planet after winning his second Masters on Sunday but with the birth of his first child on the way the world number one says golf is dropping way down his priority list.
