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Thursday, 10 January 2019
Former Ireland fly-half Ronan O’Gara has hailed the impact of head coach Joe Schmidt and believes he has been a vital part of their recent success.
Schmidt guided Ireland to the Six...
Thursday, 10 January 2019
Batsman Kusal Perera has returned to Sri Lanka's Test squad for their two-Test series in Australia, which starts from January 24. Opener Danushka Gunathilaka, meanwhile, was dropped following...
Tuesday, 08 January 2019
Toulon have suffered a setback after it was confirmed that star centre Malakai Fekitoa has been ruled out for six weeks due to injury.
Fekitoa sustained the injury on December 16 in Toulon’s Round...
Tuesday, 08 January 2019
New Zealand 364 for 4 (Taylor 137, Nicholls 124*, Malinga 3-93) beat Sri Lanka 249 (Thisara Perera 80, Ferguson 4-40, Sodhi 3-40) by 115 runs
The third ODI betweeen New Zealand and Sri...
Monday, 07 January 2019
New Zealand fly-half Beauden Barrett believes Hurricanes coach John Plumtree is capable of replacing Steve Hansen as the All Blacks’ head coach.
Plumtree revealed last month that he is considering...
Monday, 07 January 2019
On Saturday, New Zealand dropped six catches - something that might happen to them once every 50 games, at most. A Sri Lanka player produced the batting performance of his life. And yet,...
Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Edinburgh will go into the final two rounds of the Champions Cup as favourites to qualify from Pool 5 after a superb 21-8 victory over Newcastle Falcons.
After securing a bonus-point...
Tuesday, 18 December 2018
In six Tests at the Basin Reserve, Sri Lanka have been at the receiving end of four double-hundreds. Martin Crowe, Lou Vincent and Kane Williamson had done it before, and on Monday it was Tom Latham's...
Thursday, 13 December 2018
All Blacks utility back Ben Smith’s long association with the world champions will end when he joins Pau after the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Pau club president Bernard Pontneau told French broadcaster...
Thursday, 13 December 2018
The IPL franchises have finalised a list of 346 players who will be part of the pool for the auction on December 18 in Jaipur. Originally 1003 players had submitted their names for the auction,...
Monday, 10 December 2018
Fiji bounced back from last weekend’s fifth-place finish by taking the Cup silverware at the Cape Town Sevens, beating USA 29-15 in Sunday’s final.
In a one-sided final the Fijians raced into...
Monday, 10 December 2018
Had it done enough to be classed as nerve-jangling? It was certainly engrossing. A wonderful Test match. India secured their first Test victory in Australia since 2008 and lead a series in the country...
Thursday, 06 December 2018
Ireland and Leinster full-back Rob Kearney has indicated that he wants to continue playing after next year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan.
Kearney, whose contract with the Irish...
Thursday, 06 December 2018
India's year of trying to conquer overseas challenges has reached Adelaide. Australia's year of turmoil has reached their first home Test series since the game was thrown into crisis. No one really...
Monday, 03 December 2018
Bath and Sale Sharks could not be separated as they played out a hard-fought 7-7 draw in theirPremiership encounter at the Recreation Ground on Sunday.
In an attritional affair, played...
Thursday, 29 November 2018
Former England rugby union centre Sam Burgess has blamed the team’s 2015 Rugby World Cup pool exit on “individual egos and selfish players”.
England, who three years...
Thursday, 29 November 2018
Dimuth Karunaratne (256 runs at 42.66) That Karunaratne was Sri Lanka's most consistent batsman of the series is no real surprise. As a Test specialist during Sri Lanka's domestic offseason, Karunaratne...
Tuesday, 27 November 2018
A stunning piece of fielding from the tourists was, typically, the defining moment of the fourth day's play, as England snuffed out a fighting sixth-wicket stand, then withstood some feisty hitting from...
Tuesday, 27 November 2018
Australia head coach Michael Cheika was furious with the decision by referee Jaco Peyper not to penalise Owen Farrell for an apparent illegal tackle on Izack Rodda during the 37-18 defeat on Saturday.
Rodda...
Monday, 26 November 2018
Ireland and Leinster fly-half Jonathan Sexton has been crowned World Rugby Player of the Year at the awards ceremony in Monaco on Sunday.
Sexton saw off Beauden Barrett (New Zealand), Faf...
Thursday, 10 January 2019 - 16:38
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Tuesday, 08 January 2019 - 16:36
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Monday, 07 January 2019 - 16:44
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