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Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (AFP) — France became the first team to reach the World Cup semi-finals on Friday after an assured 2-0 win against Uruguay. The 1998 champions took the lead from a Raphael Varane header towards the end of the first half and extended their lead when Uruguay goalkeeper Fernando Muslera made a terrible misjudgement dealing with a speculative Antonine Griezmann shot, spilling it into his own net in the second half.
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Dallas Mavericks, who acquired Slovenian guard Luka Doncic in an NBA draft-day trade, don’t yet know if the 19-year-old star will be available for summer league play. “He has not participated in a live practice yet because he needs to have his buyout completed with Real Madrid, he needs a FIBA letter of clearance, he needs a physical and he needs to sign his contract,” Mavs coach Rick […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Iconic trainer Freddie Roach guided Jose Ramirez to the World Boxing Council super lightweight world title, but it will be Robert Garcia in the champion’s corner as Ramirez takes on Danny O’Connor on Saturday. Ramirez signed with Roach after representing the United States at the 2012 London Olympics in a partnership that produced 22 straight professional wins — 16 knockouts — and a world title with his defeat of […]
by Alastair Himmer Agence France-Presse NARITA, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s football chief took aim at critics of the Blue Samurai on Thursday after the team’s World Cup return and confirmed he was on the lookout for a new coach. JFA president Kozo Tashima told a news conference that caretaker boss Akira Nishino would not continue in the role after steering Japan to the knockout stages in Russia. And after the Japan team was welcomed home […]
MAE SAI, Thailand (AFP) — A new video released Wednesday filmed in the bowels of a northern Thai cave showed members of a trapped football team laughing as they greet the camera to say they are in good health after their astonishing discovery by divers. The footage, published by the Thai Navy SEAL Facebook page, runs by 11 of the 13 members of the team, each makes a traditional Thai greeting gesture to the camera […]
by Dave James Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Maria Sharapova insists she is not finished as a Grand Slam force despite her worst ever performance at Wimbledon, a tournament which should be her perfect showcase. The 31-year-old gave up a set and a 5-2 lead to lose in the first round on Tuesday to fellow Russian Vitalia Diatchenko, an injury-plagued qualifier ranked a lowly 132 in the world. Diatchenko, who needed treatment […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – The two Koreas on Wednesday held a friendly basketball match in Pyongyang in the latest effort at sports diplomacy between the neighbours. A group of 50 male and female players from the South arrived in the North’s capital on Tuesday for four rounds of friendlies on Wednesday and Thursday — agreed at the inter-Korea summit held in April. The South’s delegation was led by Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, in the […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)–The Washington Wizards are poised to sign journeyman centre Dwight Howard to a one-year contract, US media reported Tuesday. In order for Howard to join the Wizards, the 15-year veteran would have to negotiate a buyout from the Brooklyn Nets, who acquired him just last month from the Charlotte Hornets, The Atlantic reported. Players cannot officially sign contracts with teams until Friday under NBA free agency rules. In 81 games last […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP)–A New Zealand adventurer has become the first person to kayak the Tasman Sea solo after a gruelling two-month voyage that saw him pestered by a shark and battling “washing machine” conditions. Scott Donaldson set off from Australia’s Coffs Harbour on May 2 and paddled ashore at New Plymouth, on New Zealand’s North Island late Monday night. The 48-year-old’s 2,200-kilometre (1,370-mile) journey took him across one of the southern hemisphere’s most notorious […]
(Eagle News) — Australian player Daniel Kickert expressed regret over the Philippine-Australia brawl that marred their World Cup qualifying match on Monday, July 2. “It’s a regrettable situation. I was pretty put in a position I think where I obviously made an action which is regrettable and unfortunate,” Kickert said in an ESPN interview. According to Kickert, “I think I overstepped a little bit with my response to the escalation in the game, and I […]
PARIS, France (AFP)–France international Yohan Cabaye has quit Crystal Palace for a two-year contract with Al Nasr in the United Arab Emirates. Cabaye, 32, had the option to extend his stay in the English Premier League, where he has plied his trade with Palace since 2015, but opted for Dubai. The central midfielder, capped 48 times by France and part of the national teams that played at the 2012 and 2016 Euros as well as […]
by Dave James Agence France Presse Maria Sharapova suffered her first opening round Wimbledon defeat and earliest Grand Slam exit in eight years on Tuesday when she was shocked by fellow Russian Vitalia Diatchenko, the world number 132. Sharapova, the 2004 champion, was joined at the exit by 2011 and 2014 winner Petra Kvitova who was stunned by Belarusian world number 50 Aliaksandra Sasnovich. However, two-time men’s champion Rafael Nadal and three-time winner Novak Djokovic […]
