insert_link Sport Belgium aim to emerge top of four-way Group E scrap at Euro 2024 Belgium head into their final Group E game against Ukraine at Euro 2024 looking to grab top spot in a section where all four teams -- including Romania and Slovakia -- are level on three points. It is the first time in the tournament's history each team in the same group has had the same number of points going into the last round of games. Belgium brushed off […] today25 June, 2024
insert_link Sport Hungary’s Varga set for surgery on ‘multiple’ facial fractures Hungary striker Barnabas Varga is expected to undergo surgery after fracturing "multiple bones" in his face in a sickening collision during his team's 1-0 win over Scotland at Euro 2024. Varga was stretchered off and taken to hospital after being injured in a horrific mid-air clash as Scotland goalkeeper Angus Gunn came to collect a cross in the second half in Stuttgart on Sunday. Hungary's players quickly signalled […] today24 June, 2024
insert_link Sport Veteran Wallaby Beale has ‘fire in belly’ after recall Veteran Kurtley Beale said Monday he still had "fire in the belly" and wanted to help propel Australia back to the top after completing a remarkable comeback to the Wallabies fold. The 35-year-old fullback has been capped 95 times, but not since 2021. He was arrested in January 2023 on sexual assault charges and suspended from all forms of the game, missing out on playing at a fourth […] today24 June, 2024
insert_link Sport bird basketball roundup: Safaricom, NBA Africa partner up, Uganda dominates FIBA U-18, Petro de Luanda are 2024 BAL champs By Sillei Shani, bird story agency The NBA Africa and leading East African telecommunication company, Safaricom last month forged a multi-year partnership aimed at impacting over 10,000 Kenyan youth. The collaboration includes Jr. NBA tournaments, coaching clinics, and an elite camp for top high school talents, all designed to ignite the basketball dreams of boys and girls under 16 across the region. “Our […] today24 June, 2024
insert_link Sport South Africa beat West Indies to reach T20 World Cup semi-finals South Africa edged the West Indies by three wickets in a rain-affected Super Eights match on Sunday to reach the T20 World Cup semi-finals and eliminate the hosts. Chasing a revised 123 off 17 overs, South Africa stuttered to 110-7 as Roston Chase took three wickets, but they reached their target when Marco Jansen hit the first ball of the final over for six. Man of the match Tabraiz […] today24 June, 2024
insert_link Sport Scheffler downs Kim in playoff to win protest-hit Travelers Championship World number one Scottie Scheffler parred the first playoff hole to beat Tom Kim at the protest-hit Travelers Championship title on Sunday, claiming his sixth US PGA Tour title of the year. Scheffler is the first player since Arnold Palmer in 1962 to pile up six wins before July 1 on the PGA Tour, a haul that included his second Masters crown in April. "It's pretty special," Scheffler […] today24 June, 2024
insert_link Sport Coach Yakin praises ‘immense’ Swiss after Germany draw Switzerland coach Murat Yakin praised his side's performance despite conceding a last-gasp Niclas Fuellkrug equaliser in Sunday's 1-1 draw with Euro 2024 hosts Germany in Frankfurt. Switzerland were on track to win Group A, having opened the scoring after 28 minutes when Dan Ndoye finished off a counter attack. Despite Germany pushing players forward and making a series of attacking changes, the Swiss held the hosts at bay […] today24 June, 2024
insert_link Sport Clarke rages over penalty decision as Scotland exit Euros Scotland manager Steve Clarke blasted the decision not to award a penalty in a 1-0 loss to Hungary that knocked his team out of Euro 2024 on Sunday. Stuart Armstrong went down late in the second half after a challenge from Hungary defender Willi Orban, but Argentine referee Facundo Tello did not intervene. "It was 100 percent a penalty. Someone has to explain to me why it wasn't […] today24 June, 2024
insert_link Sport England’s Hatton wins first LIV Golf title at Nashville England's Tyrrell Hatton fired a six-under par 65 in Sunday's final round to capture LIV Golf Nashville, winning his first title since jumping to the Saudi-backed series in January. Hatton finished on 19-under 194 after 54 holes at The Grove to defeat compatriot Sam Horsfeld by six strokes. The 32-year-old Englishman birdied three of the last five holes and had eight birdies and two bogeys in capturing the […] today24 June, 2024