insert_link Sport Nunez brace helps Liverpool sink Sparta as Salah returns Darwin Nunez's brace brought Liverpool within sight of the Europa League quarter-finals as they clinched a 5-1 win in the first leg of the last-16 phase at Sparta Prague on Thursday. Star striker Mohamed Salah returned to the squad as a second-half substitute from an injury that had allowed him to only play 46 minutes for Liverpool since his early retreat from the African Cup of Nations in January. […] today8 March, 2024
insert_link Sport Australian bowlers strike before lunch in 2nd NZ Test Australia's bowlers snapped a dogged start by New Zealand to take three wickets as the Black Caps reached 71-3 at lunch on the opening day of the second Test on Friday. Rachin Ravindra was out for four on the last ball of the morning session, leaving Kane Williamson, in his 100th Test, not out on nine. It took Australia 90 minutes before they were able to break the opening […] today8 March, 2024
insert_link Sport Dressel launches 2024 campaign with 100m fly Pro Swim win Seven-time Olympic gold medallist launched his 2024 campaign aimed at the Paris Olympics with a 100m butterfly victory at the Pro Swim Series in Westmont, Illinois, on Thursday. Dressel, the world record-holder in the event, is racing this week for the first time this year after withdrawing from the Pro Swim stop in Knoxville in January to prepare for for the birth of his son last month. Third at […] today8 March, 2024
insert_link Sport ‘Outside chance’ of title as Scotland travel to Italy in Six Nations Scotland have an outside chance of claiming their first Six Nations title in a quarter of a century as they face improved Italy in Rome on Saturday. The Scots' last championship triumph came in 1999, the last year of the old Five Nations before Italy joined the tournament. They have not finished higher than third in the intervening 25 years but Gregor Townsend's team go into this weekend's […] today8 March, 2024
insert_link Sport Ireland eye Six Nations title but Farrell still wary of England Andy Farrell has insisted his native England remain capable of scuppering Ireland's bid for successive Grand Slams even though the visitors will be overwhelming favourites to win Saturday's Six Nations clash at Twickenham. Ireland head coach Farrell's men have been the outstanding team of the tournament, with bonus-point wins over France, Italy and Wales suggesting their failure to get beyond the quarter-finals of last year's World Cup in […] today8 March, 2024
insert_link Sport Curry stars as Warriors bounce back to rout Bucks Stephen Curry scored 29 points as the Golden State Warriors bounced back from their catastrophic defeat in Boston to rout the Milwaukee Bucks 125-90 on Wednesday. The Warriors suffered one of the most humiliating defeats in franchise history on Sunday, losing by a staggering 52-point margin in a 140-88 loss to the Celtics. But the seven-time NBA champions came roaring back with a vengeance to blow past the […] today7 March, 2024
insert_link Sport Crawley hits fifty but England lose two in India Test Opener Zak Crawley hit a fluent half-century but England lost two wickets to Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav in the first session of the fifth and final Test on Thursday. The tourists reached 100-2 at lunch after electing to bat in their bid for a consolation win at the picturesque Dharamsala stadium, overlooked by snow-capped Himalayan mountains. Crawley, on 61, was batting after wrist-spinner Yadav sent back Duckett on […] today7 March, 2024
insert_link Sport Australia out to ruin Williamson, Southee 100-Test milestone Australia plan to spoil the party for New Zealand centurions Kane Williamson and Tim Southee when the second Test starts on Friday as they bid to sweep the series. Fast bowler Southee and batsman Williamson will both make their 100th appearances at Hagley Oval in Christchurch with hosts New Zealand chasing a first Test win over Australia since 2011 to mark the occasion. But they have their work cut […] today7 March, 2024
Africa African Games 2024: is it really worth it for Ghana to host the mega sport event? By Kamilla Swart, Hamad Bin Khalifa University The African Games, formerly the All-African Games, is taking place from 8-23 March in Ghana. Scheduled for 2023, they were postponed due to a regional impasse over marketing rights, delays in getting facilities ready and Ghana’s growing economic crisis. Kamilla Swart researches and teaches sport mega-events. We asked her about the African Games’ potential for sport tourism and about the […] today7 March, 2024
