BLOEMFONTEIN (Reuters) – South Africa have been given little chance of exacting revenge on New Zealand in their Rugby Championship finale by Springboks coach Allister Coetzee, who says anyone expecting a rousing home win is “living in a fool’s paradise”. He did, however, vow that the Springboks would be better prepared for next weekend’s clash […]
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BLOEMFONTEIN (Reuters) – Australia coach Michael Cheika believes his side did enough to win their drawn Rugby Championship encounter with South Africa in Bloemfontein on Saturday and is now looking to finish the four-nation tournament with an away win in Argentina. Cheika said the 27-27 draw at the Free State Stadium was disappointing, with the […]
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By Abhishek Takle SEPANG, Malaysia (Reuters) – Kimi Raikkonen deposed Ferrari team mate Sebastian Vettel at the top of the timesheets in the final practice session for the Malaysian Grand Prix on Saturday as Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton continued to struggle. Raikkonen, who was behind Vettel in a Ferrari one-two during Friday practice, […]
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(Reuters) – Phil Mickelson is proving more adept wielding a golf club than taking a selfie at the Presidents Cup as he joined Tiger Woods for the most victories at the team event. A day after missing a six-footer that would have won his match at the 18th hole at Liberty National, Mickelson made amends […]
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BLOEMFONTEIN (Reuters) – South Africa have been working hard on improving their line-out for Saturday’s Rugby Championship test against Australia, captain Eben Etzebeth said on Friday. The imposing lock admitted the Springbok set-pieces had been shambolic in their record 57-0 drubbing by New Zealand last time out. “There definitely were line-out issues and it didn’t […]
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Former Western Force coach Dave Wessels has joined the Melbourne Rebels less than a month after the Perth-based side was cut from Super Rugby. The Force were officially dumped from Super Rugby on Sept. 5 following a protracted battle with the Australian Rugby Union after SANZAAR members agreed to ditch three teams […]
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By Emma Farge DAKAR (Reuters) – A dormant Senegalese rebel movement has called for the abandonment of a planned mineral sands project operated by Australia-listed Astron, saying it amounts to “a declaration of war”. A spokesman for the Movement of Democratic Forces for Casamance (MFDC) on Thursday said that it had not been consulted about […]
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By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization told governments on Thursday not to get involved in a foundation funded by tobacco firm Philip Morris International to look at ways of reducing the harm from smoking. The U.N. health body said there was a conflict of interest in a tobacco firm funding such […]
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