By Martyn Herman LONDON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Tottenham Hotspur brutally exposed Liverpool’s defensive frailties as Harry Kane plundered two more goals in his side’s 4-1 romp at Wembley on Sunday. In front of 80,827 fans, the biggest ever Premier League attendance, Kane took his league tally to eight for the season with the first […]
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By Alan Baldwin AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Mercedes won the Formula One constructors’ title for the fourth year in a row on Sunday but Lewis Hamilton was made to wait despite cruising to a U.S. Grand Prix victory at one of his favourite circuits. Hamilton, presented with the winner’s trophy by former U.S. president Bill […]
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BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – Leg spinner Devendra Bishoo took five wickets as West Indies took control on the second day of the first test against Zimbabwe at the Queens Sports Club on Sunday to go to the close with a 148-run lead and nine second-innings wickets remaining. The tourists are 88 for one after Bishoo’s […]
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EAST LONDON, South Africa (Reuters) – Aiden Markram scored a half-century and took two wickets on his one-day international debut as South Africa completed a clean sweep of their three-match series against Bangladesh with a crushing 200-run victory at Buffalo Park on Sunday. Markram contributed 66 from 60 balls as South Africa posted 369 for […]
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(Reuters) – Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei took one second off her own world record when she won the Valencia Half Marathon in a time of one hour 4.51 seconds on Sunday. The multiple world record-holder reached 15 kilometres in 45:59 which put her target in jeopardy — when she set the previous record of 1:04:52 in […]
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By John O’Brien SINGAPORE (Reuters) – After failing to navigate her way out of the group phase on her WTA Finals debut in 2016, Karolina Pliskova was desperate to get off to a fast start this year and that is exactly what the Czech world number three managed against Venus Williams on Sunday. Opening round-robin […]
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(Reuters) – South Korean Ji Eun-hee lifted her first LPGA title in eight years with an emphatic six-stroke victory at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship on Sunday. Ji, who held a six-stroke overnight lead, cruised through a bogey-free final round of seven-under 65 at the par-72 Miramar Resort and Country Club. The 31-year-old fired […]
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SEOUL (Reuters) – American Justin Thomas birdied the second extra hole of a playoff against Marc Leishman to win the PGA Tour’s $9.25 million CJ Cup at the Nine Bridges Golf Club on Jeju island on Sunday. Both players finished on nine-under-par 279 for the four rounds of the Tour’s first regular season event in […]
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Marc Marquez moved to within touching distance of a fourth MotoGP world title with victory at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, his sixth win of the season giving him a 33-point lead over nearest rival Andrea Dovizioso with two races remaining. The 24-year-old Spanish Honda rider hit the front six laps […]
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia coach Michael Cheika is determined the Wallabies will not get carried away with their 23-18 victory over New Zealand on Saturday and warned them plenty of work lies ahead if they are to catch up with the world champions. The victory in Brisbane snapped a seven-game losing streak against the All […]
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AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Bad weather in Japan dashed French driver Pierre Gasly’s hopes of winning the Japanese Super Formula title instead of competing at this weekend’s U.S. Formula One Grand Prix. A typhoon set to hit the Suzuka circuit on Sunday forced the cancellation of both races, leaving Gasly half a point behind new […]
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MADRID (Reuters) – Barcelona will offer Lionel Messi a lifetime contract at the club, CEO Oscar Grau said on Saturday. Messi, 30, agreed a four-year deal with Barcelona in July, although has not officially signed it yet. Grau, speaking at the club’s annual general meeting, said the Argentine forward would be offered a similar deal […]
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