POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa (Reuters) – Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj ran through the Bangladesh batting order to lead South Africa to an emphatic 333-run victory in the first test as the visitors capitulated meekly on the final morning on Monday. Resuming at Senwes Park on 49 for three and hoping to provide some stubborn resistance, […]
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MADRID (Reuters) – Former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola expressed dismay on Monday at the violence that marred Catalonia’s independence vote, which he said should have led the club to postpone their match against Las Palmas. Barcelona beat Las Palmas 3-0 in an empty Nou Camp stadium on Sunday afternoon, after club president Josep Maria Bartomeu […]
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By Andrew Both JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (Reuters) – The United States won their seventh consecutive Presidents Cup over the International team on Sunday even as the final margin of eight points disguised the one-sided nature of the event. A Sunday rally by the beleaguered Internationals, who won six of the 12 singles matches and […]
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By Christian Radnedge and Bernie Woodall (Reuters) – Several dozen NFL players, fewer than last week, chose to kneel during the U.S. national anthem before league games on Sunday, a day after President Donald Trump again demanded an end to a protest he sees as a sign of disrespect for the flag. At least 40 […]
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(Reuters) – Novak Djokovic is recovering from a “significant” elbow injury and is keen to get back on the tour again, the 12-times grand slam champion’s new physiotherapist Ulises Badio has said. A prolonged dip in form before the injury earlier this year forced Djokovic to curtail his season after retiring against Czech Tomas Berdych […]
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By Richard Martin BARCELONA (Reuters) – Barcelona’s Lionel Messi scored twice in a 3-0 win over Las Palmas on Sunday in a Liga match played without fans following clashes between police and voters in Catalonia over a banned independence referendum. In the late game, Real Madrid earned their first home league victory of the season […]
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LONDON (Reuters) – Arsene Wenger lamented on Sunday that Arsenal’s recent upturn in form will be interrupted by next week’s international break. The Gunners have amassed 10 points out of a possible 12 in the Premier League and won both of their Europa League group games since the previous round of World Cup qualifiers, which […]
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POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa (Reuters) – South Africa need seven wickets on the last day to secure victory in the first test and go ahead in the two-match series as Bangladesh struggled on a rain-curtailed fourth day at Senwes Park on Sunday. Morne Morkel snagged two wickets in the first over of Bangladesh’s second innings and […]
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ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria have dropped African Footballer of the Year Riyad Mahrez and his Leicester City team mate Islam Slimani from the squad for next weekend’s World Cup qualifier against Cameroon. The pair are major victims of a clear out of the squad announced on Sunday after Algeria suffered home and away defeats against […]
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SEPANG, Malaysia (Reuters) – Sebastian Vettel’s Formula One title bid could suffer a further setback after a bizarre post-race incident at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday. The German, now 34 points behind Mercedes’ championship leader Lewis Hamilton with five races remaining, was in a collision with Canadian Lance Stroll’s Williams on the slowing-down lap. […]
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POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, Sept 30 (Reuters) – South Africa lost both openers but were still 230 runs ahead of Bangladesh at the close on the third day of the first test when bad light stopped play on Saturday. The home side will resume the fourth day on 54 for two after dismissing Bangladesh for 320 […]
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By Alison Bevege SYDNEY (Reuters) – American rap artist Macklemore performed a gay anthem at a rugby league final in Sydney on Sunday, thanks to the sport’s bosses rejecting pressure from opponents of same-sex marriage as Australia votes on liberalizing its marriage laws. Macklemore sang “Same Love” to more than 80,000 fans of a sport […]
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