BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – All Blacks lock Brodie Retallick will miss the final Rugby Championship clash against South Africa next week after his wife Niki suffered a pregnancy loss, the team said on Sunday. Retallick was one of six players who did not travel to Buenos Aires for the clash with Argentina, which they won […]
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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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(Reuters) – Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho fears that his side could struggle for momentum after a majority of his players left for international duty following their crushing 4-0 Premier League win over Crystal Palace on Saturday. United handed Palace their seventh straight loss of the season with Marouane Fellaini’s brace sandwiched between Juan Mata’s […]
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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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MADRID (Reuters) – Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale is unlikely to face Espanyol on Sunday after coach Zinedine Zidane said he had a calf strain, casting doubt on whether the forward will be able to feature in Wales’s crucial World Cup qualifiers next month. Bale produced his best display of the season in Real’s impressive […]
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By Simon Evans HUDDERSFIELD, England (Reuters) – Harry Kane’s stunning September continued with two goals, including a brilliant solo strike, in Tottenham Hotspur’s impressive 4-0 Premier League win at promoted Huddersfield Town on Saturday. The victory lifted Spurs into third place in the table ahead of this weekend’s games and marks the first time the […]
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(Reuters) – Midfielder Eden Hazard must continue to be decisive on the pitch and exploit the talent he is blessed with to become one of the game’s greats, Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has said. The Belgian has made just three substitute appearances in the league since returning from an ankle fracture sustained on international duty […]
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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) – Romelu Lukaku has started all of Manchester United’s games in the Premier League and Champions League but the Belgian strike cannot expect a break just yet, manager Jose Mourinho has said. Lukaku has hit the ground running since signing from Everton in the off season with six league goals in as many games. […]
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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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(Reuters) – Nearly 2 million people logged onto Amazon.com <AMZN.O> for the online retailer’s first livestream of Thursday Night Football, the U.S. National Football League said on Friday. Some 1.9 million people tuned in to Amazon’s kickoff show and game between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers, according to the NFL. That compares to […]
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