Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles remained unbeaten in the NFL, but said they were not good as they feel they can be after the defending National Football Conference champions dominated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 25-11 on Monday.“Everybody wants us to be a final product now, but it’s a growth. Y
When the Cricket World Cup opens in India next month, several players will carry Kashmiri willow bats, but manufacturers say that exploitation of trees means their craft faces ruin.Unchecked logging without replanting has reduced swathes of woodland to scrub in the disputed Indian-administered Himal
THOROUGH THRASHING: It was the most points Wales have scored against Australia, whose hopes of qualifying for the quarters depend on Fiji losing to Georgia or Portugal
AFP, PARISWales on Sunday became the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup as they produced a record-breaking performance to hammer Australia 40-6 in Lyon. Scotland also remained in contention for the quarter-finals with a 45-17 bonus point win over Tonga, although they
Lithuanian teenager Dominika Banevic and the US’ Victor Montalvo on Sunday qualified for next year’s Paris Olympics after winning the WDSF World Breaking Championship.Sixteen-year-old Banevic, known as B-Girl Nicka, was the youngest in her category at the event in Leuven, Belgium. She concluded her
India yesterday claimed the first world record of the Hangzhou Asian Games as hosts China snapped up more gold medals and a nine-year-old skateboarder melted hearts.The Indian trio of Divyansh Panwar, Rudrankksh Patil and Aishwary Tomar blew away the field with a new world best 1,893.7 points to win
There is a reverential hush from the respectful crowd as Pakistan’s Sadia Iqbal opens the bowling to Bangladesh’s Shathi Rani in the Asian Games women’s bronze medal match in Hangzhou, China.The sound of leather on willow echoes around the purpose-built cricket ground, which until recently was full
De’Von Achane could hear the crowd at the Hard Rock Stadium chanting “Three more points” on the Miami Dolphins’s final drive. They had the ball inside the Denver Broncos’ 30 with less than a minute left, and they were three points shy of breaking the NFL’s single-game scoring record.Instead of sendi
SOCCERFlares end Dutch match The match between bitter rivals AFC Ajax and Feyenoord was on Sunday abandoned after fans lobbed flares on the pitch in Amsterdam, with violence later erupting outside the stadium in the latest unrest to blight Dutch soccer. Feyenoord had taken a 3-0 first-half lead at t
SMASHING IT: Assefa beat the world mark by more than 2 minutes, and although Kipchoge did not beat his own world record, he won the race for a record fifth time
Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa yesterday smashed the women’s marathon world record in Berlin as Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge won the men’s race for a record fifth time. Assefa clocked 2 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds, more than two minutes ahead of the previous world mark of 2:14:04 set by Kenyan Brigid Kosgei in
Max Verstappen yesterday helped Red Bull clinch the Formula One constructors’ championship and took a giant step toward his third straight drivers’ title by winning the Japanese Grand Prix.Runaway championship leader Verstappen finished ahead of McLaren pair Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri and can li
Ireland moved to the brink of the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals by beating reigning champions South Africa 13-8 in a low-scoring, but thoroughly absorbing match at the Stade de France on Saturday.The world’s No. 1-ranked team showed they have what it takes to win the World Cup for the first time as
Hosts China yesterday swept the first gold medals at the Asian Games in Hangzhou in a statement of intent on day one of the region’s answer to the Olympics.China claimed the first gold when Zou Jiaqi and Qiu Xiuping dominated the women’s lightweight double sculls rowing to kick off a medal rush for
BOXINGZhang knocks out JoyceChinese heavyweight Zhilei “Big Bang” Zhang knocked out Britain’s Joe Joyce in the third round of their rematch at London’s Wembley Arena on Saturday. Forty-year-old Zhang sent his 38-year-old opponent sprawling to the canvas with a huge right hook to his jaw. Joyce got b
DUPONT SURGERY: The France captain returned to his team after an operation for a facial injury, but it was unclear when or whether he would be available to play
Argentina on Friday re-entered the quarter-finals hunt after defeating Samoa 19-10 in a bruising, scrappy Rugby World Cup Pool D match.Argentina needed to win after the dismal opening defeat to England and used the 13-day break to get their heads on right for Samoa, who had only a six-day turnaround
Christian Yelich and Josh Donaldson on Friday homered during a 12-run second inning as the Milwaukee Brewers clinched their latest playoff berth with a 16-1 rout of the Miami Marlins.Milwaukee, assured at least a National League wild-card, trimmed their magic number to one for wrapping up the NL Cen
Hangzhou stepped up security ahead of yesterday’s opening of the Asian Games in China, as organizers sought to get the sporting extravaganza off to a smooth start, with Chinese President Xi Jinping among the dignitaries in attendance.Roads in a sizeable “traffic control area” around the city’s Olymp
FORMULA 1Verstappen takes poleFormula 1 championship leader Max Verstappen yesterday took pole position for today’s Japanese Grand Prix as he looks to take a giant stride toward a third straight title. The Red Bull driver topped the timesheets in dry conditions at Suzuka with a fastest lap of 1 minu
HEAD-ON-HEAD CLASH: Johan Deysel was sent off for the high tackle that injured the France skipper and Namibia had to play 35 minutes with 14 players
France scrumhalf Antoine Dupont on Thursday suffered a facial fracture in a high tackle that forced him off the pitch in the hosts’ 96-0 Rugby World Cup thrashing of Namibia.“Antoine Dupont has suffered a maxillo-zygomatic fracture. A specialist surgical opinion has been requested to determine the e
J.D. Martinez’s sacrifice fly on Thursday drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers capitalized on two physical and one mental blunder by the San Francisco Giants to win 7-2 in their series opener.The Giants have dropped six of seven on their road trip to fall further
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