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Tottenham Hotspur's Kenyan midfielder Victor Wanyama tackles Ajax midfielder Donny van de Beek in this file photo. — AFP
Origi and Wanyama put Kenya on Champions League map
NAIROBI — Liverpool striker Divock Origi and Tottenham Hotspur's Victor Wanyama are the talk of Kenya ahead of Saturday's European Champions League final in Madrid.In football-mad Kenya, a nation of 50 million in East Africa, there is hope the two players can shine a positive spotlight on it as fans relish the prospect of a key Kenyan role, even if Origi is Belgian born.While Kenyan fans already have the feast of the Africa Cup of Nations to look forwards to in June, the Champions League final is dividing opinion on the training ground at Nairobi club Ligi Ndogo."This is the first time two players of Kenyan origin will take part in a Champion's League final," says 28-year-old youth coach Kenneth Amolo."Wanyama and Origi will represent Kenya on the world stage,...
May 31, 2019

Origi and Wanyama put Kenya on Champions League map

In this file photo taken then Chelsea's Italian head coach Antonio Conte gestures on the touchline during the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Chelsea at The London Stadium, in east London. Inter Milan on Friday announced the appointment of former Italy coach Antonio Conte as coach. The 49-year-old has signed a three-year contract worth nine million euros ($10 million) plus bonuses, according to press reports. He replaces Luciano Spalletti who secured Inter's Champions League berth for a second consecutive year. — AFP
Conte lands job of attempting to revive Inter Milan
MILAN — Inter Milan handed the reins to former Juventus, Chelsea and Italy coach Antonio Conte on Friday, giving him the job of attempting to revive a side who have not won a major trophy for eight years.The fiery 49-year-old, famous for his dressing-room tirades, will replace Luciano Spalletti who parted company with the Chinese-owned club on Thursday, two years before the end of his contract, despite guiding them into next season's Champions League."A new chapter in my life is beginning, I'm really excited," Conte said in a statement on Inter's website. "I have chosen Inter because of the club it is, because of the project's sound basis and how ambitious it is."Inter have won 18 Serie A titles and the Coppa Italia seven times but have struggled since...
May 31, 2019

Conte lands job of attempting to revive Inter Milan

Romania's Simona Halep eyes the ball as she plays against Poland's Magda Linette during their men's singles second round match on day five of The Roland Garros 2019 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on Thursday. — AFP
Osaka survives as big daddy Djokovic and Serena stroll
PARIS — Naomi Osaka staged a second successive Roland Garros great escape on Thursday as fellow top seed Novak Djokovic, playing in front of his four-year-old son for the first time, and Serena Williams strolled into the last 32.World No. 1 Osaka, bidding to add the French Open to her US and Australian Open titles, came back from a set and 2-4 down to defeat former world No 1 Victoria Azarenka 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.Her win came on the back of being just two points from defeat in her tournament opener against Anna Karolina Schmiedlova.The 21-year-old held her nerve, despite squandering two match points late in the deciding set, to secure a clash against Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic."I was lucky to have played Victoria twice before. I knew she had been playing well coming into the...
May 31, 2019

Osaka survives as big daddy Djokovic and Serena stroll

Germany's Linda Dallmann (L) and Chile's goalkeeper Christiane Endler (R) vie for the ball during a friendly women's football match between Germany and Chile in the stadium in Regensburg, southern Germany, on Thursday. — AFP
'There will be upsets' — Germany coach cautious after World Cup warm-up win
BERLIN — Germany coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg warned that there will be some group stage upsets at the Women's World Cup after her side eased to a 2-0 win over Chile in their final warm-up game on Thursday."Aside from USA, France and the Netherlands, teams like Australia, Canada, Sweden and Norway are also playing very well," Voss-Tecklenburg told German broadcaster ARD."It will be a very tight tournament, and I think there will be some upsets in the group stage."Germany cruised to victory in front of a large crowd in Regensburg on Thursday, just days before they set off for France in search of a third World Cup title.Voss-Tecklenburg had promised attacking football, and Germany delivered just that in the first half.The reigning Olympic champions overran the...
May 30, 2019

'There will be upsets' — Germany coach cautious after World Cup warm-up win

South Africa's Faf du Plessis in action during the ICC Cricket World Cup match against England at the Kia Oval, London, Britain, on Thursday. —  Reuters
South Africa outplayed but not downbeat — Du Plessis
LONDON — South Africa captain Faf du Plessis admitted his team were comprehensively outplayed by England in their Cricket World Cup opener on Thursday but found plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the tournament.Hosts England made 311 for eight after being sent into bat by Du Plessis before bowling out the South Africans for 207 to start their campaign with an emphatic 104-run victory at The Oval."Today England were better in all three facets of the game," Du Plessis told reporters."But it’s a league comp, as disappointed as we were with our performance you have to learn from it and put every single doubt to bed as you have to play cricket again."South Africa bowled and fielded tightly, restricting England's usually free-scoring batsmen to only three sixes...
May 30, 2019

South Africa outplayed but not downbeat — Du Plessis

England players and fans celebrate the wicket of South Africa's Andile Phehlukwayo as England's Ben Stokes in seen on the big screen taking the catch during the ICC Cricket World Cupmatch at the Kia Oval, London, Britain, on Thursday. — Reuters
Stokes plays down spectacular catch he got all wrong
LONDON — It was one of the most spectacular catches ever to grace a World Cup match but England all-rounder Ben Stokes was reluctant to take too much credit on Thursday after admitting he made it so difficult by misjudging the flight of the ball.Stokes launched himself high into the air near the mid-wicket boundary, reaching up and back to snatch an amazing one-handed catch to dismiss Andile Phehlukwayo off the bowling of Adil Rashid as England thumped South Africa by 104 runs in the opening World Cup match on Thursday.The Oval crowed roared its approval at what was a truly memorable moment, but Stokes — and captain Eoin Morgan — tried not to get too carried away when bombarded with questions about it by reporters."I was actually in the wrong position — it would have been a...
May 30, 2019

Stokes plays down spectacular catch he got all wrong

England's Ben Stokes celebrates catching out South Africa's Andile Phehlukwayo with teammates during the ICC Cricket World Cup match at the Kia Oval, London, Britain, on Thursday. —  Reuters
Stokes stars as England thrash South Africa in World Cup opener
LONDON — Ben Stokes produced a fine all-round display as England began their quest to win the World Cup with a 104-run thrashing of South Africa in the tournament opener at the Oval on Thursday.The all-rounder top-scored with 89 in England's 311 for eight, held a brilliant catch and took two for 12, including the last wicket, as England won with 61 balls left.Jofra Archer did the early damage with the ball, the fast bowler taking three for 27 in seven overs."We were very good today — we were good as a batting unit even though we couldn't score a considerable total which was our Plan A," said England captain Eoin Morgan."Ben Stokes has had a full day, his catch was absolutely outstanding. He is a match-winner and lifts everybody.""Jofra Archer bowled...
May 30, 2019

Stokes stars as England thrash South Africa in World Cup opener

England's Ben Stokes celebrates after a comprehensive win over South Africa in ICC Cricket World Cup opener at the Kia Oval, London, Britain. — Reuters
England overwhelms South Africa in World Cup opener
LONDON — England made a confident start to their Cricket World Cup campaign as they crushed South Africa by 104 runs in the opening match of the tournament at The Oval on Thursday.Ben Stokes top-scored with 89 and Jason Roy, Joe Root and Eoin Morgan also made fifties in the hosts' total of 311 for eight after being sent into bat.South Africa's Quinton de Kock hit 68 and Rassie van der Dussen 50, but England took wickets at regular intervals to ensure the required run rate kept climbing.Stokes pulled off a spectacular leaping one-handed catch on the boundary to dismiss Andile Phehlukwayo and Jofra Archer claimed three wickets as South Africa were bowled out for 207 with more than 10 overs to spare. — Reuters
May 30, 2019

England overwhelms South Africa in World Cup opener

Team Nippo Vini Fantini Faizane' Italian rider Damiano Cima (R) jubilates as he finishes first in the 18th stage of the 2019 Giro d'Italia, the cycling Tour of Italy, on Thursday in Santa Maria di Sala. — AFP
Carapaz holds pink jersey as Cima sprints to Giro 18th stage win
SANTA MARIA DI SALA, Italy — Italy's Damiano Cima of the Nippo team snatched victory with a sprint finish, holding off a late charging peloton in Thursday's 18th stage of the Giro d'Italia as Ecuador's Richard Carapaz holds the leader's pink jersey with three days left.Cima had been part of a long range breakaway edged and edged Germany's Pascal Ackermann, who headed up the charging peloton, on the line after nearly five hours in the saddle, with Italy's Simone Consonni, third for UAE-Emirates.Ackermann could later console himself after regaining the sprint points jersey, while the winner was left in a state of euphoria."I can't believe what just happened. I've spent so many kilometers in breakaways during this Giro. I thought I'd never make...
May 30, 2019

Carapaz holds pink jersey as Cima sprints to Giro 18th stage win

Spain's Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov returns the ball to Romania's Sorona Cristea during their women's singles second round match on day five of The Roland Garros 2019 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on Thursday. — AFP
Lionhearted Spanish student hopes not to reach Roland Garros final
PARIS — World No. 137 Aliona Bolsova is 400-1 with the bookmakers to win the French Open, which is just as well as she has a university exam on the day of the final.The 21-year-old has marked her Roland Garros debut by reaching the third round having battled through qualifying.Instead of just concentrating on her next match in Paris against 58th-ranked Ekaterina Alexandrova, she admits she is already fretting over neglecting her geography and history of art studies in Barcelona."I hope I'm not in the final, I have an exam that day," said Bolsova after beating Romania's Sorana Cirstea 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-3) on Thursday."I'll have to plead with the teacher to get it changed, I should be studying."Bolsova, born in Moldova and the daughter of two Olympic...
May 30, 2019

Lionhearted Spanish student hopes not to reach Roland Garros final

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