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South Africa's Dale Steyn (L) bowls next to umpire Rod Tucker during the Second Test Match against Sri Lanka at Colombo, Sri Lanka, in this file phboto. — Reuters
Steyn ruled out of South Africa World Cup opener
LONDON — Dale Steyn has been ruled out of South Africa's World Cup opener against England on Thursday, with Proteas head coach Ottis Gibson confirming the paceman has failed to shrug off a shoulder injury.The 35-year-old suffered the injury during the Indian Premier League and will not be risked at the Oval but South Africa hope to have him back in time to face Bangladesh in their second match on Sunday.Steyn's fellow fast bowler Kagiso Rabada was declared fit after a back injury, leaving Gibson with just one seamer spot to fill alongside the 24-year-old and Lungi Ngidi."Dale is not quite ready yet," said Gibson on Tuesday. "He is not far away but he is not ready yet. We think with a six-week tournament there is no real need to force the issue so he won't be...
May 28, 2019

Steyn ruled out of South Africa World Cup opener

England's Jofra Archer celebrates taking the wicket of Afghanistan's Hashmatullah Shahidi during the ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up match against Afghanistan at the Kia Oval, London, Britain, on Monday. — Reuters
Gibson glad to see Archer get his England chance
LONDON — South Africa coach Ottis Gibson wants England fast bowler Jofra Archer to have a good World Cup — but only after the Proteas have played the hosts in Thursday's tournament opener at the Oval.Former West Indies fast bowler Gibson, like Archer, was born in Barbados.Gibson had a chance to observe the then teenage Archer's progress when he returned to the Caribbean as coach of the West Indies in 2010.Archer, whose father is English, was included in the host country's World Cup squad on the back of just three One-Day International appearances after completing a three-year qualification period in March."He's fresh and he's obviously talented and he's got a lot of pace and he's from Barbados, so I'm glad that they picked him," Gibson, also a...
May 28, 2019

Gibson glad to see Archer get his England chance

Team Jumbo rider Slovenia's Primoz Roglic climbs during the stage sixteen of the 102nd Giro d'Italia - Tour of Italy - cycle race, 226kms from Lovere to Ponte Di Legno on Tuesday. — AFP
Roglic loses ground as Carapaz extends overall Giro lead
PONTE DI LEGNO, Italy — Italy's Giulio Ciccone won the rain-lashed 16th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday as race favourite Primoz Roglic lost 1min 20sec to his main rivals in pink jersey-wearer Richard Carapaz and two-time winner Vincenzo Nibali.The veteran Italian Nibali sparked a highly aggressive day of racing when attacking from distance and while he was unable to drop Ecuador's Carapaz, Roglic, isolated from his teammates, was no match for the attack.The 2013 and 2016 Giro winner launched his assault on the day's final challenging climb, some 8km from the summit, which he crossed around 90sec ahead of the Slovenian flailing former ski-jumper Roglic.Overall leader Carapaz, aided by his powerful Movistar team captain Mikel Landa, caught Nibali before the summit...
May 28, 2019

Roglic loses ground as Carapaz extends overall Giro lead

Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick was one of the five top football bosses ordered to face trial for corruption.
Nigeria football chiefs ordered to face corruption trial
ABUJA — Nigeria's High Court on Tuesday ordered five top football bosses to face trial for corruption, as they are accused of stealing millions of dollars intended to develop the game in the country.Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) president, Amaju Pinnick, and four fellow co-accused face 17 charges for financial crimes at a trial in the capital city of Abuja.His co-accused are NFF vice presidents Seyi Akinwunmi and Shehu Dikko, as well as general secretary Mohammed Sanusi and executive committee member Ahmed Yusuf.Justice Ifeoma Ojukwu ordered the four men appear for trial on July 1.The case examines a raft of charges, from failure to declare their assets, to the alleged theft of $8.4 million (7.5 million euros), paid by world governing body FIFA to Nigeria for participation in...
May 28, 2019

Nigeria football chiefs ordered to face corruption trial

Tottenham Hotspur's English striker Harry Kane (L) and Tottenham Hotspur's English midfielder Dele Alli (2nd R) take part in a team training session at Tottenham Hotspur's Enfield Training Centre, north London, ahead of their UEFA Champions League Final football match against Liverpool, on Monday. — AFP
Kane hails Pochettino's grand plan for Spurs
LONDON — Winning the Champions League final against Liverpool on Saturday would be the culmination of Mauricio Pochettino's grand plan for Tottenham Hotspur, talismanic striker Harry Kane said ahead of the biggest match in the north London club's history.Pochettino inherited a team that finished sixth in the Premier League when he jumped ship from Southampton in May 2014 to take charge of a Spurs side that had long lived in the shadow of London rivals Arsenal and Chelsea.But powered by home-grown striker Kane, who got his first proper run in the team under Pochettino and has finished as the club's top scorer in every season under the Argentine, Spurs have turned into a force to be reckoned with."He's been massive," Kane said at a media day at Spurs' state of...
May 28, 2019

Kane hails Pochettino's grand plan for Spurs

Workers clean the tribune inside Baku Olympic stadium on the eve of the UEFA Europa league final match between Arsenal and Chelsea, in Baku on Tuesday. — AFP
Baku F1 considering charters for 2020 after soccer problems
LONDON — Azerbaijan Grand Prix promoters are considering laying on charter flights for next year's Formula One race after soccer fans struggled to reach Baku for Wednesday's Europa League final between Chelsea and Arsenal.The lack of direct flights to Azerbaijan from Britain, where most of the 10 Formula One teams are based, and the cost of the 8,000 km round trip to Baku have been highlighted in recent weeks."Next year, especially if we are back-to-back with any of the races, I will definitely try to organize more charter flights by ourselves and then try to sell them at cost to whoever is interested," promoter Arif Rahimov told Reuters."That's something we are really looking into, just to make it easy for all the spectators. It's not something that...
May 28, 2019

Baku F1 considering charters for 2020 after soccer problems

Liverpool's German manager Jurgen Klopp gestures during a training session at the Melwood Training ground in Liverpool, northwest England on Tuesday. — AFP
Liverpool team my best ever in a final, says Klopp
LIVERPOOL, England — Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp says his team who take on Tottenham Hotspur in Saturday's Champions League final are the best he has ever managed in such a game.Klopp has appeared in seven finals with Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool but has lost the last six after winning his first one in the 2012 German Cup with Dortmund against Bayern Munich."I don’t like to blame my other teams. I love them all. They all gave everything but I have never been part of a final with a better team than this," Klopp told a news conference on Tuesday."In different times, for different reasons my teams were good as well. But I am not so surprised because our boys mix our potential with attitude in the best way I have witnessed. That is brilliant," he said.Klopp...
May 28, 2019

Liverpool team my best ever in a final, says Klopp

The 2019 UEFA Europa league official ball is pictured at the Baku Olympic stadium on the eve of the final match between Arsenal and Chelsea, in Baku, on Tuesday. — AFP
Baku or bust: Fans defy high prices to trek to Europa League final
BAKU — Many Arsenal and Chelsea fans have been put off making the long and expensive trip to Azerbaijan to follow their teams in the Europa League final, but one father and his son have just completed an adventurous seven-day voyage to make it to Baku.Jake Ralph and his father Kevin Cobb flew from London to Istanbul last Tuesday before starting a nearly 1,400-mile journey overland, through Turkey and walking over the border into Georgia before reaching the shores of the Caspian Sea in the Azerbaijan capital on Monday."We wanted to make an adventure of it, and see places we would never go otherwise. The plan was to save money and have a bit of an adventure," Ralph, 28, said.The duo wanted to do the entire trip, including their accommodation and match tickets, for the same...
May 28, 2019

Baku or bust: Fans defy high prices to trek to Europa League final

Sun-kissed and shaggy haired, Nguyen Thai Binh swaps his flip flops for bulky boots ahead of snowboarding practice on the sand dunes of southern Vietnam—the unlikely training ground for the country's fledgling winter athletes. — AFP
Sandman: The Vietnamese snowboarder training on dunes
MUI NE, Vietnam — Sun-kissed and shaggy-haired, Nguyen Thai Binh swaps his flip flops for bulky boots ahead of snowboarding practice on the sand dunes of southern Vietnam – the unlikely training ground for the country's fledgling winter athletes with mountain-sized ambitions.Binh is one of Vietnam's top snowboarders, pioneering a push to boost winter sports in Southeast Asia where snowfall is virtually unheard of.But it's been an uphill battle for athletes like him facing funding shortfalls, lack of public interest and few training facilities, namely snowy mountains."This sport is so new for Vietnamese, and we don't have any snow to practise on," said 29-year-old Binh, looking California cool in a Quicksilver cap and bright boardshorts.Though Vietnam's...
May 28, 2019

Sandman: The Vietnamese snowboarder training on dunes

Paris? Not a big fan, says Bernard . — AFP/File
Kyrgios right to hate French Open, says Tomic
PARIS — Bernard Tomic suffered a dispiriting exit from Roland Garros on Tuesday and admitted Australian compatriot Nick Kyrgios was right to say the tournament 'sucks'.Tomic slumped to a 6-1, 6-4, 6-1 defeat by Taylor Fritz of the United States, leaving him with just three wins in 2019.The final set on a chilly and damp Court 14 was over in just 20 minutes and the match in 88 minutes, the quickest of the tournament so far.Fellow firebrand Kyrgios withdrew from Roland Garros with an elbow injury last week but not before saying: "Get rid of the clay, man. Who likes the clay, it is so bad."The French Open sucks compared to this place. Sucks. Absolute sucks."Tomic, never far from controversy, was happy to concur."I agree with him, with everything," he said...
May 28, 2019

Kyrgios right to hate French Open, says Tomic

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