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Eddie Jones
England buoyed by Erasmus amid Jones post-2021 uncertainty
TWICKENHAM, England — England's top rugby union official has said the example of South Africa's World Cup-winning supremo Rassie Erasmus means they can avoid rushing into a decision on whether Eddie Jones will still be in charge for the 2023 edition in France.Australian coach Jones took England all the way to this year's final in Japan, only for his side to be overwhelmed 32-12 by the resurgent Springboks in Yokohama last month.Jones' current contract runs until 2021 and there are those who argue the team would benefit from knowing as soon as possible whether he will be in charge for the next World Cup.Bill Sweeney, the chief executive of England's governing Rugby Football Union, said in Japan it would "make sense" for Jones to stay on until 2023.But with...
December 18, 2019

England buoyed by Erasmus amid Jones post-2021 uncertainty

Owner and president of Italian Serie A football club SS Lazio Rome, Italian entrepreneur Claudio Lotito, arrives to hold a press conference at the Foreign Press Association in Rome on Wednesday, a day after a Serie A anti-racism campaign triggered criticism. — AFP
Serie A 'sorry' for monkeys in anti-racism campaign
ROME — The head of Serie A on Tuesday apologized for using art featuring monkeys in an anti-racism campaign.The Italian top flight had initially said the work aimed to defend the values of "integration, multiculturalism and fraternity", but was forced to backpedal after widespread criticism and ridicule.Serie A's managing director Luigi De Siervo said he "apologizes to everyone offended by the work by artist Simone Fugazzotto", which showed three monkeys in close-up, but with slightly different colors over the basic brown."Although the artist had explained that the meaning was specifically a message against racism, many have found the work questionable," De Siervo said in a statement."What is not in question is Serie A's strong and unwavering...
December 18, 2019

Serie A 'sorry' for monkeys in anti-racism campaign

Artists perform during the presentation of the 75th La Vuelta cycling tour of Spain 2020, in Madrid, on Tuesday. — AFP
Vuelta a Espana 2020 takes in Netherlands, France and Portugal
MADRID — The Vuelta a Espana organizers unveiled an international route on Tuesday with Spanish cycling's grand tour embarking from the Netherlands before side excursions into France and Portugal on the 2020 itinerary.The action begins with an agenda-setting team time trial in the Dutch city of Utrecht on Aug.14 and culminates 3,245km, 21 stages and three potentially thrilling weeks later in Madrid on Sept. 6.As well as three Dutch stages the route also features cycling's mythical Col de Tourmalet in France where Thibaut Pinot won a stage ahead of Julian Alaphilippe on the 2019 Tour de France.For the first time since 1997 the route also takes in two stages in Portugal, including the only stage over 200km.The route is also notable for excluding the sweltering South...
December 18, 2019

Vuelta a Espana 2020 takes in Netherlands, France and Portugal

Basil Butcher
West Indies mourn 'batting legend' Butcher, dead at 86
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua and Barbuda — Basil Butcher was hailed as a West Indies "cricket legend" after the former Test batsman died aged 86.Butcher was a member of a star-studded West Indies top order for over a decade in a Test career starting in the late 1950s. He played alongside Rohan Kanhai and Garry Sobers before they were joined in the side by Clive Lloyd and Roy Fredericks.Guyana right-hander Butcher more than held his own in such distinguished company, scoring 3,104 runs in 44 Tests at an average of more than 43, including seven hundreds, from 1958-69.Butcher's best performances were reserved for England. He made 133 in the second innings of the Lord's Test of 1963, which produced one of cricket's most dramatic draws.That hundred was all the more remarkable...
December 17, 2019

West Indies mourn 'batting legend' Butcher, dead at 86

British boxer Anthony Joshua, white trunks, competes with Mexican-American boxer Andy Ruiz Jr, during the heavyweight boxing match between Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua for the IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO titles in Diriyah, near the Saudi capital Riyadh, in this Dec. 7, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Joshua offers to be Fury's sparring partner if it helps him beat Wilder
LONDON — Anthony Joshua has offered to be Tyson Fury's sparring partner if it helps his fellow British fighter beat WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder.Joshua has been left frustrated in his attempts to lure America's Wilder into the ring as he bids to unify the division following his victory over Andy Ruiz Jr last weekend.The 30-year-old, who regained the WBA, IBF and WBO belts, feels he has a better chance of landing a blockbuster unification showdown with Fury than with Wilder.Fury faces a re-match with the American on Feb. 22, having drawn their first encounter, and Joshua told Sky Sports News: "I think honestly he might beat Wilder next time."I think Fury would fight me quicker than Wilder would, so, if that's the case, I want him to win. Imagine that fight...
December 17, 2019

Joshua offers to be Fury's sparring partner if it helps him beat Wilder

Tottenham Hotspur's English striker Harry Kane, left, wins a header during the English Premier League football match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur at the Molineux stadium in Wolverhampton, central England, in this Dec. 15, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Kane relishing chance to learn from new Spurs boss Mourinho
LONDON — Harry Kane says he has embraced the chance to learn from new Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho despite his huge respect for predecessor Mauricio Pochettino.Spurs registered their fourth win in five Premier League games under Mourinho at Wolves on Sunday after sacking Pochettino last month.Kane said the two managers work in different ways, but the England skipper hopes to benefit from life under the former Chelsea and Manchester United boss."I got on very well with Poch and I respect Poch very, very, very much," Kane said after Jan Vertonghen's late winner at Molineux on Sunday."But Mourinho's got his own style, his own way of doing things. For me, it is about learning that way."Obviously my top-level career has only been with one manager, so for me...
December 17, 2019

Kane relishing chance to learn from new Spurs boss Mourinho

US skier Mikaela Shiffrin competes during the FIS alpine skiing Women World Cup giant slalom of Courchevel in the French Alps on Tuesday. — AFP
Brignone wins Courchevel giant slalom, Shiffrin 17th
COURCHEVEL, France — Italian Federica Brignone laid down two solid runs to claim victory in the women's World Cup giant slalom in Courchevel on Tuesday while American star Mikaela Shiffrin could only manage 17th.Brignone was third fastest in the first leg and fifth quickest in the second for a combined time of 2min 12.59sec.Unheralded Norwegian Mina Fuerst Holtmann, leader after the first leg, was second (+0.04sec), with Swiss Wendy Holdener rounding out the podium (+0.44).Slovakia's reigning giant slalom world champion Petra Vlhova, winner of Sunday's Val d'Isere parallel slalom which Shiffrin elected not to race, was fourth equal with German Viktoria Rebensberg, at 0.48sec.Shiffrin had left herself with it all to do after fluffing her lines in the first leg.The...
December 17, 2019

Brignone wins Courchevel giant slalom, Shiffrin 17th

Liverpool FC coach Jurgen Klopp gives a press conference on the eve of their 2019 FIFA Club World Cup semi-final match against Monterrey in Doha on Tuesday. — AFP
Klopp laments timing of Club World Cup as Liverpool prepares for semi-final
DOHA — Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool are fully focused on winning this week's Club World Cup ahead of their semi-final against Monterrey of Mexico but hit out at the timing of the competition and questioned FIFA's plans to expand the tournament in future."We are here now and we are completely focused on it, but if you had asked me beforehand if I think that there should be a Club World Cup in the middle of our season, I would say no, in my honest opinion," Klopp told journalists at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, where Liverpool face Monterrey on Wednesday.The Anfield club have had to take time out from their seemingly relentless march towards the Premier League title to travel to Qatar for the tournament, in which they are Europe's representatives...
December 17, 2019

Klopp laments timing of Club World Cup as Liverpool prepares for semi-final

Real Madrid's French coach Zinedine Zidane attends a training session at the Real Madrid City sports facilities in Madrid on Tuesday, on the eve of their Spanish League football match against Barcelona FC. — AFP
Real Madrid only focused on football amid fears of Clasico unrest: Zidane
MADRID — Zinedine Zidane has said he is not worried about Wednesday's Clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona being overshadowed by Catalan independence protests.The fixture was originally scheduled for October 26 but had to be postponed and there are renewed fears of unrest at Camp Nou, where Madrid and Barca will be playing for first place in La Liga."I am not worried about anything," said Zidane in a press conference on Tuesday."I am happy we are about to play a Clasico. It was the same when I was a player, these are the matches you live for, and you are focused only on what happens on the field."Democratic Tsunami, the protest group in favor of Catalan independence, has called publicly for its supporters to gather at the stadium four hours before kick off at...
December 17, 2019

Real Madrid only focused on football amid fears of Clasico unrest: Zidane

Paul Pogba
Pogba's recovery from injury hit by illness, says Solskjaer
LONDON — Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has a fresh Paul Pogba headache, revealing illness has delayed the midfielder's return from injury ahead of Wednesday's League Cup quarterfinal against giant-killers Colchester.The France World Cup winner has been sidelined for most of the season with an ankle injury, playing just six times for United after a summer of speculation following his statement that it could be time for a "new challenge".But after the United manager spoke, videos appeared on social media of Pogba dancing and showing few ill effects at his brother Florentin's wedding.Pogba, 26, had been due to resume first-team training this week but Solskjaer said: "Of all things he's struck down ill now.""He's been off for two...
December 17, 2019

Pogba's recovery from injury hit by illness, says Solskjaer

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