Renard says France team spirit 'perfect' after turmoil
MELBOURNE : Few coaches have the honour of guiding a team at a soccer World Cup. Herve Renard will do it twice in a year.
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After Record 33rd 5-wicket Haul, Ravichandran Ashwin Opens Up On Pain Of Missing WTC Final
India veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was left out of the playing XI for the World Test Championship (WTC) final last month, which the Rohit Sharma-side lost to Australia. Considering the overcast conditions at The Oval last month, India made the tough call of leaving out Ashwin from the playing eleven for an extra pacer. The decision was widely debated before India came up short in their second successive WTC final. After bagging his 33rd five-wicket haul on Day 1 of the first Test against West Indies, Ashwin said it was tough not to play in the final.
FIFA to offer 20,000 free tickets for Women's World Cup in NZ
FIFA said it is giving away 20,000 free tickets for Women's World Cup games in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Dunedin amid concerns about the slow pace of sales in New Zealand.
Richie Mo'unga back for All Blacks clash with Springboks but Eben Etzebeth a doubt following bereavement
New Zealand coach Ian Foster has restored Richie Mo'unga to starting fly-half and dropped Damian McKenzie from his matchday 23 while welcoming back a slew of reinforcements for their Rugby Championship game against South Africa on Saturday (8.05am Irish time).
All Blacks coach commiserates with grieving Etzebeth: 'They will deal with it in the right way'
All Blacks head coach Ian Foster on Thursday said their thoughts were with South Africa's stand-in captain Eben Etzebeth after his father died in the lead-up to Saturday's match in Auckland.
Lucy Quinn determined to break into Ireland World Cup team
Lucy Quinn is determined to play as big a role as possible for the Republic of Ireland as they continue their preparations for a first appearance at the FIFA World Cup.
'Cohesion' key for Under-20s against experienced France, says Iain Henderson
Iain Henderson reckons the unity of the Ireland squad can nullify much of the France threat when the sides meet in the World Rugby U20 Championship final tomorrow.
"Give Him A Chance In Test": Ex-India Star's 'Mark Wood' Compliment For Umran Malik
Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has urged the selectors to give a chance to tearaway pacer Umran Malik in Test cricket. Umran, who impressed everyone with his pace in the Indian Premier League, has already represented India in white-ball cricket, but is yet to wear the whites for the team. He has not been selected for the two-match Test series against West Indies. Umran had a below-par season in the IPL this year but Manjrekar feels that Umran can "be an X-factor" in the longest format of the game due to his pace.