Former England international Chris Ashton to retire from rugby at end of season
Former England wing Chris Ashton will retire at the end of the season, his club Leicester have announced.
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UK-Ireland Euro 2028 bid submitted as Croke Park cut from stadia list
The Ireland-UK bid to host Euro 2028 has been submitted to UEFA with Croke Park excluded from the proposed stadia to be used in favour of the Aviva Stadium and a redeveloped Casement Park.
World Snooker Championship: Watch Jordan Brown suffer agonising exit – 'Good grief, he's missed it'
Jordan Brown lost 10-7 to Si Jiahui in the final round of World Championship snooker qualifying after twice missing the pink from close range in the fateful 17th frame. The former Welsh Open champion trailed the 20-year-old Chinese player 55-53 and 9-7 when he came to the table with the pink close to a black hanging over a top pocket at the English Institute of Sport. Ad Battling to keep alive his hopes of qualifying for the Crucible last-32 draw on Thursday, Brown somehow missed trying to run thin off the pink across the table before doing likewise seconds later, attempting to nudge the white off the pink via the top cushion.
A dark weekend in Europe: SA teams 'could fly in a spaceship and still lose,' says Schalk
Schalk Burger has backed up John Dobson's assertion that travel and logistical challenges can't be used as an excuse for South Africa's dark weekend in Europe, where all three of the remaining South African participants in the Champions and Challenge Cups were dumped out of the tournaments.
More records beckon for 'monster' Haaland
LONDON: Manchester City goal machine Erling Haaland set another record on Tuesday (Apr 11) by becoming the first Premier League player to score 45 times in a single season and the Norwegian will doubtless reach more milestones in his first campaign in England.
Tesco drops price of key shopping staple for first time since start of pandemic, making it cheaper than Aldi and Lidl
Tesco has dropped the price of a key shopping item for the first time since the pandemic began.
Turkiye only rival to UK and Ireland Euro 2028 bid
PARIS: Turkiye is the only rival to the UK and Ireland candidacy to host the 2028 European Championship, UEFA announced on Wednesday after receiving final bids from interested countries.European football’s governing body said that Turkiye would go up against the joint bid from England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland to host Euro 2028 and that Turkiye is also a candidate to host Euro 2032.Italy is the only other bidder for the hosting rights to the 2032 tournament.“In the forthcoming months, the UEFA administration will evaluate each of the bids, with the UEFA Executive Committee to vote on who has won the right to host both editions in October,” the body said in a statement.The British and Irish joint bid for Euro 2028 is the favorite after the countries abandoned plans to run for the 2030 World Cup.Wembley, the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Newcastle’s St.
Man City get two transfer reminders during Champions League win over Bayern
As Manchester City were marching on in one race, their Premier League rivals were slipping out of another.