Gallagher joins Benetton from Bath, with Italy call-up likely
Matt Gallagher will join Benetton from Bath Rugby at the end of this season, both clubs announced on Thursday, paving the way for an Italy call-up for the England-born fullback.
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Osaka and defending champion Krejcikova withdraw from Dubai Tennis Championships
Barbora Krejcikova will not return to defend her Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title after organisers confirmed she and former world No 1 Naomi Osaka had withdrawn from the tournament.
Doha high divers dream of Olympic stage
DOHA : A 27-metre platform perched above the Doha Old Port was Aidan Heslop's launchpad for a first high diving world championship title which one day the Briton hopes may be a milestone on the way to an Olympic gold.
French skipper Clarisse Crémer denies cheating in Vendée Globe solo race
"We never cheated," Clarisse Crémer insisted on Thursday in a joint statement with her husband Tanguy Le Turquais.
Roger Federer Or Novak Djokovic? Rafael Nadal Has A Clear Pick For 'Best Player In History'
Rafael Nadal on Wednesday hailed longtime rival Novak Djokovic as the best player in the history of the sport. "The numbers say yes, for me yes (he is the best in history)," Nadal said in an interview with El Objective de La Sexta when asked "who is the best?" Djokovic has 24 Grand Slam titles having surpassed Nadal's 22 when he captured last year's French Open. Despite that success, the controversial world number one from Serbia still struggles to translate his on-court triumphs into off-court popularity.
India Drop 15 Places To 117th In FIFA Rankings, Worst In 7 Years, Post Asian Cup Debacle
The Indian football team on Thursday dropped 15 places to 117th in the FIFA rankings, the worst in seven years, after the recent debacle in the AFC Asian Cup, where it lost all its three group matches. This was India's worst ranking after it was placed at 129th spot in January 2017 chart. The historical worst ranking, though, was 173 in 2015. The Indian team was placed at 102nd in the last FIFA rankings, issued on December 21, 2023. India also lost 35.63 rating points from the previous total. It now lies in between Togo (116th) and Guinea-Bissau (118th). The country is ranked 22nd among the Asian nations.
The hard truth Manchester United must confront about one of their best players
It wasn't immediately apparent Manchester United were going to make a half-time change at Villa Park last weekend. As the players trudged off the pitch, there was no visible sign of injury or any indication of an impending switch.
Euroviews. Norway made a mistake in its decision to move towards deep-sea mining
Has Norway paved the way for deep-seabed mining following the Storting's vote on 9 January? The opening up 281,000 square kilometres (the equivalent of half of France's land area) to mineral prospecting, with a view to future exploitation, raises numerous concerns, such as the environmental impact on these unique ecosystems that are still so poorly understood.