Late drama as Blitzboks sneak win over Ireland in driving Hong Kong rain
The Blitzboks held on for a 14-7 win over Ireland in their Pool D opener at the Hong Kong Sevens on Friday.
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Masks off, beer poured at Hong Kong Rugby Sevens after COVID restrictions dropped
HONG KONG : Hong Kong's popular Rugby Sevens tournament kicks off in the financial hub on Friday, with revellers partying for the first time in three years without COVID-19 rules, including face masks.
Eyeing top four: Blitzboks 'have to step up and prepare for battle' at Hong Kong Sevens
With five different tournament winners out of the seven tournaments played so far in 2023, there's little doubt that this is one of the most competitive World Rugby Sevens Series ever.
'Skilful' O'Brien right person for the job - McWilliams
Greg McWilliams has backed young out-half Dannah O'Brien to help turn Ireland’s fortunes around when they face France in Cork on Saturday.
Ireland back Enya Breen to miss rest of Six Nations
Ireland back Enya Breen has been ruled out of the rest of the TikTok Women's Six Nations with a knee injury.
Blitzboks land tough draw for Hong Kong Sevens
In a season where their form has been erratic, to say the least, the Blitzboks were handed a tough draw for the prestigious Hong Kong Sevens taking place this weekend.
PV Sindhu Exits, Satwik-Chirag Duo Enters Quarters Of Swiss Open
Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu failed to defend her Swiss Open Super 300 badminton title as she was shocked by unseeded Putri Kusuma Wardani of Indonesia in a thrilling three-game women's singles second round match here. World no.9 Sindhu, seeded fourth here, was stunned 15-21 21-12 18-21 by the 38th ranked Wardani in their first-ever face-off at the international level on Thursday night. But second-seeded men's pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty kept India's flag flying by entering the quarterfinals with a hard-fought 12-21 21-17 28-26 win over Taiwanese pair of Fang-Chih Lee and Fang-Jen Lee.
HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth Exit Swiss Open In Second Round
World No. 9 and fifth seed H S Prannoy made a stunning second-round exit from the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament after losing in straight games against unseeded Christo Popov of France on Thursday. Prannoy, favourite coming into the contest, looked a pale shadow of himself in front of world No. 40 Popov as he failed to give any fight, losing 8-21, 8-21 to bow out of the men's singles event. It turned out to be a bad in office for Indian shuttlers as Kidambi Srikanth was the first to crash out on Thursday, losing to Hong Kong's Cheuk Yiu Lee.