Ethan Katzberg rules hammer throw in Budapest with 83.64m season best and meet record
Should young hammer thrower Ethan Katzberg break Yuriy Sedykh’s world record, it may well happen in Budapest.
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Messi takes on England for a place in the World Cup final
ATLANTA: Lionel Messi has done just about everything possible in a glorious career, but the 39-year-old Argentinian great has never taken on England — he will finally get the chance in Wednesday’s World Cup semifinal.Messi won his 200th cap for the Albiceleste in the group-stage victory against Algeria and dreams of leading his country to the final once again.The diminutive playmaker is surely in the final days of a remarkable international career which began when he was a fresh-faced 18-year-old in 2005.Having broken into the Barcelona team late the previous year, Messi had just starred for Argentina as they won the Under-20 World Cup in the Netherlands.He was handed his Argentina bow by Jose Pekerman in a friendly against Hungary in Budapest that August, replacing Lisandro Lopez in the 64th minute and joining Hernan Crespo up front.Ninety seconds later he was sent off for what the referee saw as an elbow. It was quite the ignominious way for his Argentina career to begin.“An 18-year-old kid who is making his debut for the national team and has so much hope — he can’t be punished like that.
Messi set for long-awaited first England clash in World Cup semi-final
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 12 : Lionel Messi has spent over two decades carving a path through international soccer, facing every World Cup-winning nation from Brazil to France, but one notable opponent has always been missing from the list: England.
Canada's Hennessy, Jensen each earn silver at canoe sprint and Para canoe World Cup in Montreal
Canada's Brianna Hennessy and Sophia Jensen each paddled to silver on home waters Saturday at the canoe sprint and Para canoe World Cup in Montreal.
Swimming phenom from northern Alberta is 'rewriting the record books'
Oliver Dawson was grinning from ear to ear on Canada Day as he waved at crowds from his perch atop a Buick convertible that led a parade down one of Grande Prairie's main drags.
Brazil face Haaland and Norway hoodoo in World Cup last 16
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., July 3 : Brazil have spent decades collecting World Cup wins like precious stones but on Sunday in New Jersey they run into opponents who stubbornly refuse to join the pile - Norway.
Top-ranked paddlers from 55 countries spend Canada Day racing in Dartmouth, N.S
Top-ranked paddlers from 55 countries are spending Canada Day racing in Dartmouth, N.S., for the first day of the Canoe Sprint World Championship.
France's fearsome attack enters debate over World Cup's greatest forward line
NEW YORK, July 1 : France's march into the World Cup last 16 has been built on an attacking force so relentless that comparisons with some of the greatest forward lines in football history are no longer sounding premature.