Key absences, new faces highlight Canadian women's soccer roster for upcoming Australia friendlies
Canada Soccer has named 23 players to its women's national team squad for upcoming away international friendly matches against Australia in September.
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West Indies Penalized For Slow Over-Rate, Road To India 2023 Suffers A Blow
The direct qualification road to ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 for the West Indies cricket team seems more distant now after two Super League points were deducted in connection with slow over-rate in the third ODI match against New Zealand. Pooran-led West Indies team was found guilty of not completing their overs in the allotted time and hence was penalized by docking two Super League points. The call was made by the match referee Richie Richardson even after allowances for the slow rate were considered.
Springboks take lessons from chastening past defeats in Australia: 'We'll have to be at our best'
Springbok assistant coach Deon Davids says they've reviewed the areas where things went wrong during their ill-fated two-match mini-series against the Wallabies in Australia last year.
PREVIEW - Clash between ‘Bazball’ and South African seamers sets up intriguing showdown
MANCHESTER, England : Despite suffering an innings defeat in the opening match, England do not plan to deviate from their new attacking approach when they host South Africa in the second test at Old Trafford from Thursday.
2nd Test: Clash between 'Bazball' and South African seamers sets up intriguing showdown
England will be hoping the toss and conditions go their way after being on the backfoot from the start of the first Test at Lord's and eventually capitulating inside three days. They were undone by an impressive South African attack with four seamers rolling over the English batting order and spinner Keshav Maharaj taking a couple of wickets at the top of the innings to boot.
Teen star Gauff to play Auckland as tournament returns
Teenage prodigy Coco Gauff will play at the ASB Classic in Auckland in January when the New Zealand tournament returns after a three-year hiatus because of Covid.
Loose Pass: The futures of All Blacks head coach Ian Foster, Worcester Warriors and the Scottish Rugby Union
This week we will mostly be concerning ourselves with Ian Foster’s future, the Premiership’s future and Scottish rugby’s future…
FIH announces Pro League venues for upcoming season; Rourkela added as second Indian host city
World Cup in January. A brand new stadium has been built in Rourkela to host some of the matches of the FIH men's World Cup to be held from January 13 to 29. Bhubaneswar's Kalinga Stadium, which will host most of the matches of the World Cup, is the other Indian venue which will also stage FIH Pro League games. Other venues which will host matches of the FIH Pro League from October 28, 2022 to July 5, 2023 are Newcastle and Hobart in Australia, Mendoza and Santiago del Estero in Argentina, Antwerp (Belgium), London, Eindhoven and Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and Christchurch and Wellington in New Zealand. "As already announced in March, a new schedule - based on a series of 'mini-tournaments' where several teams will gather in one venue to play two matches against each other - will come into force for this new Pro League season," the FIH said in a statement.