Warren Gatland: Wales aren’t ready to go home yet and will embrace pressure
Warren Gatland says that Wales are not ready to go home and they will embrace the pressure surrounding Saturday’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final against Argentina.
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Andy Farrell feels Ireland are becoming better at handling pressure
Andy Farrell believes in-form World Cup hopefuls Ireland were previously plagued by an “inferiority complex”.
New Zealand 's Williamson back for Bangladesh match, Southee to sit out
CHENNAI, India : New Zealand captain Kane Williamson will play his first match of the World Cup against Bangladesh on Friday but fast bowler Tim Southee will continue on the sidelines, the 33-year-old batter said on Thursday.
Ireland's Sexton loving life and ready to grasp the missing prize
PARIS : Ireland captain Johnny Sexton has won everything rugby has to offer with one notable exception and the 38-year-old looks in top form as he sets out to fill that gap in his trophy cabinet before he retires at the end of the World Cup.
'Relied A Lot On Data From Other Sports': Kane Williamson On His Recovery
The team looking after Kane Williamson post his knee injury relied a lot on data from injuries in other sports to get him back in shape for the ICC World Cup, the premier New Zealand batter said on Thursday. The skipper will be playing his first match of the World Cup in Chennai on Friday, having recovered from a surgery to treat a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee. "A lot of data around it, mainly from other sports that were relied on and different strength numbers and heights and jumping and just heaps and heaps of different bits," Williamson said on the eve of their match against Bangladesh.
Kiwi trio key to Irish hopes, says Conor Murray
Conor Murray believes New Zealand's loss is Ireland’s gain as "world-class" trio Bundee Aki, Jamison Gibson-Park and James Lowe bid to give their native country serious cause for regret.
RTÉ Rugby World Cup podcast: Ireland v New Zealand preview with Bernard Jackman and James Parsons
Neil Treacy is joined by Bernard Jackman and former New Zealand and Auckland Blues hooker James Parsons to look ahead to this Saturday's quarter-final between Ireland and the All Blacks.
A Different Cricket World Cup Experience With Fights, Hair-pulling. Video Viral
The ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 has completed the first week, with all the teams playing at least a match each. Before Australia's match against South Africa on Thursday, New Zealand, India and Pakistan, with all of them on four points, held the top-three slots in the Cricket World Cup points table. On Wednesday, India pummeled Afghanistan to register their second win in as many matches. Rohit Sharma scored a record seventh World Cup ton as India reached a 273-run target against Afghanistan in just 35 overs.