WATCH | Top corner: News24 Sports discusses the highly anticipated 2022 FIFA World Cup final
In the third episode of News24 Top Corner, journalist Tashreeq Vardien chats to chief writer Rob Houwing about the 2022 FIFA World Cup final.
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Portugal coach quits after World Cup exit in quarterfinals
LISBON: Portugal coach Fernando Santos has quit, the Portuguese soccer federation announced Thursday, after eight years in the job and five days after Portugal’s exit from the World Cup in the quarterfinals. The 68-year-old Santos reached an amicable agreement with the federation to leave two years before his contract ends, a statement said. The federation named no replacement for Santos and said they were starting their search.
The continuing politicization of cricket in Sri Lanka
The separation of cricket from politics has always been a fanciful notion. This is despite the British imperial attempt in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to consider the sport as being above politics.
Curry suffers shoulder injury in Golden State's loss at Indiana
WASHINGTON: Four-time NBA champion Stephen Curry suffered a left shoulder injury late in the third quarter of reigning NBA champion Golden State’s 125-119 loss at Indiana on Wednesday.
Morocco faces France in politically charged WCup semifinal
RABAT: Hind Sabouni bristles with pride as she recalls her country's history-making World Cup run as it eliminated one European soccer powerhouse and former colonial power after another — Belgium, Spain and Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal — to become the first African and Arab nation to reach the semifinals. For the 26-year-old English teacher in Morocco's capital, and many of her countrymen both inside the North African nation and throughout the diaspora, it's about to get more complicated.
Borna Coric to make Mubadala World Tennis Championship debut
ABU DHABI: Croatian Borna Coric will make his Mubadala World Tennis Championship debut in Abu Dhabi on Friday evening against reigning champion Andrey Rublev after American Frances Tiafoe was forced to withdraw from the UAE capital’s annual tournament through injury.
Celtics edge Lakers in overtime, Bucks pile road misery on Warriors
LOS ANGELES: Jayson Tatum and the NBA-leading Boston Celtics thwarted a furious late rally by the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday to win 122-118 in overtime and snap a two-game skid.
‘Cricket still in denial’ says Rafiq after racism scandal
LONDON: Azeem Rafiq claims cricket is still “in denial” over the racism scandal that forced the former Yorkshire spinner to leave England after he lifted the lid on abuse in the domestic game. Rafiq appeared before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee on Tuesday for the first time since November 2021 when he gave harrowing evidence about the racism he faced during his time at Yorkshire. The 31-year-old used his latest appearance in front of the committee to highlight the abuse he and his family have endured since he blew the whistle.