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Favourites England and defending champions New Zealand have long been slated as most likely to face off in the women's Rugby World Cup final but France and Canada have other ideas heading into Saturday's semi-finals at Auckland's Eden Park.
(Reuters) - Sevens standout Ruby Tui has been shifted to the wing to allow Renee Holmes to come in at fullback for New Zealand's women's World Cup semi-final against France at Auckland's Eden Park on Saturday.
While the bookies and most everyone else expect top-ranked England to cruise to the Rugby World Cup title, Canada coach Kevin Rouet says his team has something to say about that.
(Reuters) - England's record-breaking Red Roses are only human and Canada will relish being underdogs when the two sides meet in the women's World Cup semi-finals next weekend, captain Sophie de Goede has said.
AUCKLAND : Canada ran in four tries to beat neighbours the United States 32-11 in an arm-wrestle of a women's World Cup quarter-final on Sunday, setting up a date with tournament favourites England in the semi-finals.
cricket has gone from being a light-hearted sideshow to a money-spinning, central plank of the sport's global calendar. With the eighth T20 World Cup starting in Australia on Sunday, AFP Sport looks at the rise and rise of the game's big-hitting, crowd-pleasing format. The end of the Benson and Hedges Cup one-day competition in 2002, due to a ban on tobacco advertising, left a gap in English cricket's domestic calendar. Stuart Robertson, the marketing manager of the England and Wales Cricket Board, proposed a 20-overs-per-side event, a format already known in amateur and junior cricket. The aim was to attract a younger audience who might not have the time to engage with longer formats.
(Reuters) - After emerging triumphant from a journey into the unknown in their tournament-opener last weekend, England face a more familiar foe in the shape of France on Saturday in the highlight of the second weekend of the women's Rugby World Cup.
Springbok women's coach Stanley Raubenheimer was not despondent following South Africa's opening loss against France at the Women's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand on Saturday.