Sporting leap up Champions League standings after home success
LISBON :Sporting Lisbon catapulted into the top eight places in the Champions League standings as they beat Belgium’s Club Brugge 3-0 on Wednesday.
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Benfica win first Champions League points but Ajax remain bottom
AMSTERDAM :An early goal from full back Samuel Dahl and a second on the stroke of fulltime from Leandro Barreiro handed Benfica a first win in this season's Champions League as they beat Ajax Amsterdam 2-0 away on Tuesday.
Morocco extend record run of successive victories
Morocco extended their record-breaking run of successive victories to 18 as they beat Uganda 4-0 in a friendly international in Tangier on Tuesday.
Ireland lose McCloskey but two back from injury
DUBLIN :Centre Stuart McCloskey has been ruled out of Ireland's final November international against South Africa, but Garry Ringrose and Josh van der Flier have both returned to full training and will be available for Saturday’s test.
Nations Championship launched as rugby offers more purpose to test schedule
CAPE TOWN :Rugby’s new-look Nations Championship was launched on Monday with northern and southern hemisphere countries pitted against each other in two separate windows in July and November next year before a weekend of finals matches in London.
Two changes for Japan as they take on Wales
CARDIFF :Japan coach Eddie Jones has made two changes to his starting line-up for Saturday's test against Wales in Cardiff despite his side playing for a fourth successive weekend.
Scotland's Fagerson, Russell on track for clash with Argentina
EDINBURGH :Scotland prop Zander Fagerson is in the reckoning for a long-awaited return to the team, returning to full training this week ahead of Sunday’s test against Argentina.
Cameroon World Cup hopes hit by injury blows
RABAT :Cameroon have been hit by two major injury blows, and face a possible third ahead of Thursday’s World Cup playoff against the Democratic Republic of Congo.