Villa end winless run with nervy win over Brentford
BIRMINGHAM, England : Aston Villa survived a jittery second half to end an eight-match winless streak with a 3-1 home Premier League win over Brentford on Wednesday.
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Injured South Africa all-rounder Mulder to miss rest of Sri Lanka test series
DURBAN, South Africa : South Africa have called up batsman Matthew Breetzke as a replacement for Wiaan Mulder after the all-rounder was ruled out of the remainder of the two-test series against Sri Lanka due to a broken finger.
Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 99 runs to take ODI series
Kamran Ghulam’s maiden One Day International century for Pakistan led them to a 99-run win over Zimbabwe on Thursday and victory in the three-match series.
Ireland hit by injuries ahead of Australia test
DUBLIN : Ireland have lost Jamie Osborne and Jacob Stockdale to injury for Saturday’s test against Australia while Tadhg Furlong and Ryan Baird have yet to recover for the clash in Dublin, officials said on Tuesday.
Single change for Pumas against France
PARIS : Argentina have made one change to their starting lineup for Friday’s test against France in Paris, bringing in Gonzalo Garcia at scrumhalf to replace Gonzalo Bertranou, coach Felipe Contepomi announced on Wednesday.
Dutch leave De Jong, Van Dijk out of last Nations League clash
Captain Virgil van Dijk and midfielder Frenkie de Jong have both been released from international duty this week and will not travel for the Netherlands’ last Nations League group game against Bosnia & Herzegovina, coach Ronald Koeman said.
Pumas bolstered by return of key players for France test
PARIS : Argentina have been bolstered by the return of winger Mateo Carreras and flanker Marcos Kremer for Friday’s international against France in Paris, the Argentine Rugby Union said on Sunday.
Special Kolbe torments England once again
LONDON : England did not need any reminding about the quality of South Africa winger Cheslin Kolbe but he provided it anyway with two special tries as the Springboks edged their hosts 29-20 at Twickenham on Saturday.