2023 Women's World Cup upsets show sport's growth, closed gaps - ESPN
SYDNEY — If there's a catchphrase that sums up the 2023 Women's World Cup, it's one you've probably been hearing since the opening round of games: The gap is closing.
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Swiss Alps: Meteorologists climb record 5,298 metres before finding zero degrees during heatwave
The Swiss weather service had to climb to a record altitude of almost 5,300 metres to record the zero degree 'freezing point' - or isotherm - at a time when much of the country is on heatwave alert.
No Further Change In World Cup Schedule Possible, BCCI Tells Hyderabad Cricket Association: Report
The Indian cricket board on Monday officially turned down the request of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) to change the ICC World Cup 2023 schedule. The HCA had appealed to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for a change in schedule after the local police authorities expressed their reservations about deploying adequate personnel on back-to-back match days. "BCCI secretary Jay Shah held a meeting with HCA officials in Delhi after the Asia Cup team selection meeting (for which the secretary is convenor) and the state unit was categorically told that no changes would be entertained after a revised schedule was issued on August 9," a BCCI source informed.
Pakistan Hockey Federation Sacks Entire Coaching Staff Of Men's Team Ahead Of Asian Games
The entire coaching staff of Pakistan men's hockey team was reportedly sacked by country's sports board-run committee after it failed reach the semi-final of the recently-concluded Asian Champions Trophy in India. Shahnaz Sheikh has been named the head coach but the move has courted controversy with the person in question being a part of the Pakistan Sports Board run committee that apparently issued 'Pink Slips' to Rehan Butt, Muhammad Saqlain, Haseem Khan and Muhammad Ghafoor, who were all in Chennai for the Asian Champions Trophy in Chennai.
La Liga, NWFL deepen partnership to improve female football in Nigeria
The Spanish La Liga has deepened its partnership with the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) in a bid to take female football in the country to the greatest of heights.
India Football Coach Igor Stimac Not Ready To Predict Asian Games Outcome
Indian football head coach Igor Stimac is not sure where the country would finish in the Hangzhou Asian Games next month given the U-23 format of the quadrennial showpiece and with very little known about the opposing teams. Asked what finish at the Asian Games would satisfy him, Stimac said on Monday that while India does have a strong team, the fact that it is the only side having "not played a single game with the under-23s in the last two years" made predicting the outcome difficult.
Sports Authority Of India Wants Bajrang Punia To Attend World Wrestling Championships Trials Or Give Fitness Certificate
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) wants Olympic-medallist wrestler Bajrang Punia to attend the trials for the World championships or provide fitness certificate if he wants exemption from this week's exercise in Patiala. Punia is planning to skip the trials for the World Championships on August 25 and 26 and instead wants to train at a foreign location to prepare for the Asian Games in Hangzhou beginning September 23. Bajrang, one of six wrestlers to sit in protest at the Jantar Mantar against outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, and Commonwealth Games gold-medal winner Deepak Punia (86khg) are not keen to compete in the World Championships in Belgrade from September 16, and instead want to undergo long training stints to prepare of the Asian Games.
College football preseason 2023 Power Rankings - ESPN
The first college football Power Rankings are here and who else but the two-time defending national champion Georgia Bulldogs reign supreme.