Talisman Bale ready for Wales’ World Cup bid
CARDIFF : Wales manager Rob Page believes his team’s talisman Gareth Bale will be ready for Sunday’s World Cup playoff against Ukraine after sitting out last Wednesday’s Nations League clash in Poland.
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Dickson & Waddilove win silver at World Cup Regatta
Irish 49er pair Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove have won silver at the Hempel World Cup Allianz Regatta in the Netherlands on Saturday.
Backed from frontlines, Ukraine tries to seal World Cup spot
CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Far from battlefields and Russian invaders, the Ukrainian footballers exempted from military service are trying to complete the mission to lead their country to the World Cup.
Paul Merson tells Gareth Southgate how England can win the World Cup
England must play on the ‘front foot’ and with more ‘flamboyance’ at times if they want to win the World Cup later this year, according to Paul Merson.
Where are they now? The 20 players Hibs signed during the Scottish Cup-winning season
Lee Johnson has his work cut out for him this summer. A mixture of injury, poor signings and the potential of players leaving has meant the first-team squad at Easter Road is a husk of the unit that was favourite to repeat as best-of-the-rest in the Scottish top flight last season.
India vs SA T20Is: Aim Is To Solidify Batting Line-Up Ahead Of World Cup, Says Temba Bavuma
South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma says the upcoming T20 series against India will be an opportunity for him to identify players for specific roles for the World Cup, which will ne held in Australia later this year. The South African T20 side last competed in November at the World Cup in Sharjah and with the next World event slated to begin in October, Bavuma is keen to marshal his troops. "The conditions in India don't accurately simulate conditions in Australia. In saying that, there's still a lot of benefit from playing. Any type of competitive cricket will be good for us," Bavuma said during a virtual media interaction.
Can Comeback Kid Omar Abdulrahman pull off a miracle and lead UAE to World Cup?
“Beware the Asian Cup’s most entertaining player!”, warned Australia’s newspapers as the Socceroos prepared to face the UAE for a place at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup final, the host nation’s publications heaping praise on the Whites’ flamboyant talisman.
Tickets for India's Asian Cup qualifying round match sold out in 10 minutes, AIFF issues more
Asian Cup qualifying round match against Cambodia at the Salt Lake Stadium on June 8 were sold out within 10 minutes, forcing the AIFF to issue more. Sunil Chhetri had on Friday urged the state government authorities to allow more people than the mere 12,000 tickets allowed for the Asian Cup qualifiers final round matches. While the All India Football Federation has made all the tickets "complimentary", the state government has "allowed just 12,000 tickets" in the 70,000-capacity Salt Lake Stadium to avoid any law and order problem.