Leicester Tigers player ratings from Newcastle Falcons cup loss: 'Spoilt for choice'
Leicester Tigers lost their third round Premiership Cup fixture 36-28 to Newcastle Falcons at Kingston Park on Friday night.
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Watford show chink in Southampton's armour that Man City can exploit in FA Cup clash
Watford’s 2-1 win over Southampton exposed a high-press problem Manchester City can take advantage of in this weekend’s FA Cup quarter-final clash at St Marys.
Kenya’s Olunga on target as Al Duhail SC defeat Al Gharafa to lift Emir Cup
Kenya striker Michael Olunga clinched his first trophy since arriving in Qatar after helping Al Duhail SC defeat Al Gharafa 5-1 in the final of the Emir Cup at Khalifa International Stadium on Friday night.
Sinclair scores as NWSL kicks off 3rd edition of Challenge Cup
Former Canadian international Rhian Wilkinson coached the Portland Thorns to a draw in the team's first match of the expanded NWSL Challenge Cup on Friday night, while Canadian captain Christine Sinclair opened her 10th season with the Portland club with her first goal of the season.
India vs Australia, Women's World Cup, Live Score Updates: India Fightback With Wickets Of Alyssa Healy, Rachel Haynes
INDW vs AUSW, Women's World Cup, Live Updates: Australia opener Alyssa Healy scored a remarkable fifty but was soon dismissed by Sneh Rana for 72 runs while Rachael Haynes also departed for 43 runs in their bid to chase 278 runs vs India in the ongoing Women's World Cup at the Eden Park in Auckland. Earlier, Harmanpreet Kaur and Pooja Vastrakar propelled India's score to 277/7 after some hard-hitting towards the end of the innings against Australia. Kaur remained unbeaten on 57 while Vastrakar got out on the last ball of the innings as she scored 34 runs off 28 balls. Earlier, India got off to a poor start after being put in to bat first by skipper Meg Lanning. Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma both departed with India reeling at 28/2. However, half-centuries from Yastika Bhatia (59) and Mithali Raj (68) helped India recover in the middle-overs and laid down a perfect platform for batter to hit towards the end. (LIVE SCORECARD)
FA Cup adds game-changing rule tweak to Man City battle at Southampton
Manchester City struggle against some opponents more than others, and Southampton have been a particular thorn in their side for years. There’s obviously the infamous Nathan Redmond incident with Pep Guardiola but since Ralph Hasenhuttl took charge on the south coast the Blues have found it particularly tough.
Nottingham Forest suffer another injury blow ahead of cup tie as transfer claim made
Nottingham Forest have been dealt another injury blow, with the news defender Scott McKenna faces up to five weeks out of action.