Biennial World Cup is a 'threat' to football all other sports - IOC president
FIFA's fading plan for biennial World Cups was labeled a threat to football and all other sports by the International Olympic Committee on Thursday.
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Senegal prepare to take on their biggest opponent in the Africa Cup of Nations: themselves - The Warm-Up
THURSDAY'S BIG STORIES Here Come The Underachievers Ad/> In 2002, Senegal reached the final of the Africa Cup of Nations. And lost. In 2019, Senegal reached the final of the Africa Cup of Nations.
Sumit Nagal dropped, Yuki Bhambri returns for Davis Cup tie against Denmark
Sumit Nagal has been dropped from the five-member Indian Davis Cup team for the World Group 1 play-off tie against Denmark here next month, the national tennis federation said on Wednesday. Nagal (world ranked 222) made way for Yuki Bhambri (863) in the squad which also has Ramkumar Ramanathan (182) and Prajnesh Gunneswaran (228) as other singles players. The team has been selected keeping in mind the playing surface as both India's top-ranked singles player -- Ramkumar and comeback man Yuki -- are comfortable playing on grass courts.
Africa Cup of Nations: Sadio Mane and Senegal break Burkina Faso hearts to reach final
Senegal are through to a second consecutive Africa Cup of Nations final after breaking Burkina Faso hearts in their last-four tie in Yaounde on Wednesday, Abdou Diallo, Idrissa Gana Gueye and Sadio Mane scoring second-half goals to secure a 3-1 victory. Africa's top-ranked national team, Senegal will find out their opponents in Sunday's final on Thursday, when hosts Cameroon take on Egypt in the second semi.
2022 ICC U-19 World Cup: All you need to know - fixtures, teams, dates, venues, live stream and TV timings
ICC Men's U-19 Cricket World Cup kick-starts from 14th January in the West Indies. For the first time in the history of the biennial extravaganza, the Caribbean islands will be hosting the tournament that will see a total of 48 matches played across 4 venues -- Antigua, Guyana, Saint Kitts and Trinidad with Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound hosting the summit clash.
U-19 World Cup: Michael Vaughan praises Yash Dhull for semi-final victory against Australia
Michael Vaughan praised Yash Dhull for his breakthrough knock, which helped Team India seal a victory against Australia by 96 runs in the second semi-final of the ongoing U19 World Cup here at the Coolidge Cricket Ground. India will now lock horns against England in the final of the tournament on Saturday.
Under-19 World Cup: India outclass Australia by 96 runs in semis to set up date with England in the final
AS IT HAPPENEDDishing out a clinical, all-round show, a relentless India scored a comprehensive 96-run win over Australia in the semis to storm into the final of the Under-19 World Cup — for the fourth consecutive time — on Wednesday at Coolidge in Antigua. They will now take on England, who beat Afghanistan by 15 runs in the first semifinal, in the summit clash of the tournament in West Indies at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Saturday. Rising to the occasion when it mattered the most, captain Yash Dhull (110, 110b, 10x4, 1x6) slammed a brilliant century, while his deputy Shaik Rasheed stroked 94 (107b, 8x4, 1x6) as the duo added 204 off 204 balls for the third wicket in their mammoth partnership to take India to an imposing 290 for five in 50 overs.
Most popular US horse set for Dubai World Cup Carnival run
We are heading into our fourth meeting of the Dubai World Cup Carnival and this week it gets really good. That is because we see America’s most popular horse in action. His name is Hot Rod Charlie and he runs in G2 Maktoum Challenge Round 2, a prep race for the $12 million Dubai World Cup.