'Kobbie Mainoo is brave and elite with the ball' - The inside view from Manchester United's academy
"Every winner was once a beginner," are the words printed on the Manchester United academy building gym wall.
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Saudi Arabia to host new AFC Champions League Elite finals for initial two years from 2025
Saudi Arabia has been confirmed as host of the first two editions of the new AFC Champions League Elite finals, a revamp of continent’s premier club competition that the Asian Football Confederation labelled on Friday the “most strategic and game-changing reforms ever to be introduced in the history of the Asian club game”.
NZ Skipper Tim Southee Completes 2,000 Test Runs, Joins Daniel Vettori, Richard Hadlee In Elite Company
New Zealand Test skipper and pacer Tim Southee completed 2,000 Test runs on Wednesday and joined legendary all-rounders Richard Hadlee and Daniel Vettori in an elite company. Southee reached the milestone during the first Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand at Sylhet. In Kiwis' first innings, he scored 35 runs off 62 balls. His knock consisted of three boundaries. Southee has played 95 Tests, scoring 2,011 runs at an average of 16.21, with six half-centuries in 135 innings. His best score is 77*. The Kiwi veteran joined Hadlee and Vettori to become the third player from his country to have 2,000-plus Test runs and 300-plus wickets. Hadlee represented the Kiwis in 86 Tests, taking 431 wickets and also scoring 3,124 runs at an average of 27.16, with two centuries and 15 fifties.
Sport-Women's elite sports revenue will cross billion dollars in 2024: Deloitte
Annual global revenue for women's elite sports will cross the billion-dollar threshold for the first time in 2024, Deloitte said on Wednesday.
New York Rangers top Boston Bruins in battle of East elite - ESPN
NEW YORK — The New York Rangers outhustled the Boston Bruins, put seven goals behind last season's top goaltender and leapfrogged them to earn the NHL's best record with a 7-4 win on Saturday at Madison Square Garden.
Elite sport must ‘give it everything’ to become more sustainable: Formula E at COP28
DUBAI: Formula E will call on elite sport leaders to “give it everything” in their sustainability efforts when its representatives attend the UN’s COP28 summit.
Nigerian elite runners set For Warri/Effurun Peace Marathon
Top Nigerian long distance runners are set to slug it out at the 2023 Warri Effurun Peace Marathon. The event, billed for November 25, is expected to attract over 2000 professional and fun runners.
Andrew Kwemoi and Tirunesh Dibaba among elite entries for Adnoc Abu Dhabi Marathon
Andrew Kwemoi of Uganda and Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba headline the elite men and women’s field at the fifth ADNOC Abu Dhabi Marathon on December 16.