Donnacha O'Brien happy to roll dice on Porta Fortuna
Donnacha O'Brien is confident his Royal Ascot heroine Porta Fortuna can give the colts a run for their money in Saturday's Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh.
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'After Asian Games, I'll See How Things Happen': PR Sreejesh On His Future
Veteran Indian hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh is taking one tournament at a time as far as his future is concerned and says he will "see how things happen" after the Asian Games in China in September-October. The 35-year-old goalkeeping legend is nearing 300 international matches after making his India debut in 2006. He is currently sharing the goalkeeping duties for India with Krishan Bahadur Pathak in the ongoing Asian Champions Trophy (ACT) in Chennai. "At this age, better don't ask me about the next two years. It's all about the next one. I am at the Asian Games, and after that, I'll see how things happen. I will take it one tournament at a time," Sreejesh told PTI when asked about the possibility of him featuring in another ACT.
Watch: On Dangerous K2 Mountain Where Dad Died, Pakistan Climber Now Cleans Garbage
Gazing up from K2 Basecamp, Sajid Ali Sadpara sees Earth's second-highest mountain, his father's final resting place, and a blight of litter on the furthest reaches of the natural world. Sajid dons a down coverall stitched with Pakistan's green flag to scale the 8,611-metre (28,251-foot) spur of rock, clearing an icebound grotesquerie of spent oxygen canisters, mangled tents and snarled rope discarded over decades by climbers questing for the summit.
Gamble on youthful Wallabies a risk worth taking, says Jones
SYDNEY : Australia coach Eddie Jones admitted he has taken a gamble with his inexperienced World Cup squad but remains convinced that the Wallabies have what it takes to lift the Webb Ellis Cup for the third time in Paris in October.
Jay Monahan: PGA Tour deal with PIF on the right path and will reward players and fans
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has said the partnership with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund is on the right path and will provide a "rewarding result" for players.
Designers of new font on Premier League kits go for ‘evolution’ not ‘revolution’
The company responsible for creating the new font on Premier League kits believe they have come up with a design that will sit alongside previous era-defining styles.
Prithvi Shaw's Big Statement On 'Indian Selectors' After Scoring Record 244 In English County
A day after scoring a record 144-ball 244 for Northamptonshire, out-of-favour India batter Prithvi Shaw that he is currently not thinking about his selection in the men's national team. Shaw, who has been out of the Indian team for the past few years, inspired Northamptonshire's 87-run win over Somersert in England's One-Day Cup tournament on Wednesday. The 23-year-old was left out of the ongoing series against the West Indies and is also not a part of the second-string Indian T20I squads for the upcoming Ireland series and the Asian Games.
Australia dump Hooper, Cooper and gamble on youth for World Cup
SYDNEY : Australia coach Eddie Jones tore up the World Cup script on Thursday, dumping Michael Hooper and Quade Cooper from his Wallabies squad for the tournament and gambling heavily on youth for the tilt at a third world title.