Croatia look to cap successful season with first major title
AMSTERDAM : Croatia could cap a superb season with success in this week’s Nations League finals against a trio of opponents looking to restore lost lustre at the end of a long campaign.
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Cheavon Clarke claims TKO win over David Jamieson at the Wembley Arena in the British cruiserweight title eliminator
Cheavon Clarke impressed with a devastating stoppage-win on Saturday to see off David Jamieson inside five rounds.
Al Ahly wins record-extending 11th African Champions League title
His goal cancelled the lead Yahia Attiyat Allah gave the defending champions and earned the Cairo club a 3-2 aggregate victory after building a 2-1 first-leg lead seven days ago.
Cricket World Reacts To Australia's WTC Title Triumph At The Oval Against India
Legends of cricket and former players from India, and across the world congratulated team Australia for winning their maiden ICC World Test Champions (WTC) title. Australia's 209-run win at The Oval saw them crowned WTC Champions as they handed India their second defeat in two WTC Finals. "Look at what it means to this group of players. Two long and hard years of work, competing and winning Test matches all around the world has gone into this today. Disappointment for India but they've been completely outplayed here at The Oval by a very good Australian cricket team," speaking at the moment of Australia's triumph, former skipper Ricky Ponting told ICC.
Australia Hailed For 'Momentous' WTC Title But Told: Now Win Ashes
Australia's World Test Championship triumph was hailed on Monday as "momentous" -- but warned it will quickly be forgotten if they do not win the Ashes. Pat Cummins' side crushed India by 209 runs in the final at The Oval in a show of strength ahead of the Ashes against arch-rivals England starting on Friday. The Sydney Daily Telegraph said Australia "deserve praise" for routing Rohit Sharma's team, but warned: "Deep down they know that the main prize is still to be won.
Uruguay beat Italy 1-0 to win maiden Under-20 World Cup title
LA PLATA, Argentina: Uruguay beat Italy 1-0 on Sunday to win their first Under-20 World Cup title. The Celeste’s victory ends a streak of four consecutive wins of European teams in the tournament.
"Disrespectful": Novak Djokovic On Greatest Label After 23rd Grand Slam Title
Novak Djokovic insists it is "disrespectful" to hail him as the greatest player of all time after clinching a record-breaking 23rd men's Grand Slam title on Sunday. The 36-year-old Djokovic defeated Casper Ruud in straight sets in the French Open final, breaking the tie of 22 majors he shared with longtime rival Rafael Nadal. A third Roland Garros title added to his 10 Australian Open trophies, seven Wimbledons and three at the US Open. He is the only man to win all four Slams on at least three occasions and on Monday he will return to the world number one ranking and start a 388th week on top of the pile.
Ahly stun Wydad to take African title number 11
The fans left their Casablanca homes on Sunday and filled Stade Mohamed V hours before kick off to make a huge amount of noise but they drifted away in silence as Al-Ahly defeated Wydad AC to win their 11th African champions League title. After the first leg in Cairo a week earlier ended with a 2-1 win for the Egyptians, for much of the second leg, the Moroccan hosts were leading 1-0 and heading for a second successive title win. A late equaliser from Mohamed Abdelmomen however meant that the return match ended 1-1 to give the Red Giants a 3-2 aggregate win.