Month: October 2019

Melbourne Rebels have slumped to their 11th successive Super Rugby loss in South Africa, going down 45-25 to the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. The defeat means the Rebels have never won in South Africa and it was a disappointing display on the back of last week’s encouraging round one win over the Western…

The Waratahs have all but finalised their 2017 squad, with the announcement of a 35-man playing roster on Tuesday. NSW has one spot open on its squad, after releasing lock Leon Power for knee surgery, but have locked 35 players down. Eight of them are new to the squad, including Aussie Sevens star Cam Clark…

1. Brumbies human after all They headed  to South Africa, looking invincible but the Brumbies have been brought back to earth. While internally they might be keeping the hype down, this loss will certainly change the perception of some external observers.Their usually intimidating lineout was wobbly and they couldn’t crack the Stormers pressure. 2. Control…

OKLAHOMA CITY – USA Softball announced its 2020 U.S. Olympic Softball Team roster on Sunday morning. The 15-person roster and three replacement players led by head coach Ken Eriksen will compete next July at the 2020 Games in Tokyo, Japan.  “This has been an incredible process that has taken years of evaluation about great people that play…

The former Santiago Bernabeu player and coach says he recommended the World Cup winner taking over to president Florentino Perez Former Real Madrid player and coach Bernd Schuster has tipped Germany coach Joachim Low to take over in the summer. Although the Champions League holders only recently hired current boss Santiago Solari on a contract that runs…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —Over 8,000 student-athletes (8,161), a first in NFCA history, were named 2019 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athletes, the Association announced on Wednesday afternoon. Missouri Baptist University (NAIA) captured the top team GPA amongst college programs, while Frankfort Community High School (Ill.) and Santa Gertrudis Academy (Texas) posted the top marks in the weighted and unweighted…

Pep Guardiola’s side may be Premier League title holders, but John Aldridge says they will never stand alongside rivals from Anfield and Old Trafford Manchester City are “a small club that has basically got lucky”, says John Aldridge, with the Premier League champions never going to enjoy the same global standing as Liverpool and Manchester…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Tennessee Mojo 2021’s Brooks Cherry and his staff were recognized by their peers as the 2019 NFCA Travel Ball National Coaching Staff of the Year, the Association announced on Friday afternoon. Coming out of the NFCA’s South Region, Cherry, along with assistants Wayne Key and Mark Sellers, guided the Mojo to the 16u Junior…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —Over 8,000 student-athletes (8,161), a first in NFCA history, were named 2019 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athletes, the Association announced on Wednesday afternoon. Missouri Baptist University (NAIA) captured the top team GPA amongst college programs, while Frankfort Community High School (Ill.) and Santa Gertrudis Academy (Texas) posted the top marks in the weighted and unweighted…

Spurs went 1-0 up in their tie with Chelsea when Harry Kane was retrospectively awarded a penalty, but the Argentine thinks the technology needs work Mauricio Pochettino believes the Premier League should delay the introduction of VAR despite Tottenham benefiting from technology in their Carabao Cup semi-final first leg. Spurs were awarded a penalty after Harry…