Franco Smith begins his first season as Glasgow Warriors’ head coach Despite Edinburgh finishing in fourth place last season and Glasgow Warriors finishing in fifth, the stories of their respective campaigns were very different. Both teams lost in the quarterfinals of the league. Both were also defeated in the Challenge Cup final eight. However, Edinburgh … Read more
Lopeti Timani played 12 internationals in Australia before switching allegiances to Tonga Venue: Arms Park, Cardiff Date: Saturday, 17 Sept Kick-off: 15:05 BST Coverage: Live on BBC One Wales and BBC Radio Wales; updates on Radio Cymru. Match report and highlights available on the BBC Sport app and website. Highlights on Scrum V, Sunday, BBC … Read more
RECIFE, Brazil — USA Basketball was in desperate need of a win at the AmeriCup tournament on Sunday and was well on its way to that goal. It rained until then. At halftime, the Americans’ game against Venezuela had been postponed with the U.S. leading 48-21. Heavy rain caused multiple leaks inside the Geraldo Magalhães … Read more
England: (33) 52 Tries: Hunt, Breach 2, Cockayne 2, MacDonald 2, Kildunne; Cons: Scarratt 5 United States (0) 14 Tries: Rogers, Penalty; Con: Contorna England claimed a record breaking 24th Test win, beating the United States by 52-14. The World Cup favourites led 45-0 after the first half, but Shaunagh Brown was sent to the … Read more
EDMONTON – Petr Hauser, Matyas Sapovaliv scored in a 2:11 span of the second half and the Czech Republic beat the United States by 4-2 in the world junior hockey quarterfinals. The United States, the reigning champion, was eliminated after finishing 4-0 and never losing in round-robin competition. Tomas Suchanek was able to save 28 … Read more
EDMONTON – Matthew Coronato, a Harvard forward scored twice. The defending champion United States defeated Sweden 3-2 on Saturday night. This gave them a 4-0 record in Group B play at the world junior hockey championship. Brett Berard scored for the Americans. Kaidan Mbereko also made 28 saves. In the quarterfinals, Wednesday will see the … Read more
EDMONTON – Carter Mazur scored twice in the United States’ five-goal second quarter. On Thursday night, the defending champion Americans defeated Switzerland 7-1 to move to 2-0 at the world junior hockey championship. For the United States, Brock Faber, Landon Slaggert and Matthew Corondato were also among those who scored. Kaidan Mbereko made 23 saves … Read more
Ryan Wilson and Stuart McInally The United Rugby Championship campaign will be opened by Edinburgh at home to Dragons, while the Glasgow Warriors will travel to Italy to play against the Italians Benetton. The matches will be played on the weekend of 16-18 Sept. Glasgow’s home match against Cardiff will be the following weekend. Edinburgh’s … Read more
Chile joins Argentina, Uruguay and Uruguay as qualified Americas. After beating the United States 31 to 29 in Colorado, Chile was able to qualify for the Rugby World Cup. Santiago Videla’s penalty, in the 75th, gave the South Americans victory. The US had won the first leg 22-21 in Santiago last week. Chile will be … Read more
Brittney Griner’s wrongful arrest in Russia has galvanized sports world support for the WNBA star returning to the United States. Los Angeles Lakers Forward LeBron James Griner was questioned as to why she would return to a country that took so long to resolve her problems. “Now, she feels like America has her back.” James … Read more