Aston Villa secured their place in the last 16 of the Europa League on Thursday with a 1-0 win at Fenerbahce, while Celtic blew a two-goal lead against Bologna to jeopardize their qualification hopes. Jadon Sancho’s header midway through the first half in Istanbul earned Villa a sixth victory in seven European games, clinching a […]
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Birmingham draw with 10-man Derby
Ten-man Derby County held Birmingham City to a draw in a feisty encounter at St Andrew’s in which both sides had a player sent off. The visitors took the lead through Patrick Agyemang on 27 minutes but were forced to play more than half the match a man down after Joe Ward was dismissed just […]
Japan to face China, Australia in World Cup qualifiers
Asia’s highest-ranked side Japan were Thursday drawn against Australia, China and Saudi Arabia in the region’s next round of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Iran, the second highest-ranked in the region, were drawn in the same group as heavyweights South Korea for the qualifiers, which run from September to March next year. […]
Miracle of ‘Wild Boars’ rescue transforms Thai cave into tourist draw
Tourists snap selfies by a bronze statue of the diver who died trying to save the ‘Wild Boars’ football team from a flooded cave, while mementos from their rescue fly off the shelves — scooped up by the 1.3 million people who have descended on a once serene mountainside in northern Thailand. “It’s amazing what […]
Play resumes in N. Zealand as Sri Lanka aim to bat out draw
Play began after a rain delay on the final day of the first Test between New Zealand and Sri Lanka Wednesday, with the tourists hoping to bat out a draw. Sri Lanka had been facing an innings defeat before Angelo Mathews and Kusal Mendis batted the whole of day four in a record stand that […]
Usman Khwaja, Tim Paine lead Australia to draw 1st Test against Pakistan
DUBAI: The first Test match between Australia and Pakistan ended in draw, grinding out a record-breaking day-five fightback in Dubai led by Usman Khawaja and skipper Tim Paine. Chasing a world record 462 to win, the tourists survived 140 overs, an unprecedented effort for a draw by Australia in Test match history to finish play […]