Month: September 2024
Frank Soo: England’s first player of Asian descent to be inducted into National Football Museum Hall of Fame | Football News
The first Asian heritage footballer ever to represent England, Frank Soo, will be inducted into The National Football Museum Hall of Fame, Sky Sports News can exclusively reveal. Buxton-born former Stoke City player Soo, whose father was Chinese, became the first player of Asian heritage to represent England when he appeared in a wartime international…
Read MorePVL Invitationals final–Creamline vs Cignal
2024 PVL Invitationals Final schedule (September 12) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4pm – Thailand’s Est Cola vs Japan’s Kurashiki Ablaze – bronze medal 6pm – Cignal HD Spikers vs Creamline Cool Smashers – championship Creamline hopes to celebrate a rare Grand Slam this season. —AUGUST DELA CRUZ Creamline’s date with destiny gets an answer on Thursday…
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Formula 1: McLaren’s remarkable pursuit of Red Bull in 2024 Constructors’ Championship analysed in numbers | F1 News
McLaren are just eight points behind Red Bull in the F1 Constructors’ Standings and Lando Norris is slowly reeling Max Verstappen in the Drivers’ Championship ahead of this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, live on Sky Sports F1. When Verstappen won four of the opening five events, many thought a repeat of Red Bull’s record-breaking 2023…
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Tropang Giga, Bolts with chance to dispute first playoff berth
TNT defenders swarm Meralco import KJ McDaniels. –PBA IMAGES The result of Wednesday’s second round meeting between NorthPort and Converge could determine if either TNT or Meralco will become the first team to secure a quarterfinal seat in the PBA Governors’ Cup. TNT and Meralco are tied for the lead in Group A at 5-1…
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County Championship: Tom Curran fires Surrey fightback despite Archie Vaughan’s six wickets for Somerset | Cricket News
Tom Curran launched an assault on the Somerset bowlers as Surrey turned up the heat on the third day of the crucial Vitality County Championship match at Taunton. The all-rounder smashed eight sixes and six fours in a game-changing innings of 86 from 75 balls, which rescued the Division One leaders from a perilous 228-8…
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Stags snatch victory from Pirates’ grasp
Rafael Are San Sebastian is making people take notice. The Stags backcourt has caught a lot of attention, too. Rafael Are nearly had a triple-double and the Stags rallied from 10 points down in the stretch to slip past Lyceum, 95-93, in Wednesday’s NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball thriller at San Juan Arena. Article continues…
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Celtic and Dundee Utd wrongly denied penalties, Scottish referee chief Willie Collum says in first VAR review | Football News
The Scottish Football Association’s head of referees Willie Collum believes Celtic and Dundee United should have been awarded penalties following his early-season assessment of VAR. Collum also criticised referee Matthew MacDermid’s body language before Rangers striker Cyriel Dessers scored against St Johnstone in their Premier Sports Cup win at Hampden Park last month. Former referee…
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Tigresses reach for same weapon that helped them score stunning title upset last season
UST’s Kent Pastrana (left) fires from the perimeter against Ateneo’s defense. —UAAP MEDIA When University of Santo Tomas (UST) ended a 17-year title drought last year and toppled a dynasty in the UAAP women’s basketball tournament, the Growling Tigresses hugely banked on their long-range arsenal. And to keep the crown on their heads this Season…
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Lee Carsley ‘up for’ England’s ‘impossible job’ after Nations League victories | Football News
Lee Carsley insists he is “up for” the England manager’s position and says as far as he’s concerned, the role is no longer the “impossible job”. In the wake of Gareth Southgate’s resignation, Carsley has been put in interim charge for the three rounds of autumn international matches, but he has never admitted publicly that…
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Creamline sets out to complete trailblazing triple crown
Creamline hopes to celebrate a rare Grand Slam this season. —AUGUST DELA CRUZ Creamline’s date with destiny gets an answer on Thursday when the Cool Smashers try to complete what would just be the first Grand Slam in Premier Volleyball League (PVL) history. Or, it can also be that the Cool Smashers will fail to…
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