Tag: tournament
World Grand Prix: Luke Littler loses to Rob Cross on tournament debut as Luke Humphries rallies past Stephen Bunting | Darts News
Luke Littler suffered a first-round exit to Rob Cross on his World Grand Prix debut on a dramatic opening night in Leicester that saw defending champion Luke Humphries almost experience the same fate. Littler, the 17-year-old who has won nine titles in as many months in 2024 amid a stunning start to his professional darts…
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Presidents Cup: Internationals stun USA with comeback clean-sweep to level tournament after foursomes | Golf News
The International Team spectacularly turned the tables on the USA with a 5-0 clean-sweep of their own to level the Presidents Cup after the Friday foursomes – an unexpectedly one-sided session which included a record-equalling defeat for Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay. Against almost all expectations – apart from seemingly the Mike Weir-captained team’s own…
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WXV 2024: Fixtures, teams, format and how World Cup 2025 qualification from tournament works | Rugby Union News
Our guide to everything you need to know as WXV returns for its second season, with reigning champions England and Ireland involved in the top tier, and Scotland and Wales competing in the second tier… What is the WXV? First held in 2023, WXV is an annual competition held by World Rugby in non-World Cup…
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Rugby Championship: How Argentina can win the tournament against world champions South Africa | Rugby Union News
With only one round left in the Rugby Championship, South Africa and Argentina will battle it out for the title this weekend. Argentina kept their hopes of winning the tournament alive when they edged world champions South Africa 29-28 on Saturday to temporarily deny the Springboks their first title since 2019. The tournament now will…
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Nations League 2024/25 fixtures, results, table, schedule, teams, venues: All you need to know about tournament | Football News
The UEFA Nations League returns this week with the opening round of fixtures in the fourth edition of the tournament. The competition was created to remove the unpopular friendlies from the calendar by replacing them with meaningful fixtures – and as before, it will be partially linked with European qualification for the next World Cup…
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Novak Djokovic: The 24-time Grand Slam champion follows Carlos Alcaraz out of the tournament after stunning upset | Tennis News
Defending champion Novak Djokovic followed Carlos Alcaraz out of the US Open in another seismic shock in New York as the 24-time Grand Slam champion was beaten by Australian 28th seed Alexei Popyrin on Friday night. Less than 24 hours after third seed and 2022 champion Alcaraz crashed out of the tournament to Dutchman Botic…
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The Hundred: Defending champions Oval Invincibles thrash Birmingham Phoenix in men’s tournament opener | Cricket News
Defending men’s champions Oval Invincibles thrashed Birmingham Phoenix by eight wickets in the opening match of The Hundred at the Kia Oval. Invincibles were set just 90 to win after the Phoenix collapsed to 89 all out from 81 balls. The home side chased down the low target with 31 balls remaining thanks to a…
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Euro 2024: Gareth Southgate hails England’s ‘best performance’ of tournament after beating Switzerland to reach semi-finals | Football News
Gareth Southgate hailed England’s character after what he described as their best performance of Euro 2024 in the quarter-final penalty shootout win against Switzerland. Bukayo Saka cancelled out Breel Embolo’s opener to take the game to extra-time and onto penalties where Cole Palmer, Jude Bellingham, Saka, Ivan Toney and Trent Alexander-Arnold all scored and Jordan…
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World Cup of Darts: Republic of Ireland crash out of tournament with shock loss to Chinese Taipei | Darts News
Republic of Ireland crashed out of the World Cup of Darts in Frankfurt after suffering one of the biggest shocks in the competition’s history at the hands of debutants Chinese Taipei. Ninth seeds William O’Connor and Keane Barry looked set to avoid an upset after battling back from 3-1 down to force a deciding leg. But Teng…
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T20 World Cup: Scotland can ‘hold heads high’ after tournament exit, says captain Richie Berrington | Cricket News
Scotland captain Richie Berrington says his side can “hold their heads high” after defeat to Australia ended their hopes of reaching the T20 World Cup Super 8s. Scotland would have advanced into the second round at England’s expense had they beaten Mitchell Marsh’s team in St Lucia on Sunday but lost by five wickets as…
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