Month: June 2021

3:24 PM BST South Africa will resume training activities on Monday afternoon after a COVID-19 scare in the squad as they build up to their first test in 20 months against Georgia on Friday, officials have confirmed. Initially three players tested positive for the virus over the weekend, but scrum-half Herschel Jantjies has since been
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11:48 AM ET Stephanie Rempe and a small group of staff members at LSU have spent several hours each day in June diving down a seemingly endless series of rabbit holes. Rempe, who serves as the executive deputy director of athletics/chief operating officer of the LSU athletic department, pieced together a task force more than
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9:21 AM BST Olympic men’s rugby sevens champions Fiji and silver medallists Britain have been grouped with hosts Japan and debutants Canada for the men’s tournament at the Tokyo Games, World Rugby said on Monday. Rugby World Cup Sevens and World Series champions New Zealand face neighbours Australia in Pool A, which also features Argentina
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7:00 AM ET Marcus Rashford has told ESPN that Jadon Sancho could be a “big factor” for England in their Euro 2020 round-of-16 tie against Germany on Tuesday. Sancho has spent four years playing at Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund and has played with and against a number of German players in Joachim Low’s squad. –
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11:31 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Indians outfielder Josh Naylor will need surgery after breaking his right ankle during a frightening collision with Cleveland second baseman Ernie Clement. Naylor smashed into the rookie in the fourth inning Sunday in Minnesota. Naylor was sprinting toward a shallow pop in short right field when he hit
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12:13 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN New Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka said Monday that he’s excited to get the chance to work with the team’s young stars, forwards Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, and, specifically, to push them as hard as he can to get even better than they already are. “They’re going to allow
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3:06 PM ET BUDAPEST, Hungary — As Patrik Schick raced away to celebrate the goal that sealed the Czech Republic‘s 2-0 win against the Netherlands and a Euro 2020 quarterfinal date with Denmark, Dutch coach Frank de Boer gave a wistful look on the touchline – if only his team had a striker as reliable
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