NDN Staffer PARIS, Sept. 16 — After a disappointing start with a loss to France, the All Blacks were determined to regain their winning form, and they did so emphatically by scoring 11 tries against a valiant but overmatched Namibian team. Cam Roigard, the scrumhalf, made an impactful debut with two tries within the first...
Ben Stokes struck the highest score by an England batsman in a one-day international on Wednesday, his 182 setting up a thrashing of New Zealand at The Oval as he sent a warning to the champions’ World Cup rivals just weeks before they begin the defence of their 50-over title in India. Stokes’s stunning innings...
Pace bowler Haris Rauf led Pakistan to a seven-wicket rout of Bangladesh in the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup in Lahore on Wednesday. Rauf picked up 4-19 while pace partner Naseem Shah finished with 3-34 to bundle Bangladesh out for 193 runs in 38.4 overs to set up an easy win. Opener Imam-ul-Haq...
Pule Mmodi scored twice as success-starved Kaizer Chiefs “calmed the storm” with a 3-0 thrashing of AmaZulu on Saturday in the South African Premiership. Venezuelan Edson Castillo also netted in Soweto to give Chiefs a first league win of the season after taking only one point from their first three matches. Mmodi, a 30-year-old close-season...
South Africa coach Jacques Nienaber urged his side to even great heights after the Rugby World Cup holders impressed in a 52-16 warm-up win over Wales in Cardiff on Saturday. The Springboks ran in eight tries against an injury-hit Wales during a display that featured sharp interplay by their backs as well as the forward...