From Moda Center, Portland Australia’s Matisse Thybulle and his Portland Trail Blazers have continued their cold streak, going down against the New Orleans Pelicans on their home court. Despite closing to just a point at the end of the third quarter, poor shooting at the… Read More »Aussie Thybulle’s Trail Blazers slump to fourth straight defeat in scrappy loss to Pelicans
Watch out, Premier League. The competition’s most lethal attacking combination is back in tandem. Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne — both recently back from long injury absences — linked up for the clinching goal in Manchester City’s 2-0 win over Everton on Saturday in… Read More »City’s dynamic duo back to save the day but Liverpool keep noses in front for Premier League title race
Battling England have fought back from a 14-5 deficit at halftime to beat Wales 16-14 in a scruffy but hugely physical Six Nations clash, extending a Welsh winless championship run at Twickenham that stretches back to 2012. Wales led at the interval – for the… Read More »Six Nations: Late penalty decides England-Wales thriller, Aussie ref in strife after denying Scots winning try against France
Carlton had one of the weirdest seasons in history in 2023. They lost eight out of nine games between Round 5, when Adelaide thumped them, and Round 13 when their most hated rival Essendon beat them. They then won the next nine in a row.… Read More »By the numbers: What made Carlton start winning all of a sudden?
Until quite recently, you would look through an Indian Test XI and see experience everywhere: Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Ravindra Jadeja with the ball, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane and, of course, Virat Kohli with the bat. The current series against England has… Read More »When King Kohli goes, India’s golden era of Test cricket goes with him