Jalen Williams scored 40 points for Oklahoma City Thunder as they held off an Indiana Pacers comeback to win 120-109 and take a 3-2 lead in the NBA Finals. The Pacers reduced an 18-point deficit from the second quarter to two points in the fourth quarter before Williams, whose tally was a career best in...
Somerset, victors in each of their first five Blast games before Sunday, last won the competition in 2023, but have also been runners-up twice in the past four seasons. “It is always a difficult place because they’re always at the top or close to winning this competition, so for us to win [there] is a...
Leaderboard: -1 Spaun (US); +1 MacIntyre (Sco); +2 Hovland (Nor); +3 Hatton (Eng); Young (US), Ortiz (Mex), +4 Burns (US), Scheffler (US) Rahm (Spa); +5 Scott (Aus), Griffin (US), Henley (US) Selected others: +6 Schauffele (US), Koepka (US); +7 McIlroy (NI); +8 Wallace (Eng), Spieth (US), +9 Rai (Eng); +11 Fitzpatrick (Eng); +15 Canter (US)...
Scotland defeated the Netherlands by 39 runs in their opening T20 tri-series match in Glasgow. The hosts posted 160-8 and then dominated with the ball as the Dutch were all out for 121 in 18.1 overs. It was revenge for Scotland’s defeat by the same opponents three days earlier in their remarkably high-scoring Cricket World...
West Indies secured a 1-0 series win over Ireland after victory in the third and final T20 at Bready. The first two games of the three-match series on Thursday and Saturday were abandoned without a ball being bowled due to heavy rain. Conditions cleared on Sunday to allow the third game to go ahead, with...
Elsewhere, world number one Jannik Sinner said he had “a few sleepless nights” after losing to Carlos Alcaraz in the French Open final. The Italian held three championship points in the third set but lost to world number two Alcaraz in a five set, five-hour epic at Roland Garros. Sinner will begin his grass-court campaign...
Watch the best shots from Tatjana Maria’s victory against Amanda Anisimova in the Queen’s Club singles final as she becomes the event’s first women’s champion since 1973. MATCH REPORT: Qualifier who became champion – Maria wins Queen’s title Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Leinster: J O’Brien; T O’Brien, Ringrose, Barrett, Lowe; Prendergast, McGrath; Porter, Sheehan, Clarkson, McCarthy, Ryan, Baird, Van der Flier, Conan (captain) Replacements: Kelleher, Boyle, Slimani, Snyman, Deegan, Gunne, R Byrne, Osborne. Bulls: Le Roux; Moodie, Kriel, Vorster, De Klerk; Goosen, Papier; Wessels, Grobbelaar, Louw, Wiese, Van Heerden, Van Staden, Nortje (captain), Coetzee. Replacements: Van der...
Great Britain’s Ryan Westley claimed his first career canoe slalom World Cup gold with victory in the men’s C1 in Pau, France. The 31-year-old’s run of 97.74s was just enough to hold off France’s Yohann Senechault and Spain’s Miquel Trave who finished second and third respectively. “I saw what those lads were putting down, listened...
When Bavuma walked into the post-match news conference and carefully placed the glittering mace – the prize awarded to the WTC winners – down on the table in front of him, the significance of the moment was not lost. It is more than three decades since South Africa’s cricketers were readmitted to the international fold...
Well-oiled South African fans had filtered out of Lord’s yesterday evening buoyantly going through their repertoire of songs after a blissful day of batting. They shuffled through the gates on the fourth day decidedly more sombre, with the sobering reality there was still 69 runs to get. Ashwell Prince, South Africa’s batting coach, acknowledged getting...
A victory for South Africa in the World Test Championship final would be “massive for the country” as they bid to shed their tag as professional sport’s serial bottlers, says batting coach Ashwell Prince. They head into day four of the match at Lord’s with 69 runs needed to beat Australia and with eight wickets...
Aiden Markram and Temba Bavuma propel South Africa to within touching distance of the ICC World Test Championship with impressive performances in Day 3 of the final against Australia. MATCH REPORT: Markram helps South Africa close in on World Test Championship win Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
The scale of the challenge facing South Africa when they began their innings was not quite the summit of Everest, but it certainly felt a fair way above base camp. At the start of their innings, WinViz gave South Africa a 38% chance of pulling off the joint second-highest successful chase for a Test match...
South Africa’s players have “massive belief” they can pull off a sensational victory in the World Test Championship final, says batter David Bedingham. Australia initially put themselves in a strong position on day two, dismissing the Proteas for 138 in response to their own first-innings total of 212. But South Africa roared back into the...