Sports

Afghanistan Cricket Board on Tuesday named a 17-member squad for the forthcoming home series against Pakistan on a neutral venue. The three matches will be played on March 24, 26 and 27 in Sharjah. Leg spinner Rashid Khan, who captained Afghanistan during the T20I tour of UAE last month, will continue to lead the side in the upcoming series. Veteran all-rounder Nabi, however, made his return to the squad after missing out the UAE series, whereas, Rahmat Shah and Hazratullah Zazai were left out. Nabi stepped down as Afghanistan’s captain after the side’s first-round exit in the last year’s T20 World Cup in Australia. He also led the team during the 2022 Asia Cup. Our team has been working hard in training camp and selectors have selected the best available players for the series. I am ...

Former All Blacks head coach Steve Hansen. AFP/FileWELLINGTON: Former All Blacks head coach, Steve Hansen, has cautioned Ireland to brace themselves for the pressure that comes with being favourites at the Rugby World Cup, to avoid the risk of being labeled "chokers". The tournament is set to kick off this September, and Hansen has advised the Irish team to prepare themselves for the challenge.Hansen was head coach when New Zealand won the World Cup in 2015.He was also assistant to Sir Graham Henry when the All Blacks claimed the 2011 title.Ireland underlined their status as the world's number one ranked team after beating England 29-16 in Dublin on Saturday and being crowned Six Nations champions.Hansen says Ireland, under English coach Andy Farrell, must handle the pressure of...

Randy Arozarena continues to have a flare for the dramatic for Team Mexico in the World Baseball Classic, as he was at the center of a highlight-reel play in the semifinal game against Team Japan on Monday night. His attention to fans at the fence behind him afterward was even better than the play. Japan's Kazuma Okamoto took a pitch deep to left field off Patrick Sandoval, and it was carrying toward the fence, where Arozarena was waiting to see if he had a chance to snag it. As it came down, Arozarena timed his jump perfectly and snatched the ball with his glove before it could get over the fence for a home run. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Randy Arozarena #56 of Team Mexico makes a leaping catch against the wall for the final out of the bottom of the fifth innin...

Princeton and Florida Atlantic are in? Kentucky and Kansas are out? What an amazingly weird Sweet 16 awaits us beginning Thursday.Given that it’s the middle of March, we thought it would be a good time to do a little “March Madness” Q&A session. I was in Birmingham last week for first- and second-round games. My colleague Adam Kilgore was in Des Moines. He’ll be in New York for the East Regional this weekend. We have seen a lot of basketball — and may have opinions on it. Source link

NEW YORK -- St. Francis College, one of the smallest NCAA Division I schools, announced Monday that its board of trustees has approved a plan to eliminate its athletic program at the end of the spring semester.St. Francis sponsors 21 NCAA teams, including men's and women's basketball, and has been a member of the Northeast Conference for more than four decades.The move comes as part of larger restructuring of the private Catholic school located in Brooklyn. Enrollment at the school is about 2,300 undergraduate students."There are challenges facing higher education institutions, particularly smaller liberal arts colleges in the Northeast, from which SFC is not immune," the school said in a new release. "Among these challenges are increased operating expenses, flattening revenue streams, ...

7:37 AM ETOhm YoungmisukCloseOhm YoungmisukESPN Staff WriterOhm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is a graduate of Michigan State University. Follow him on Twitter »  Ohm's chat archive »Nick DePaulaNEARLY THREE DECADES later, Philadelphia 76ers forward P.J. Tucker's face still immediately lights up, his eyes growing large as he describes what sounds like a religious experience for him.Tucker's friend William Kane brought to AAU practice a mail-order magazine called Eastbay."'Yo, what is that?'" Tucker asked, he recalls in an interview with ESPN. "Everybody's like looking over his back. He's ...

Pepperdine sophomore Maxwell Lewis will enter the 2023 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Monday."I'm going all-in and forgoing my college eligibility," Lewis said. "This is the right time to make this decision."Lewis, the No. 27 prospect in ESPN's NBA draft projections, was named to the All-WCC second-team after averaging 16.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 31 minutes per game this season."This year was solid," Lewis said. "We were all trying to jell together. It didn't finish how I wanted to. There's always room for improvement."Lewis did not start the season projected as a surefire draft pick after coming off the bench in 2021-22 and averaging just 19 minutes a game, but he was able to make a big jump as a sophomore, drawing a crowd of NBA executives nearly every time he played.Edit...

Club America's Jonthan Rodriguez celebrating after scoring against Chivas. Refugio Ruiz/Getty ImagesWeek 12 of the 2023 Clausura is now in the books! Looking back at the latest action in the top flight of Mexican men's soccer, here are three talking points and a few additional observations from the Liga MX weekend, which featured two clasico rivalry matches.- Liga MX standings | Liga MX coverage on ESPN Deportes- Futbol Americas on ESPN+: Liga MX, MLS, USMNT, El TriClub America embarrass Chivas in Clasico NacionalLet's head to the Clasico Nacional in Guadalajara, where Chivas were humbled last Saturday at home in a 4-2 loss to Club America.In a foreshadowing of problems at the sold-out Estadio Akron when a fully dressed mariachi singer had audio issues during the national anthem, Chivas...

CNN  —  Rohan Bopanna proved age was just a number after becoming the oldest ATP Masters 1000 champion at 43 years old, with victory in the BNP Paribas Open men’s doubles. Alongside playing partner Matthew Ebden, the unseeded pair dispatched top-ranked duo Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski, to claim the men’s doubles title at Indian Wells, winning 6-3 2-6 10-8. The triumph was the pair’s second title together following last month’s success in Doha at the Qatar open. Bopanna described the win as “Truly special.” “It’s called Tennis Paradise for a reason. I’ve been coming here over the years and seeing all these guys win and I’m really happy that Matt and I were able to do this and get th...

CNN  —  The R&A and United States Golf Association (USGA) held a press conference Tuesday to announce their proposals to roll back the distances that golf balls can fly at elite tournaments. In response, several of golf’s elite let fly. Speaking ahead of the PGA Tour’s Valspar Championship, world No. 15 Sam Burns described the plans as “pretty silly,” with Justin Thomas’ self-described “rant” on the topic lasting over three minutes. “You’re trying to create a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist … to me, it’s so bad for the game of golf,” Thomas told reporters. The criticisms from Bryson DeChambeau were even more scathing. Renowned for his driving distances, the 20...