The Specsavers County Championship gets underway on Friday with all the Division One clubs having strengthened over the summer. Kalika Mehta looks at which sides are best placed to claim the title. Surrey 2018: Champions2019 prediction: ChampionsSky Bet Odds: 7/4 favourites What’s changed? Surrey were head and shoulders above their opponents in Division One last season, as they swept to […]

The Premier League roadshow rolls into Belfast on Thursday night, as Daryl Gurney seeks a dream homecoming against Rob Cross when they collide for the second straight year at the SSE Arena. Raymond van Barneveld was eliminated in his farewell campaign following an emotional double-header in Rotterdam last week, therefore the attention now switches to the race for a top […]

Columbus has an awful lot riding on making the playoffs, and the race for the East’s two wild card spots is so tight that every single goal has the potential to decide seasons. So if the Blue Jackets and their fans were dreading the possibility of an offseason spent bemoaning this fluke Boston goal to open the scoring Tuesday night, […]

David Alcaide came from behind to beat Alexander Kazakis in a dramatic final at the World Pool Masters in Gibraltar. Alcaide, a winner here in 2017, battled back from 8-5 down to win a dramatic deciding rack banking the nine ball down table and it rolled straight into the heart of the pocket for a stunning victory. “This is unbelievable,” […]

Following the Allianz Hurling League campaign which saw Limerick win their first title since 1997, we look at the standout performers. 1. Nickie Quaid (Limerick) Perhaps the unsung hero of this Limerick team, the Treaty keeper is one of the most solid around, and the accuracy of his puck-outs is second to none in the game right now. 2. Tom […]

Toronto Raptors (55-23, second in the Eastern Conference) vs. Brooklyn Nets (39-39, seventh in the Eastern Conference) Brooklyn; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Kawhi Leonard leads Toronto into a matchup against Brooklyn. He currently ranks eighth in the league scoring 26.8 points per game. The Nets have gone 26-22 against Eastern Conference teams. Brooklyn averages 46.2 rebounds per game […]

Randy Orton dealt AJ Styles a psychological blow ahead of their WrestleMania match with a huge RKO on this week’s SmackDown. The blue brand completed their preparations for Sunday’s event, which is live on Sky Sports Box Office at midnight, with an appearance by the pair on the Kevin Owens Show. To begin with, only verbal attacks were traded, with […]

Three years after Hurricane Sandy lashed the Rockaways, the boardwalk marched down the beach in broken segments as the public housing built under Robert Moses was hemmed in by condos. Out in the surf, not much changed as the bathymetry returned to normal, but the predominantly white, male crowd of surfers had. Part of that shift happened when Louis Harris, […]

DALLAS – The Dallas Stars clinched their first trip to the playoffs in three years Tuesday night, getting two goals and two assists from Alexander Radulov in a 6-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night. The Stars were just a point shy of the post-season and could have made it with an Arizona loss in a later game. […]

TORONTO – Justin Williams and Dougie Hamilton each banked in goals from behind Toronto’s net as the Carolina Hurricanes picked up a big two points in the Eastern Conference playoff race with a 4-1 victory over the listless Maple Leafs on Tuesday. Jordan Staal also scored for the Hurricanes, while Hamilton added an empty netter. Petr Mrazek stopped 23 shots […]