JAPAN are set to get the party started on this year's Rugby World Cup. Rugby Union is a minority sport in the country and the hosts are hoping that a successful run in the tournament will inspire a nation. Reigning champions New Zealand are the bookies favourites to life the Webb Ellis Trophy, with England, Australia, Wales and Ireland all […]

ENGLAND have gone all-guns blazing to take on Tonga as Eddie Jones named his strongest available attack. Skipper Owen Farrell is back at inside centre and has no.10 George Ford as chief tormentor against the World Cup minnows. And Manu Tuilagi will be screaming through the middle with Jonny May, Anthony Watson and Elliot Daly completing a devastating back three […]

The Giants can’t win. On the field or on WFAN. So the team and coach Pat Shurmur canceled his weekly Monday “interview” with Mike Francesa. The team decided there was no point to go on with Francesa — and it is probably right. Francesa doesn’t conduct interviews — especially when he is in bullying mode. He babbles on without any […]

The Los Angeles Clippers had the biggest summer in the NBA, signing Kawhi Leonard and trading for Paul George. Clippers head coach Doc Rivers said he thought the Clippers had the inside track to landing Leonard when he agreed to meet at Rivers’ Malibu home after forcing the Lakers to meet him at his hotel. Much of Leonard’s free agency […]

FORMER Manchester United and Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov has announced his retirement from football. The 38-year-old has called time on an illustrious career that lasted two decades and saw him lift two Premier League titles with the Red Devils. Berbatov also enjoyed spells at Bayer Leverkusen, Fulham and Monaco among others before ending his career in India with Kerala Blasters. […]

Giancarlo Stanton is back in action in more ways than one. The Yankees outfielder, 29, who returned to the lineup Wednesday night after a near-three month absence, also made a recent cameo appearance on model Chase Carter’s Instagram story, as captured by SportsGossip.com. “The old kick it trick @giancarlo818,” Carter captioned the shot, which showed Stanton smiling. First linked last […]

Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt (99) celebrates after he recovered a ball fumbled by Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Gardner Minshew during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) Derek Watt and J.J. Watt have played against each other in the yard of their parents' home in Waukesha, Wisconsin. There […]

Ipswich striker James Norwood made his debut in a wrestling ring on Wednesday – with a tribute to WWE legend The Rock. Lifelong WWE fan Norwood took part in the “Norwood Mania” charity event for Cancer Research UK by Harwich-based company International Pro Wrestling despite suffering a groin injury the previous night. Norwood – who earlier this month spoke to […]

The Edmonton Oil Kings will see the puck drop on their 2019-20 Western Hockey League season in Red Deer on Saturday and the team will be looking to build off last season’s remarkable success. In 2018-19, the Oil Kings finished in first place in the Central Division and made it all the way to the Eastern Conference Final. It was […]

When Ireland lock Jean Kleyn packed his whole life into three bags and boarded a plane for Munster in 2016, he insists he left behind any ambitions of playing for South Africa. Kleyn qualified on residency just two days before his Ireland debut, the 29-10 victory over Italy in Dublin on August 10. The 26-year-old second row then duly dislodged […]