11:30 AM GMT TOKYO — The Rugby World Cup is back in South Africa’s hands after a phenomenal display against England in the final. With the dust settling on the tournament, it is the perfect time to reflect on the past six weeks of world-class rugby and attempt to pick our team of the tournament.
2:40 PM ET For the first time in 26 years, Phil Mickelson is not among the top 50 golfers in the world. The five-time major champion and World Golf Hall of Famer will drop to 51st in the Official World Golf Ranking after his tie for 28th at the WGC-HSBC Champions in China coupled with
Nov 1, 2019 Associated Press SHANGHAI — Rory McIlroy thought he did everything he needed to win the HSBC Champions on Sunday, and then Xander Schauffele made him do a little more. McIlroy delivered all the right shots in the playoff, smashing driver down the fairway and hitting 4-iron into 25 feet on the par-5
1:29 PM GMT TOKYO — RFU CEO Bill Sweeney will seek talks with England coach Eddie Jones to extend his contract through to the 2023 Rugby World Cup once the dust has settled on their heartbreaking defeat to South Africa. Jones is contracted with the RFU through to August 2021 and Sweeney ideally wants the
7:00 AM GMT Bangladesh 154 for 3 (Mushfiqur 60*) beat India 148 for 6 (Dhawan 41, Aminul 2-22) by seven wickets Mushfiqur Rahim‘s perfectly paced, unbeaten 60 took Bangladesh to a seven-wicket win over India, their first against these opponents in nine attempts. Mushfiqur’s late charge against Khaleel Ahmed completely changed the game in Delhi,
12:30 PM ET AUSTIN — Lewis Hamilton says he still finds it strange to see his achievements recognised by athletes such as NFL star Tom Brady, despite being on the verge of a sixth Formula One world championship. Hamilton can win the title at Sunday’s U.S. Grand Prix by finishing eighth or higher. Ahead of
11:05 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Novak Djokovic beat a nervous Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-4 Sunday to win his fifth Paris Masters final and 34th overall Masters title to move one behind all-time leader Rafael Nadal. Shapovalov had a walkover into his first Masters final because the second-ranked Nadal pulled out of their semifinal
6:43 AM ET Wingers Makazole Mapimpi and Cheslin Kolbe scored South Africa’s first tries in a World Cup final as the Springboks out-gunned England 32-12 to win the trophy for the third time and reassert the supremacy of the southern hemisphere on Saturday. Superb game management, set piece dominance, brutal defence and almost flawless place-kicking
12:25 PM BST Roger Federer may represent Switzerland when it comes to tennis, but the legend of that game could not hide his roots when it came to the Rugby World Cup final, tweeting his praise for the Springboks’ victory. The Boks beat England 32-12 in Yokohama, Japan, on Saturday, pulling away in the second
11:23 AM ET He is not going to make it to No. 1 in the world by the end of the year, but Rory McIlroy is doing his best on a promise to do all he can to get there — Brooks Koepka‘s “no rivalry” comments be damned. And in winning the WGC-HSBC Champions on