Sports / Rugby

Lightning outscore NY Rangers 6-3 03 Dec 2014 - 12:03 am

Tampa Bay Lightning’s Brett Connolly (right) celebrates after scoring a goal against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Monday. New...

Springboks’ great Botha calls time on Test career 23 Nov 2014 - 12:43 am

PADUA, Italy: Springbok great Bakkies Botha retired from international rugby yesterday, saying he was going out on “my terms”. His announcement came after...

Vito returns to New Zealand with calf strain 17 Nov 2014 - 11:57 pm

AUCKLAND: All Blacks loose forward Victor Vito is returning to New Zealand after suffering a calf strain and will miss next weekend’s final...

Springboks switch on to foil England fightback 17 Nov 2014 - 09:21 am

England’s Courtney Lawes (right) charges a kick from South Africa’s Pat Lambie (second from left) during the Autumn International Rugby Union Test match...

Kiwis upset Australia to win Four Nations title 16 Nov 2014 - 03:57 am

WELLINGTON: New Zealand edged Australia 22-18 to win the Four Nations title in Wellington yesterday in a stunning upset of rugby league’s traditionally...

Flood-hit Genoa cancels Italy-Argentina match 14 Nov 2014 - 09:51 am

MILAN: Heavy rains in recent days in the flood-hit city of Genoa have forced the cancellation of tomorrow’s rugby Test between Italy and...

NZ secure Four Nations final berth 09 Nov 2014 - 01:03 am

WELLINGTON: New Zealand secured their berth in the final of the Four Nations rugby league tournament when they scraped home 16-14 over England...

Hoyer leads Browns to victory over Bengals 08 Nov 2014 - 01:53 pm

LOS ANGELES: Quarterback Brian Hoyer helped direct traffic for Cleveland’s potent running game as the Browns routed the Cincinnati Bengals 24-3 on Thursday,...

Luck leads Colts to big victory against struggling Giants 04 Nov 2014 - 09:51 pm

NEW YORK: Indianapolis quarterback Andrew Luck threw four touchdown passes to guide the Colts to a 40-24 road win over the New York...

New Zealand run amok against USA 02 Nov 2014 - 09:25 pm

CHICAGO: Dan Carter and Sonny Bill Williams returned to the All Blacks with impressive showings on Saturday in a 74-6 rout of the...

Australia edge out England to stay alive in Four Nations 02 Nov 2014 - 09:23 pm

MELBOURNE: Australia stayed alive in the Four Nations rugby league tournament with a thrilling 16-12 comeback win over England in Melbourne yesterday. Facing...

McCoy leads Redskins past Cowboys in overtime 28 Oct 2014 - 10:24 pm

Arlington, Texas: Replacement quarterback Colt McCoy overcame a limping Tony Romo to lift the Washington Redskins to a 20-17 overtime victory over the...

Rugby: Wales call up young prop Smith 22 Oct 2014 - 08:03 am

CARDIFF, United Kingdom: Wales Head Coach Warren Gatland yesterday named a well-tested 34-man squad to contest the four-match November Test series with 20-year-old...

Under-fire Australia coach McKenzie quits 19 Oct 2014 - 06:28 am

SYDNEY: Australian rugby was plunged further into crisis yesterday when under-fire coach Ewen McKenzie resigned a few hours before the Wallabies were beaten...

Cairns in court on perjury charge 17 Oct 2014 - 07:53 am

LONDON: New Zealand cricket great Chris Cairns appeared in a London court yesterday charged with perjury relating to a libel action he brought...

European Champions Cup begins tomorrow 17 Oct 2014 - 07:52 am

PARIS: Double defending champions Toulon begin the defence of their European crown at home to Scarlets this weekend, while last year’s beaten finalists...

James, Nowitzki call for shorter league season 17 Oct 2014 - 07:48 am

CINCINNATI: Four-time NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James and German NBA star Dirk Nowitzki say the league needs to look at shortening its...

Kaepernick rallies 49ers from 14-0 down to overcome Rams 15 Oct 2014 - 07:16 am

NEw York: Colin Kaepernick sparked San Francisco with an 80-yard touchdown bomb as the 49ers overcame a 14-0 deficit to beat the St...