Kolkata, Oct 25 (IANS) Acknowledging that England were the deserving winners in Wednesdays FIFA U-17 World Cup semi-final, Brazil coach Carlos Amadeu rued the missed chances but said his boys have to look forward to the third-fourth place battle on Saturday. “They were effective. They made opportunities and scored. England deserved to win. We had our […]
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We Dug Deep, Stuck To Our Plan: Brewster
Kolkata, Oct 25 (IANS) Promising striker Rhian Brewster, whose hat-trick helped England cruise into the final of the FIFA U-17 World Cup on Wednesday with a 3-1 win over Brazil, said his team were rewarded for sticking to their plan. Iterating that his team had to dig deep against Brazil, the Liverpool player hoped to continue […]
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England Outclass Brazil To Enter U-17 World Cup Final
Kolkata, Oct 25 (IANS) Talismanic striker Rhian Brewster fired his second hat-trick on the trot as England marched to their maiden Under-17 FIFA World Cup final with a clinical 3-1 win over Brazil at the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan here on Wednesday. The Englishmen, who have won all their six matches so far, would now take […]
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Here’s The Daily Sports Round Up From Around The Globe On 25th October, 2017
Here is Sportzwiki’s daily news round-up, featuring top sports news from around the world, on 25th October 2017. Here’s all the news from sporting events as cricket, football, WWE, Tennis and other sports took over the attention of all the sports enthusiasts. Zimbabwe Vs West Indies 2017, First Test, Bulawayo West Indies won the first […]
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England-Brazil Semi-Final Shifted To Kolkata
Kolkata, Oct 23 (IANS) The FIFA U-17 World Cup semi-final between England and Brazil was on Monday shifted to Kolkata’s Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan on account of the poor ground condition at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati, following heavy rain. The date for the match would remain the same — Wednesday, October 25. Kolkata will […]
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Mladenovic Joins Top 10 WTA Rankings
Madrid, Oct 23 (IANS) Romanian Simona Halep maintained the top spot of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings released on Monday as Kristina Mladenovic of France joined the top-10 list. The 26-year-old Romanian star was followed by Spaniard Garbiñe Muguruza. Czech Karolina Pliskova came in third, ahead of fourth-placed Ukrainian Elina Svitolina. France’s Caroline Garcia […]
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Here’s The Daily Sports Round Up From Around The Globe On 23rd October, 2017
Here is Sportzwiki’s daily news round-up, featuring top sports news from around the world, on 23rd October 2017. Here’s all the news from sporting events as cricket, football, Tennis and other sports took over the attention of all the sports enthusiasts. India vs New Zealand, First ODI, Mumbai New Zealand defeated India by six wickets in the […]
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China Get Maiden Qualification For Hockey World Cup
Dhaka, Oct 22 (IANS) China have qualified for the Hockey World Cup for the first time, thanks to favourable results at the ongoing Hero Asia Cup in Dhaka, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) said on Sunday. China’s place was confirmed on Saturday when South Korea drew 1-1 with Malaysia, a result which put the Malaysians into […]
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Kenya’s Jepkosgei Betters Own Half Marathon World Record
Valencia (Spain), Oct 22 (IANS) Kenyan female long-distance runner Joyciline Jepkosgei on Sunday broke her own half marathon world record at the Valencia Trinidad Alfonso event, where her compatriot Abraham Cheroben won the men’s title. Jepkosgei clocked one hour and 4 minutes and 15 seconds, one second faster than her previous world record, to win a […]
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Don’t Want To Lose Due To Mistakes: Brazil U-17 Coach
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) Brazil coach Carlos Amadeu on Saturday said that his team has all bases covered ahead of their crunch FIFA U-17 World Cup quarter-final clash against Germany and the last thing he wants is the team to lose because of their own mistakes. “We cannot lose for ourselves. We cannot lose for fault […]