Turns out these Lions can play.We could not be 100 percent sure until we saw them face a New Zealand side. But they engineered a rousing comeback to sink a tiring Hurricanes and force an historic first Johannesburg Super Rugby final,…
Month: July 2017
Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd ponders hometown ref appointments in Super Rugby
Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd was left ruing an afternoon of missed opportunities in Johannesburg as the defending champions crashed out of the Super Rugby semi-final, but also questioned the hometown refereeing appointments after a…
Japan nets two breaststroke medals at world championships
Yasuhiro Koseki and Ippei Watanabe won silver and bronze, respectively, in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke at the world championships on Friday.The 25-year-old Koseki touched the …
Fujioka shines as Japan stuns China to make final
Japan’s women’s national team has continued its meteoric rise at the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup, beating 11-time champion China on Friday to set up a …