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Monica Seles has revealed that she “selfishly” wants 23 time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams to get back on court and compete for her 24th major title. © PA Images Serena Williams in action The former world No 1 believes the 40-year-old set the standard for the modern women’s game and she wants …

KILKENNY SECURED THE result required to advance to next weekend’s National Hurling League semi-finals with a deserved win over the previously unbeaten Waterford at UPMC Nowlan Park. Goals in either half by Cillian Buckley and Billy Ryan ultimately proved the difference between the sides during a lively fixture albeit one …

Let’s start with Ange Capuozzo’s break, one step, two steps, a swerve, a curve, a burst, 10, 20, 30, 40m and more past one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine flailing Welsh defenders. You knew Capuozzo must be good just from the look of him when he came …

Liverpool have kept the double dream alive after seeing off Nottingham Forest to make the FA Cup semi-finals at the weekend. But the wily German has admitted that his side cannot afford to fixate on Manchester City with the Champions League quarter-finals also in the pipeline. ‘We have Watford, Benfica, …

Rafael Nadal suffered breathing difficulties during his Indian Wells final defeat to Taylor Fritz at the weekend. The 35-year-old Spaniard was the favourite to win the first Masters event of 2022. He had already won his first 20 matches of the season and landed three titles in the process, one …

When Pfeiffer Georgi won the road race at the British National Championships in October, it capped an extraordinary year for the cyclist. Less than 12 months earlier, the 21-year-old was having to learn how to walk again. Georgi had broken two vertebrae in a crash in Belgium and spent months …

Nigeria Queen of the tracks, Blessing Okagbare desire of returning to the tracks may have been flung following her failure to upturn the suspension placed on her by World Athletics (WA) after failing an out-of-competition test. The U.S.-based sprinter was thrown out of the Tokyo Olympics Games on the eve …

Organizers of the presented World 12s tournament have already been approached by people interested in forming a franchise, says one of its backers. Gareth Davies is an Ex Welsh Rugby Union chairman and has represented it on the global governing body World Rugby. He also says he warmed to the …

                             Adam Griggs, Ireland coach has brought in uncapped centre Lucy Mulhall for Monday’s opening World Cup qualifier against Spain in Parma. The Ireland Sevens captain is the only change from the line-up against Italy in the …

United States batsman Jaskaran Malhotra has become the ninth man to hit six sixes in an over in top-level cricket. The 31-year-old hit the runs off Papua New Guinea pace bowler Gaudi Toka in a one-day international in Oman. He is just the second player to achieve the feat in …