You would expect fiji to come away with the win. It did not work or out that way, uruguay one. For the opposition, uruguay, the amount of the match had 15 points from the boot, which proved to be the difference in the end. The dignitaries, the emperors brother was watching the match. We had dignitaries from world rugby as well. Paul has been blown wide open. They take on georgia in four days time and have a monumental victory with the crowd of 40,000 really enjoyed it. Iam i am really proud of my country. We are not the biggest, we are not the tallest, but we came here to win. We are preparing this for four years. They really proud of my country. And also thanks for this city, it is really amazing this story that it has. So it is really a privilege to play here. Thanks forjapan. First and foremost, you know, compliment uruguay on the way they played. They showed a lot of passion and worked really hard as a team and got what was for them a great result. For us, obviously, with the short
Wembley stadium in london will host the final for a record eighth time. 2023 will mark the 160th anniversary of the english football associations. Samoa have kicked off their Rugby World Cup campaign with a bonus point victory over russia in kumagaya on tuesday. Russia led 6 5 at the break. The samoans had gone down tojust 13 men the samoans had gone down to just 13 men for part of the first half, two yellow cards for dangerous tackles. Back to full strength after the break, samoa ran in five more tries to win 311 9 win. Tough game. We knew that russia was going to come in that first a0 and first 20, we just had to stick it up there and im pretty proud about how the did in the second half. Theres just one game in the world cup on wednesday. Fiji are up against the rank outsiders of pool d, uruguay, who are playing their first game of the competition. Fiji gave the australians a scare in their opening game on saturday, but ended up losing. They need to beat uruguay to stand any chance o
Miralem pjanic won it forjuventus with a low drive fromthe edge of the penalty area. The win takes the champions back to the top of the table, a point ahead of inter milan. In the nights other game, verona were held to a goalless draw by udinese. Both sides remain in the bottom half of the table. Barcelona are back to winning ways following their shock loss to granada at the weekend. They beat villareal 2 1 at home, but something of a pyrrhic victory as they lost lionel messi to injury on his first start of the season. The newly crowned fifa player of the year set up Antoine Griezmann for the opening goal but came off at halftime with a thigh injury. Arthur had put barca 2 0 up before a Santi Cazorla goal pulled a goal back for the visitors. So just a third league win in sixmatches so far this season. But that victory drags barca up to fourth, one point behind surprise package granada whose draw at Real Valladolid was enough to send them top. Real betis, meanwhile, beat levante 3 1 wit
After three days of little separating the sides it came time to the final putt on the final hole. Suzann petersen, out of the sport for two years after becoming a mother, no sign of rest. After a day in the scottish sun saw the need to inconsistently, it came down to that sensationalfinish. A wild card pick more than justifying his selection from a brave captain, saluted by a crowd treated to a sporting spectacle. That winning putt was a remarkable moment for Suzann Petersen and her last contribution as a professional golfer. Shortly after sundays victory she announced her retirement. It doesnt get any better. Cheering. And to do it with these girls, never thought i was going to be here four months ago until the end of the summer. Months ago until the end of the summer. To have the confidence to give me the go, here, this is it. Im completely done. Australia were denied winning their first series on english soil since 2001, as england won the final test of the ashes to draw the series
And its celtic who are ahead. A sloppy pass from Connor Goldson was pounced on and Odsonne Edouard raced into the box to put the ball past allan mcgregor. That was the first strike on target of the game. Both sides are unbeaten so far this season with three wins from three. 1 0 celtic after 67 minutes. Later this afternoon arsenal host tottenham for the north london derby. Both sides coming off the back of defeats last week. Spurs head coach Mauricio Pochettino spent friday denying rumours that he was set to leave the club. But, despite losing to newcastle last week he says hes looking forward re newing the rivalry with arsenal. It is not important what happened in the past, it is important what is going to happen now in the present. And we know very well this type of game, what it means. Im so lucky to be involved in this type of game. I love to play this type of game and of course i am so excited and optimistic that we are going to play in the best way. I think it is the best test. E