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WORLD OF RUGBY: How quickly the picture has changed. Weeks after coming into camp full of purpose. Manu Tuilagi is facing a ban and the prospect of never playing for England again

ALEX BYWATER: Players in Wales are unhappy at the current contractual uncertainty in the team with those whose deals are expiring at the end of the campaign unable to be offered new ones.

Tom Curry, who has previously captained the side, was fast-tracked back into the squad after making his Sale comeback on Saturday, but his return has been short-lived and his brother Ben is in.

The 44-year-old, who has coaching experience in Scotland, Australia and Ireland, has been filling the post on an interim basis this season

Johnny Sexton's groin injury looks set to hand the in-form Leinster star a real chance to impress in the third round championship clash with Italy

The Munster no 10 was dropped from Andy Farrell's initial Six Nations plans due to the form of Leinster's Ross Byrne

With Johnny Sexton likely to miss out on Italy clash, Andy Farrell will get the chance to run the rule over the skipper's Leinster team-mate from the start of third round championship clash

'He is a born leader and galvanises those around him,' says IRFU performance director David Nucifora of the decade-long Munster skipper

The Wales coach had been due to announce the starting line-up at midday on Tuesday, but still fronted a scheduled press conference at Wales training base

A hamstring injury scuppered the 24-year-old hooker's ambition to seek revenge against France

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CHARLOTTE - There's a longer answer to a more difficult question about why Jim Caldwell hasn't been able to find a head coaching job in recent years.

But when Caldwell is asked why he took this job as senior assistant with the Panthers under new head coach Frank Reich, that was pretty short and to the point.

"You know, it's just an ideal situation for me," Caldwell said simply. "I know Fr

The latest Super League proposal is light on detail, but we've connected the dots to lay out what the controversial competition could look like.

Rugby league legend Rob Burrow receives the Helen Rollason award while his friend and ex-team-mate Kevin Sinfield is recognised for his fundraising.

There have been almost 70 coaches sacked since the start of the NRL era, which averages out to around three each year. Heading into 2023, that trend looks likely to continue with several coaches already under heavy pressure to keep their jobs. There is no such thing as 100 per cent job security when youre []

Api Koroisau is a great acquisition for the Tigers but they shouldn't have appointed him captain.

New Carolina Panthers head coach Frank Reich said Tuesday that he will begin the season calling the offensive plays but will hand off the responsibilities at some point during the 2023 season. Reich deferred on making that decision when asked about it during his introductory press conference Jan. 31. At the time, he said he wanted to wait until he filled out his coaching staff. Now that Reich has a working staff - an ex

New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): Batting coach Michael Di Venuto cited the position of strength Australia had reached in Delhi before a 90-minute "car wreck in slow motion" ended their dreams of a historic series victory to reaffirm the conviction Australia has in their strategies on spin-friendly Indian pitches. As the second Test swung slightly in favour of the visitors, Australia had forced their opponents to adop

Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez plans to rest his sore left hand and put batting practice on hold in hopes of overcoming a chronic issue before the start of the regular season. Alvarez said at Houston's spring training camp in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Tuesday that he'll delay hitting off of live pitching for a few days. He arrived at camp and spoke with the team about his sore left hand, similar to the right hand soreness

Streaking is back in style in Southeastern Conference basketball, but Vanderbilt and LSU are going about it in different ways. On Wednesday, Vanderbilt (15-12, 8-6 SEC) will travel to Baton Rouge, La., where it will face LSU (12-15, 1-13) with both squads carrying sizable streaks. On one side, the Commodores are trending in the right direction. Coach Jerry Stackhouse's group has won five straight, which ties it with No

Dubai [UAE], February 21 (ANI): Sania Mirza closed her glorious career with a first-round defeat in Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday, losing her women's doubles alongside America's Madison Keys 4-6, 0-6, against Russian pair Viktoria Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova. Mirza had earlier announced that she will retire after the WTA 1000 tournament in Dubai. The Indian tennis player and her American women's doubles par

Cape Town [South Africa], February 21 (ANI): Veteran Pakistan spinner Nida Dar became the highest wicket-taker in the history of women's T20I cricket on Tuesday. The 36-year-old accomplished the landmark during Pakistan's final Group 2 match against England in the ongoing ICC Women's T20 World Cup. In the match, Dar ended with figures of 1/47 in four overs. She picked up the wicket of England skipper Heather Knight for ju

New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): World No. 9 Prannoy HS and former World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth spearhead the line-up as Indian shuttlers get ready for 75th Inter State-Inter Zonal Badminton Championships and the 84th Senior National Badminton Championships to be played at the Balewadi stadium in Pune from February 22 to 28, 2023. The senior nationals were not held for the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], February 21 (ANI): Jamshedpur FC head coach Aidy Boothroyd feels his team have been better off late and wants them to keep the momentum going as they square off against Odisha FC in their final league game of the Indian Super League (ISL) 2022-23 season at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. Having notched full points in a comeback victory against Hyderabad FC in their last game,

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's latest missile launches are a demonstration of the country's avowed ability to use nuclear force against South Korea and the mainland U.S. How immediate is that threat?