With 'chase master' Virat Kohli once again setting up a famous victory for India with a valiant 84, handing his team a comfortable four-wicket win in uncomfortable conditions in Dubai, Australia great Michael Clarke hailed the brilliance on display and labelled him as the greatest ODI cricketer of all-time.
Canada defeated its archrival the United States 3-2 in overtime in the 4 Nations Face-Off final on Thursday night in what was an emotionally-charged affair for players and fans alike. The rematch between the two sides was intense, although it did not consist of three fights in the opening nine seconds, as the preliminary round game in Montreal did last Saturday, a 3-1 win for the Americans.
When Jesper Sorensen looks at the Vancouver Whitecaps, he sees a strong foundation — one he believes he can build on now that he's been named head coach. Sorensen, 51, comes to Vancouver from Brondby IF in the Danish Superliga where he spent two seasons as head coach following two and a half as an assistant.
The Vancouver Whitecaps are up for sale, the Major League Soccer team's current ownership group announced Friday. In a release issued by the club, the group said “it is the right time for an owner with the platform, resources and ambition to enhance the club’s ability to compete at the highest levels of MLS and steward the club in realizing its significant potential.”
Summer McIntosh won the women's 400-metre freestyle in a world-record time Tuesday at the world short-course swimming championships. The 18-year-old from Toronto swam to victory in three minutes 50.25 seconds, well ahead of Australia's Lani Pallister (3:53.73).
The Vancouver Whitecaps have fired head coach Vanni Sartini. Vancouver finished eighth in the Western Conference this season after posting a 13-13-8 record in MLS play.
