Category: OTHER SPORTS

Cape Town, August 18, 2018: On Saturday 18 August 2018, the Namibia senior rugby team the Welwitschias played against Kenya during the 2018 Rugby Africa Gold Cup, which is also a qualifier for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan (Namibia qualified). This was the fifth win for the Welwitschias and saw Namibia qualify for…

Ardglass, Co Down, Aug 18, 2018: Emma Spitz became the first Austrian player to win the 90th Girls British Open Amateur Championship, defeating compatriot Isabella Holpfer 2&1 in a compelling 18-hole final at Ardglass today. The 18-year-old emerged from a field of 144 competitors from 24 countries to seal the biggest victory of her amateur…

Dublin, Ireland, Aug 18, 2018: Former Australia international Stephen Larkham has been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame at a special ceremony held in Sydney on the eve of Australia’s Bledisloe Cup opener with New Zealand. A Rugby World Cup winner in 1999, Larkham amassed 102 caps, scoring 25 tries in a tally…

St Andrews, Scotland and Liberty Corner, NJ, USA, Aug 17, 2018: Jennifer Kupcho of the United States has won the Mark H McCormack Medal as the leading player in the women’s 2018 World Amateur Golf Ranking™ (WAGR™). The 21-year-old will be awarded exemptions as an amateur into the 2019 US Women’s Open and Women’s British…

By Louise Parkes, Yorkshire, August 14, 2018: Germany claimed all gold in Dressage while Great Britain dominated Eventing and took the Jumping team title (Bishop Burton 2018). However the Swedish flag also flew high on the final day of the FEI European Pony Championships 2018 at Bishop Burton College in Yorkshire (GBR) yesterday when Ingemar Hammarstrom…

India, Aug 10, 2018: The Rugby World Cup trophy – the Webb Ellis Cup – arrived in the city of bhubaneswar odisha today much to the excitement of over 15 thousand aspiring young rugby players on the final leg of the Rugby World Cup 2019 Trophy Tour in India. The Webb Ellis Cup, making it’s…

Ballybunion, Ireland, 10 August 10, 2018: In a thrilling finale, Scotland beat Ireland 6-3 to win the Ladies Home Internationals for the first time since 2010 while England beat Wales in a final day decider to retain the Girls Home Internationals title. In the Ladies Home Internationals, it all came down the final match between…

Virginia, USA, August 5, 2018: Australia emerged with six gold medals in the WSF World Masters Squash Championships in the USA state of Virginia – where Men’s O60 champion Geoffrey Davenport claimed a record-equalling sixth World Masters title and Women’s O45 champion Sarah Fitz-Gerald extended her remarkable unbeaten international record since 2001! More than 750…

Omaha, Nebraska, August 2, 2018: Mark your calendars now for the largest and most spectacular equestrian event in the Midwest (2019 International Omaha)! The seventh annual International Omaha, produced by the Omaha Equestrian Foundation (OEF), is returning to the CHI Health Center Omaha (formerly known as the CenturyLink Center Omaha). Site of the highly acclaimed…