In the shadow of New York skyscrapers a field of dreams emerges, but it is not a baseball diamond.New York does field a team in Major League Cricket, the professional league launched last year, and plays on dedicated pitches -- in Texas and North Carolina, where all MLC matches occur to control costs.
Rafael Nadal will bring down the curtain on his 19-year French Open career with the likelihood of adding to his 14 titles greatly diminished before he leaves behind a record and reputation unlikely ever to be matched.As well as 14 titles in Paris, Nadal can boast a record of 112 wins and just three losses, two of which came against career-long rival Novak Djokovic.
James Ryan hopes the involvement of Jacques Nienaber can help Leinster end their Champions Cup final heartache, even if South Africa's World Cup-winning coach insists there is "no "magic pill" for victory."With South Africa at the World Cup, you saw how close the games were; quarter, semi, final -- one-point games they were coming out on the right side and we were coming out the wrong side of games like that at Leinster."