For Unai Emery, there was a welcome air of familiarity upon arrival at Basel’s St Jakob-Park on Wednesday. It was a return to Switzerland and the scene of his third Europa League triumph with Sevilla in 2016, when his side overcame Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool, 3-1. “This competition is so, so special for me,” the Aston…
File Pic: Ben Duckett of England is bowled by Scott Boland of Australia at The Gabba. (Getty Images) Former England batter Mark Butcher has delivered one of the most piercing assessments of England’s technical decline in recent years, arguing that an overemphasis on “intent” has eroded the fundamentals needed to survive the rigorous demands of…
West Indies 205 and 32 for 2 (King 15*, Rae 1-4, Duffy 1-8) trail New Zealand 278 for 9 dec (Hay 61, Conway 60, Phillip 3-70) by 41 runs Despite a bright bowling performance from the West Indies seamers, half-centuries from New Zealand’s Devon Conway and Mitchell Hay extended the hosts’ advantage after an absorbing…
L-R: India cricketers Deepti Sharma, Smriti Mandhana, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is expected to take up a long-awaited revision of domestic match fees for women cricketers during the Apex Council meeting scheduled for December 22. The meeting, which will be held virtually, comes…
Aryan Sharma of Australia (Getty Images) Australia on Thursday announced a 15-member squad for the ICC Men’s U-19 World Cup to be held in Namibia and Zimbabwe from January 15 to February 6, with two Indian-origin players — Aryan Sharma and John James — featuring prominently in the defending champions’ plans.Go Beyond The Boundary with…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! College football’s latest season fueled plenty of heated debates — and now scandals. In recent days, much of the chatter has centered on the College Football Playoff committee’s selection for this year’s 12-team playoff. But debates around that topic were quickly put on the back burner when…
Smriti Mandhana (Video grab) NEW DELHI: India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana made her first public appearance on Wednesday after calling off her wedding with musician Palash Mucchal, choosing the Amazon Smbhav Summit stage to speak not about the turbulence in her personal life but about the unwavering force that continues to define her — cricket. Calm,…
Eden Carson, the 24-year-old New Zealand offspinner, will undergo surgery on her right elbow on Thursday and is expected to require six months of rehabilitation before returning to play. Carson picked up a partial ligament rupture in the elbow during New Zealand’s training camp in Dubai ahead of the women’s ODI World Cup earlier this…
Blair Tickner will not bowl or field at all, and is unlikely to bat for the remainder of the ongoing second Test between New Zealand and West Indies in Wellington, after dislocating his left shoulder while diving to stop a boundary on the first day of the game on Wednesday. Tickner, who was taken to…
Victoria batter Oliver Peake will captain Australia Under-19s at next year’s World Cup in Namibia and Zimbabwe as they look to defend their title. Left-hander Peake was the youngest member of the side which defeated India in the 2024 final, where he made an unbeaten 46, and has already represented Australia A and traveled with…