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BBC Sports Personality of the Year: why each shortlisted contender should win | BBC Sports Personality of the Year

Hannah Hampton No sporting event in 2025 gripped England quite like the Lionesses’ Euros success and that euphoria would not have happened without Hannah Hampton’s saves. Long before Hampton dived the correct way to stop two Spain penalties in the final, including one from the world’s best player Aitana Bonmatí, she had produced heroics, without…

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Watch: McGrath ‘pretends’ to throw a chair as Nathan Lyon spins past him on Test wicket-takers list | Cricket News

Glenn McGrath (Video grabs) Nathan Lyon’s place in Ashes folklore was sealed not just by the wickets he claimed on Thursday, but by the priceless reaction he triggered off the field. As the off-spinner surpassed Glenn McGrath on Australia’s all-time Test wicket list, television cameras cut to the former fast-bowling great in the commentary box…

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‘Dense smog… AQI 411, no cricket possible’: Shashi Tharoor’s stinging post after Lucknow T20I is lost to ‘excessive fog’ | Cricket News

Hardik Pandya and Gautam Gambhir at Lucknow’s Ekana Cricket Stadium. (Image: Sunil Kumar/TNN) NEW DELHI: The fourth T20I between India and South Africa never saw a ball bowled on Wednesday night, but it still triggered a fierce debate after senior Congress leader and noted cricket enthusiast Shashi Tharoor took aim at the deteriorating air quality…

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From Garry to Greatness: Nathan Lyon surpasses McGrath in Adelaide, spins himself into Ashes history | Cricket News

Australia’s Nathan Lyon, left, celebrates with teammate Mitchell Starc after dismissing England’s Ben Duckett. (AP Photo) Nathan Lyon etched his name deeper into cricket history on Thursday as the evergreen off-spinner surpassed Glenn McGrath on the all-time Test wickets list, delivering a decisive blow to England on the second day of the third Ashes Test…

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