A feeling of loss and dislocation surrounds the East End club, which has never been part of tourist or establishment London Graham Potter still turned up for work on Saturday morning, even though there was no work left for him to do. A team meeting was arranged, at which Potter...
The five county cricketers of the year
A player can only make the list once. View the previous winners: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017 By 99.94 Cricket Blog At 19, after that fairytale series in India when he became the youngest debutant ever to open for England, the teenage lad with the Bolton...
Laura Muir’s former athletics coach banned for three years for serious misconduct
Andy Young’s ‘bullying’ leads to ban backdated to April 2023 Actions included abandoning athlete by roadside The coach who guided Laura Muir to Olympic and world championship medals has been banned for three years for serious misconduct, including driving at speed with an athlete in his car after a disagreement...
New Zealand v Australia: men’s first T20 international cricket – live
Three-match trans-Tasman series opens in Tauranga Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email Josh Hazlewood has the new ball and Tim Seifert will face the first. Here we go, folks! Back at Bay Oval, the wind is whipping the young flag bearers off their feet. Umpires Chris Brown and...
Which Premier League manager has the highest low-possession record in a game? | The Knowledge
Plus: teams on epic draw streaks, early season pitch invasions and long-throw world records Mail us with your questions and answers “Manchester City had 32.8% possession in their 1-1 draw at Arsenal last month, the lowest of Pep Guardiola’s career,” begins Graham Murphy. “Do any managers have a higher lowest-possession...
Discrimination is on the rise again in football – we must remain united in the fight against it | Samuel Okafor
Under pressure from prevailing winds in society, football has to stand together to protect and celebrate diversity Football is deeply woven into the fabric of society, so perhaps it is no surprise that at Kick It Out we have seen a rise in reports of discrimination since the summer. The...
Jos Buttler: ‘A big burden has been lifted – I wasn’t the same leader after the 2023 World Cup’
The England white-ball veteran on his post-captaincy career, his Ashes struggles and the recent death of his father Another summer is over and, for Jos Buttler, life and cricket feel more precious than ever. The fleeting nature of both has been accentuated by the loss of Buttler’s father, John, after...
Deepti Sharma leads India rally to deny Sri Lanka in Cricket World Cup opener
India, 269-8, beat Sri Lanka, 211, by 59 runs (DLS) Sharma scores 53 and takes three wickets in Guwahati Deepti Sharma impressed with bat and ball as India defeat fellow co-hosts Sri Lanka by 59 runs (Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method) in the rain-affected opening match of the 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup....
‘Don’t panic’: Van Dijk’s message to Liverpool fans after second defeat in four days
Liverpool captain admits ‘improvement is needed’ Slot says Alisson 99.9% sure to miss trip to Chelsea Virgil van Dijk insisted Liverpool should not panic despite back-to-back defeats for only the second time under Arne Slot at Galatasaray. Injuries to Alisson and Hugo Ekitiké added to Liverpool’s worries as their head...
Team Europe and Red Roses use connection to past, present and future to create history | Cath Bishop
Both teams embraced the history of their sports to embody strong identities they needed to dig deep when it mattered Making history is such an overused phrase in sport. There’s a danger we start to believe it’s easy, expected, nothing special. Or that it just happens by magic in an...