MICAH RICHARDS intends to speak with social media giants and demand they eradicate horrific racial abuse from their platforms. Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling, Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha and Wycombe’s Adebayo Akinfenwa are among the high-profile names to experience racist abuse online in recent years. Instagram did take proactive steps this week by deleting the account of a vile user […]
Dublin GAA have confirmed reports from earlier this week that three-time All-Star Paul Mannion has decided to step away from the county’s senior football squad. Mannion, who has been one of the primary forwards in Gaelic football in recent times, will be stepping away from the game in his prime. After Michael Darragh Macauley announced his retirement on Thursday, Mannion, […]
STUNNING Italian sports presenter Diletta Leotta delivered bad news for her millions of fans – after it was revealed she has a boyfriend. The glamorous broadcaster hinted she may have found love after posting a picture of a large bouquet of flowers to her 7.3million Instagram followers. And Italian magazine Chi revealed the lucky man is actor Can Yaman – […]
Rob Key says Joe Root batted “out of this world” as he delivered a “perfect example” of how to play spin during his double century in England’s win over Sri Lanka in Galle. England captain Root scored 228 – his 18th Test hundred and fourth double ton – and collected more runs with the sweep shot than he had done […]
Jonny Bairstow says victories like England’s seven-wicket success over Sri Lanka in Galle are reward for the difficulties of bubble life. Bairstow (35no) shared an unbroken 62-run partnership with debutant Dan Lawrence (21no) to usher England to their victory target of 74 after the tourists had been reduced to 14-3 on day four. The batsman – recalled to play his […]
Pakistan named nine uncapped players in a major overhaul of their Test squad before a two-Test home series against South Africa following a 2-0 defeat in New Zealand. Batsmen Haris Sohail and Shan Masood, paceman Mohammad Abbas and left-arm spinner Zafar Gohar, who all played in the series in New Zealand that ended this month, have been left out of […]
Stuart Broad struck twice after being preferred in the England XI to James Anderson as England reduced Sri Lanka to 65-3 by lunch on day one of the first Test in Galle. Broad had Lahiru Thirimanne (4) caught at leg gully in the seventh over and then inflicted a fourth straight Test duck on Kusal Mendis two deliveries later as […]
Ireland’s second ODI against the United Arab Emirates has been postponed for a third time – although talks are ongoing to rearrange the remainder of the series. The 50-over match in Abu Dhabi, originally scheduled for last Sunday, was called off when a number of players in the UAE squad tested positive for Covid-19. The game – second of a […]
Virat Kohli’s 2018 India side clinched their place in the semi-finals of the Greatest Test Team with a 3-1 series victory over Richie Benaud’s 1959 Australians. Cheteshwar Pujara led from the front in the first Test with an innings of 150 spanning seven hours which led his side to 417 all out. The Australians struggled in reply against the wily […]
Skipper Kane Williamson smashed his fourth Test double-hundred while Henry Nicholls and Daryl Mitchell notched up centuries to fuel New Zealand’s bid for a 2-0 series sweep in the second and final Test against Pakistan on Tuesday. Williamson scored 238 and collaborated in a marathon 369-run partnership, a New Zealand record for the fourth wicket, with Nicholls, who made 157. […]
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