English pace legend James Anderson will represent Manchester Originals in the upcoming season of The Hundred. Originals used one of their two Wildcard picks on Anderson, ahead of the fifth year of the competition, which begins on August 5. If Originals pick Anderson in their lineup this season, he will become the second-oldest player in…
Bangladesh will look to continue its winning momentum in the SAFF U-20 Women’s Championship when it plays Bhutan in its next match in Dhaka on Tuesday. The defending champion has won both its matches so far, hammering Sri Lanka 9-1 in the opener and Nepal 3-2 in its previous game. Bhutan, on the other hand,…
Open water swimming at the World Championships in Singapore has been postponed because of “water quality levels exceeding acceptable thresholds,” the governing body World Aquatics said in a statement. The women’s 10-kilometre event was to have opened the program on Tuesday but was pushed back to Wednesday. It will be held the same day as…
Chelsea defender Levi Colwill said the Club World Cup will be bigger than the Champions League after his side beat European champion Paris St Germain 3-0 in the final in New Jersey on Sunday. The quadrennial competition will return in 2029, which will be the second edition under the expanded format with 32 teams. “This…
Al-Nassr appointed Portuguese Jorge Jesus as coach on Monday, two months after he left its bitter Saudi Pro-League rival Al-Hilal. The 70-year-old won the domestic treble in his second stint with Riyadh-based Al-Hilal in the 2023-2024 season, but left the club in May after it lost in the AFC Champions League elite semifinals to Saudi…
West Indies registered the second-lowest total in Test history during the third Test against Australia at the Sabina Park in Jamaica on Monday. West Indies was bowled out for 27, second behind New Zealand’s 26 against England in 1955. Justin Greaves was the highest scorer for the hosts with 11 off 24 balls as Mitchell…
Scott Boland extended his remarkable record in Test cricket by taking a hat-trick against West Indies in the Third Test of the series at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica. Boland completed his effort at the start of the fourteenth over, removing Justin Greaves (caught at slip), Shamar Joseph (leg before wicket), and Jomel Warrican (bowled)…
Mitchell Starc picked up the five wickets in just 15 balls, making it the fastest five-for in men’s Test history during the third Test against West Indies at the Sabina Park in Jamaica on Monday. Starc picked up his first three scalps in the first over of the innings itself including a first ball wicket….
Mitchell Starc became the fourth Australian to take 400 wickets in Test cricket during the Third Test between Australia and West Indies at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica. Starc reached the milestone in the fourth innings by trapping West Indian opener Mikyle Louis leg before wicket for 4 in the fifth over of the innings….
Defender Alvaro Carreras has joined La Liga side Real Madrid from Benfica, the Spanish club announced on Monday. The 22-year-old Spaniard has penned a six-year deal which will keep him with the ‘Los Blancos’ till June 30, 2031. Carreras was a product of Real Madrid’s youth academy, where he played between 2017 and 2020 in the…