Few players could claim that the Covid-19 hiatus arrived at a convenient time in their careers. But for Alex Hales, the pandemic could hardly have hit at a worse moment. Back in March, Hales was just threatening to re-build a case for England recognition, following his banishment ten months earlier from the World Cup squad
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On the eve of their match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, their head coach Stephen Fleming said the Chennai Super Kings have used their six-day break “pretty well” and “have got some clarity” around what they need to do. They’ve lost two of their three games so far; their last two matches became no-contests less than halfway
Sam Burgess has stood down as assistant coach of South Sydney as the NRL and NSW Police launch an investigation into serious misconduct claims. The NRL has been shocked by allegations published in The Australian on Friday and has instructed its integrity unit to speak to South Sydney officials. The newspaper report alleged drug use
Russell Domingo, Bangladesh’s head coach, agrees that it has been tough on the players to be in a training camp that has no international cricket at the end of it and feels that there might not be any point to “going on forever” at camps, that too away from loved ones. “We want to try
The 2020 NHL draft is set to take place Tuesday and Wednesday. While the event is always exciting because we get to see where hundreds of young players will continue their development as hockey players, it’s also usually the setting for massive trades. With the event taking place virtually this year because of the COVID-19
Giro d’Italia 2020: ‘Unfinished business’ for Ineos leader Geraint Thomas The 2017 Giro d’Italia was meant to be a landmark moment for Geraint Thomas, leading his team in a Grand Tour for the first time and embarking on what he called “uncharted territory”. Recognised then as a ‘super domestique’ duty-bound to support other riders such
Yorkshire have said there “must be no repercussions” for any witnesses giving evidence in the investigation of “institutional racism” at the club made by former captain, Azeem Rafiq. Responding to Rafiq’s call for witness anonymity on Thursday, the club released a statement on Friday stating that they “completely agree with Azeem”. And while the statement
Hardik Pandya has described the sight of an offspinner coming on to deliver the 20th over of the Mumbai Indians’ innings during Thursday’s clash against the Kings XI Punjab as “mouthwatering”. K Gowtham, the Kings XI fingerspinner, who had figures of 1 for 20 off three overs until then, ended up delivering the second-most expensive
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner Red Bull’s engine partner Honda is to leave Formula 1 at the end of 2021. The move leaves Red Bull and Alpha Tauri needing to find an engine supplier and the sport with just three engine companies. Honda said the move was a result of the transformation of the
Fabio Jakobsen won the 2019 Dutch national road race title Dutch rider Fabio Jakobsen will have reconstructive surgery on his jaw next week, two months after a horrific crash at the Tour of Poland. The 24-year-old moved home for further treatment a week later. “The wounds/scars on my face are healing up well,” he said
Big picture It’s Virat Kohli vs Steven Smith time at IPL 2020. A contest that is bound to dominate sports pages, web pages and social media over the next three months when India tour Australia. Part of this season’s first double-header, Saturday’s afternoon clash in Abu Dhabi between the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Rajasthan
Big picture “I feel the coming seven days are the best break we could have. We’ll give the guys a bit more match simulation and come back with a clearer picture as to what is the best combination, looking at how everyone is contributing. If you look at the bowling department, they are not all
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Cam Newton will oppose Patrick Mahomes for the first time in his career when he leads the New England Patriots against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium (4:25 p.m. ET, CBS), but he says he has enjoyed watching Mahomes from afar. “Man, he’s changing the game,” Newton said Thursday.
Australia will reacquaint themselves with ODI cricket on Saturday after a gap of 12 months with a 20-year record of dominance over New Zealand to protect and the chance to equal a world record if they are able to win the Rose Bowl 3-0. Meg Lanning’s team currently sit on 18 consecutive ODI wins having
Richard Carapaz won the Giro d’Italia with Movistar last year, but is not part of the Ineos Grenadiers team this year The Giro d’Italia starts in Sicily on Saturday and takes in 21 stages across 3,497km (2,173 miles) before it concludes in Milan on Sunday 25 October. With more than 40,000m of climbing and three
In his drive to be as fit as possible for the summer, Australia’s Test captain Tim Paine has left himself nursing some hamstring tendonitis but confirmed he will be available for Tasmania’s opening Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide next week. Paine, who has spent the winter in Hobart amid the Covid-19 restrictions, revealed he had
On Thursday, Doc Rivers snatched an opportunity to sculpt a young tandem — Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons — whose stardom would tantalize any coach, but who have yet to make good on their talent. Rivers enters a Philadelphia 76ers organization with title aspirations that believes an upgrade on the bench can realize those expectations.
News » Premier League news » Chelsea news October 1, 2020 21:43 GMT (UK), by Sri Aswin Chelsea planning to ship out three players Chelsea could part ways with at least three more players before the international transfer window closes next week. The west London side have been very active in the transfer market and they have made seven