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England fast bowler Mark Wood is targeting a return to action with Durham in the County Championship in September ahead of the Ashes series this winter.Wood – who claimed 17 wickets in four Tests during England’s 4-0 drubbing in Australia in 2021/22 – has not played since February due to a knee injury. The 35-year-old had hoped to feature in his country’s final Test at home to India in late July but suffered a slight setback so is now hopeful of making a comeback for his county instead.Durham have red-ball matches against Essex, Worcestershire and Yorkshire next month, with Wood…
AFGHANISTAN CRICKET John Mooney played 91 international matches © Getty John Mooney, the former Ireland international, returns to the Afghanistan national team set-up after a gap of six years. On Wednesday (August 27), the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced that Mooney has been appointed as their national team’s new fielding coach. Mooney, who worked with Afghanistan from 2018 to 2019, was hired after the post went vacant following the departure of Shane McDermott. McDermott is currently guiding the Pakistan national cricket team as fielding coach. Mooney has represented Ireland in 91 international matches, including three ICC Cricket World Cups in…
India could be banned from world football for the second time in three years after FIFA and the Asian governing body demanded it implement a new constitution by October 30 or risk suspension. World governing body FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) sent a joint letter to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Kalyan Chaubey expressing “profound concern” at the continued failure to finalise and adopt the constitution. “Failure to meet this schedule will leave us with no alternative but to refer the matter to the relevant FIFA decision-making body for consideration and decision,” said the letter, seen…
BIG NEWS Ashwin played the 2025 season for CSK © BCCI Ravichandran Ashwin has called time on his IPL career. The spin veteran announced his decision on X, and hinted at playing franchise cricket around the world. “They say every ending will have a new start, my time as an IPL cricketer comes to a close today, but my time as an explorer of the game around various leagues begins today,” Ashwin posted on X. Ashwin had a grand homecoming this year after Chennai Super Kings bought him for INR 9.75 Crore. But he endured an underwhelming season, playing just…
Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner showed their championship pedigree at the US Open on Tuesday with commanding displays at the Arthur Ashe Stadium, walloping their first-round opponents on the third day of first-round action at the newly expanded major. Wimbledon champion Swiatek arrived in pristine form after capturing the Cincinnati title and made quick work of Emiliana Arango 6-1 6-2 in just an hour, never facing a break point. The 2022 winner acknowledged the unique challenge of New York’s atmosphere afterwards. “Every year is tough, because New York is just so loud, and it’s hard to find that balance off…
It was some years back now that a young Dubliner took her first bold steps on a new cricketing adventure. She was excited, and a little nervous. Competitive, and capable. She was confident, too, even if she wasn’t yet convinced she was entitled to measure herself against the best. And so she boarded a plane to Australia, a world unknown. “It was very, very exciting,” she says today. “I’ll never forget it.” Her name was Anne-Marie McDonald. * * * In an outdoor café tucked between the two grandstands at Allan Border Field, a relaxed Kim Garth fiddles with the…
CPL 2025 Ackeem Auguste hit 73 off just 35 balls in the run chase. © Getty Saint Lucia Kings bounced back to winning ways courtesy Ackeem Auguste’s 35-ball 73 which saw the hosts chase down 203 with 11 balls to spare against the Guyana Amazon Warriors. Romario Shepherd continued his good form for the Warriors with similar exploits (73 off 34) but it eventually came in a losing cause. It is also the Warriors’ first defeat of the season. After the Warriors opted to bat, Ben McDermott and Kevlon Anderson scored a boundary each to get off the mark. McDermott…
THE HUNDRED MENS COMPETITION 2025 Buttler took just 37 balls for his 70. © Getty Jos Buttler (70 off 37) and Rachin Ravindra (47* off 23) combined to deny Northern Superchargers a chance to usurp Oval Invincibles to the top of the table and gain direct entry into the final. The last game slip-up means the Superchargers will play in the Eliminator clash of this year’s Men’s Hundred. The Manchester Originals in the process, signed off from an underwhelming season with a seven-wicket win. The Superchargers, who needed a massive win against Originals to try and upstage Invincibles, suffered a…
Annabel Sutherland and the Australian-charged Northern Superchargers have roared into the Hundred playoffs The Australian international trio of Annabel Sutherland, Phoebe Litchfield and Nicola Carey have combined brilliantly once more to power their Northern Superchargers side into the Hundred playoffs. Sutherland proved the player of the match with a superb all-round display to help sink Beth Mooney’s Manchester Originals and set up an “eliminator” semi-final with another Australia-powered side, the London Spirit, at The Oval on Saturday. The winners of that match will then face the already qualified and unbeaten Southern Brave – the only team in the competition without…
BERLIN: Former Real Madrid right back Lucas Vazquez has joined Bayer Leverkusen until 2027, the German club announced on Tuesday. The five-time Champions League winner joins on a free transfer, having been a free agent since his Real contract expired in the summer. The 34-year-old completed a medical in Real and is in line to play in Leverkusen’s next match, away at Werder Bremen on Saturday. In a statement, Vazquez said he was “looking forward to continuing my career at Leverkusen”. Vazquez revealed former Leverkusen coach and current Real manager Xabi Alonso and one-time Leverkusen player Dani Carvajal, who is…