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Emma Raducanu bagged her first US Open victory since her fairytale 2021 title triumph on Sunday with a straight-sets demolition of Japanese qualifier Ena Shibahara. The Briton was in complete control throughout, breaking Shibahara’s serve routinely on her way to a 6-1, 6-2 drubbing on the Louis Armstrong Stadium showcourt. The win was Raducanu’s first at the US Open since she made history four years ago, winning the championship as a little-known qualifier at the age of 18. She was knocked out in the US Open first round in 2022, missed the 2023 tournament due to injury, and exited in…
Manchester United remain without a Premier League win this season after being held 1-1 at Fulham on Sunday, while a Jack Grealish-inspired Everton opened their new stadium with a 2-0 victory over Brighton. Ruben Amorim’s United were left to rue Bruno Fernandes’ wayward first-half penalty as they were pegged back at Craven Cottage. Rodrigo Muniz’s own-goal put United in front on the hour mark, but Emile Smith Rowe came off the bench to rescue a point for Fulham. Amorim is seeking an upturn on a disastrous 15th-placed finish last season, but so far his new £200 million ($270 million) forward…
RUN FEST Travis Head has now been part of three 250-run stands in ODIs. © AFP Stats highlights from the 3rd ODI between Australia vs South Africa in Mackay 431/2 is Australia’s second-highest ODI total, behind the 434/4 in Johannesburg in 2006, and also the second-highest ever against South Africa. It is also Australia’s highest ODI total on home soil, surpassing the 417/6 against Afghanistan at the WACA during the 2015 World Cup, and the second-highest score by any team while losing two or fewer wickets, behind South Africa’s 439/2 against West Indies in Johannesburg in 2015. Highest totals for…
Birmingham Phoenix pulled off a surprise 16-run victory over Manchester Originals in The Hundred 2025 at Old Trafford, denting the Originals’ hopes of reaching the Eliminator. Match Analysis Manchester Originals missed the chance to take a big leap towards qualifying for The Hundred Eliminator next Saturday after falling to a 16-run defeat to lowly Birmingham Phoenix at Emirates Old Trafford and slipping out of the top three.The Originals, who have never progressed beyond the group phase of the women’s competition, looked strong favourites after restricting the visitors to 111-3 but Aussie seamer Megan Schutt (3-14) spearheaded an inspired performance with…
Joe Root’s composed batting at Sophia Gardens powered Trent Rockets to victory over Welsh Fire. His second consecutive half-century helped the Rockets clinch a narrow win and book their spot in The Hundred 2025 knockout stage. Match Analysis Joe Root delivered a batting masterclass at Sophia Gardens, hitting his second successive half-century as Trent Rockets snuck past Welsh Fire with a ball to spare to confirm their qualification for the knockout phase. In a frenetic match, David Payne thought he had dismissed Root for a duck, only for the umpire to signal a no-ball after replays showed the bowler had over-stepped.…
Pujara’s legacy lay in effectiveness, erosion and making batting tenacity sexy again ©AFP There was always a sense of stillness to Cheteshwar Pujara. Not the stillness of inaction, but of intent. At the crease for over a decade, he seemed less a man fighting bowlers and more one negotiating with time. Every leave, every block, every push past point was a reminder from him that Test cricket, at its essence, was not about how quickly you can conquer it, but how long you can endure. Pujara’s numbers in Tests read: 176 innings, 7195 runs, 43.61 average, 19 centuries. But the…
WOMEN’S HUNDRED 2025 Gardner chipped in with bat and ball while King picked up 3-17 © Getty An all-round display from Ashleigh Gardner along with Alana King’s three-wicket haul helped Trent Rockets beat Welsh Fire by 23 runs in the Women’s Hundred fixture and stay in contention for the playoffs. Rockets ended with 145/6 batting first, with contributions from Bryony Smith (38), Nat Sciver-Brunt (38) and Gardner (36). After losing openers off the 17th and 36th balls, Sciver-Brunt and Gardner added 67 runs for the third wicket, both scoring at over run-a-ball to drive forward the initiative. Both fell in…
THE HUNDRED WOMEN’S COMPETITION, 2025 Davidson-Richards and Litchfield shared a 47-run partnership. © Getty Oval Invincibles became the third team to be knocked out from the playoffs race at the Women’s Hundred 2025 following a loss to Northern Superchargers at Headingley. The Invincibles, who opted to bat first, managed just 125, a total that was chased down rather comfortably courtesy a 32-ball 50 from Alice Davidson-Richards. The victory powered the Superchargers to 20 points, four behind already-qualified Southern Brave’s tally and four ahead of Manchester Originals and London Spirit, who have played a game fewer. The must-win game began ominously…
WOMEN’S WORLD CUP Nigar Sultana is set to lead Bangladesh for the second time in ODI World Cups © Getty Uncapped wicketkeeper-batter Rubya Haider Jhelik earned a call-up for the World Cup as Bangladesh announced their 15-member squad for event, scheduled to be held in India and Sri Lanka from September 30 to November 2. Along Jhelik, off-spinner Nishita Akter Nishi and top-order batter Sumaiya Akter have been named in the final squad. The trio replaced Dilara Akter Dola, Jannatul Ferdous Sumona and Ishma Tanjim respectively. Rubya, who has previously represented Bangladesh in T20 internationals, is yet to play an…
Pakistan’s junior male swimmers tore through the national record books as Rayan Awan and Azlan Sohail set new marks at the World Junior Swimming Championships in Romania, which concluded on Sunday. Rayan clocked 30.87 in the Men’s 50m Breaststroke to smash the previous record of 30.98 set by Abdul Aziz Chaudhry 17 years ago. To put it into perspective, the record was set before Rayan was even born. He finished 58th out of 86 swimmers in the breaststroke sprint. Azlan can safely call himself the junior medley king after smashing the Under-16 national records in both the 200m and 400m…