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Four Aussies scored half-centuries in a strong first-up performance against Sri Lanka A Australia A put on a dominant performance to earn a 198-run victory against Sri Lanka A in the first One-Day Match in Darwin. Four Australians scored 50 or more, with Nathan McSweeney the sharpest of them all.His unbeaten 85 came off just 63 balls, with his footwork to the spinners making for some superb viewing.18-year-old Ollie Peake was sublime in his Australia A debut, staying with McSweeney right until the end. Peake rocketed to 55* off 38 balls, but it was the way in which he brought…
CNN — Major League Baseball placed Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz on indefinite leave on Thursday, with multiple reports indicating he is facing a gambling-related investigation. MLB said in a statement that Ortiz was being put on “non-disciplinary leave through the end of the All-Star break” for the investigation. The announcement came just hours before Ortiz was supposed to take the mound as the Guardians starting pitcher for their game against the Chicago Cubs. In a team statement, the Guardians said they had “been notified by Major League Baseball that Luis Ortiz has been placed on leave per an agreement…
AUSTRALIA TOUR OF WEST INDIES, 2025 Carey and Webster were involved in a century stand. © AFP West Indies bowled out Australia for 286 on the first day of the second Test. On a pitch with uneven bounce, Roston Chase lost the toss but the hosts struck early and controlled most of the day, except an expensive afternoon session which saw Alex Carey and Beau Webster put together a century stand and take Australia to a competitive total. West Indies openers came out to begin their reply, but bad light stopped play before a ball was bowled in the second…
CNN — Days after fighting social media influencer Jake Paul in a high-profile bout in California, Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. was arrested by ICE agents on Wednesday and is in the process of being deported from the United States over alleged cartel ties and other infractions, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement on Thursday. Chávez Jr., the son of longtime boxer Julio César Chávez, entered the country on a tourist visa in August 2023, which expired in February 2024, according to Thursday’s release. DHS officials say Chávez Jr. made fraudulent statements on his recent immigration…
INTERVIEW On his 87th birthday, Cyril Mitchley reflects on a life in cricket, his role in DRS history and the characters who shaped the game © Getty Cyril Mitchley was about to change cricket forever. As he did so, he told Cricbuzz, he thought to himself: “I’m standing in the middle of Kingsmead. What the hell am I doing making a square in the air?” It was after lunch on November 14, 1992, and Sachin Tendulkar had pushed a delivery from Brian McMillan fine of backward point and set off on a sharp single. Ravi Shastri, Tendulkar’s partner, knew better…
MLC 2025 Pooran and Monank Patel added a match-winning stand for MI NY © Sportzpics MI New York put up a clinical show with both bat and ball to register a much-needed victory that has kept them alive in the race for the final playoff spot in MLC 2025. The result has now put LA Knight Riders on the brink of elimination as they now need something remarkable to even stay in contention until their final match. MINY had no hesitation to bowl first following a delayed start and with the surface under covers going into the game. Trent Boult…
Oregon City, Oregon AP — Former NBA player Ben McLemore has been found guilty of raping a 21-year-old woman during a lake house party attended by many of his then-teammates from the Portland Trail Blazers, a jury ruled Thursday. The jury in Clackamas County, located directly south of Portland, found McLemore, 32, guilty of rape, unlawful sexual penetration and one count of sexual abuse. He was found not guilty on another count of sexual abuse, Portland television station KGW reported. Sentencing was scheduled for Wednesday. “We recognize there are those who fear individuals with celebrity status or a position of…
Day 1 Wrap | Second Test delicately poised after Aussie recovery Four down for not many is a tough task for most batters to regularly face, let alone one just starting out their Test career. But having rescued Tasmanian from plenty of sticky situations over the past few years, Beau Webster has proved he can do it for Australia as well. Again on Thursday in Grenada, Webster was faced with 4-93 when he walked to the wicket after lunch, which soon became 5-110 when Travis Head was adjudged caught behind by the third umpire. Four hours later the score read…
CNN — Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota has died in a car crash in Spain with his younger brother, prompting an outpouring of grief from fans, former teammates and the wider soccer community. He was 28. The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) confirmed the news on Thursday morning. Jota, who won the Premier League title with the Reds last season and played for Portugal’s national team, got married to Rute Cardoso just two weeks ago. The couple have three children together. The crash occurred in Cernadilla, Zamora, in northwestern Spain. Jota’s brother, André Silva, was also killed, according to the…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Gill has the highest score by an India Test captain, surpassing Virat Kohli’s 254* in Pune in 2019 ©Getty Victoria Square was abuzz on Thursday, gearing up for the award-winning Colmore Food Festival, one of Birmingham’s busiest summer weekends, where over 30 pop-ups and thousands of visitors spill into the city centre in search of flavour and indulgence. It’s a place for second helpings, for food discovery, for feasts shared and savoured. For Shubman Gill, the main course arrived a day early. A couple of miles away at Edgbaston, the Indian captain tucked in, not…