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INDIA WOMEN TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Smriti Mandhana scored her maiden T20I hundred in the first game against England © Getty Smriti Mandhana has revealed how a conversation with her teammate Radha Yadav spurred her to score her maiden T20I hundred. “Three days back, me and Radha Yadav, we were having a conversation,” Mandhana said. “These girls are really hard on me sometimes. She was telling me, ‘It’s high time you get a century in T20Is, you keep getting out in the 70s, 80s and you are not doing justice to your talent and all of that stuff.’ “I was…
Pakistan thrashed hosts South Korea 91-6 at the Asian Youth Netball Championship on Sunday to mark their third consecutive win of the tournament. The green shirts had a strong first quarter to lead 23-2 and extended their lead to 45-3 by halftime. The score was 70-4 in the third quarter, and the women managed to end the game 91-6 to sit at the top of the rankings of Pool B. According to details, Leya Raza Shah, Alisha Naveed, Haleema, Sarina Hussain, Jasmine Farooq, Farah Rasheed , Amani, Parisa , Sumayya Ahmed and Alina were recognised as outstanding players in the…
CNN — Just over a year ago, Matthew Schaefer lost his mother, Jennifer, to breast cancer. Now, he’s achieved the ultimate milestone – becoming an NHL player. The 17-year-old was selected by the New York Islanders with the first overall pick in the 2025 NHL draft on Friday in Los Angeles. An emotional Schaefer, a defenseman from the Ontario Hockey League’s Erie Otters, was greeted by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on the stage at the Peacock Theater, and was presented with an Islanders sweater that included a breast cancer ribbon stitched onto the jersey. Schaefer kissed the ribbon before breaking…
MLC 2025 Shimron Hetmyer smashed 26-ball 64 in his team’s win © Sportzpics Seattle Orcas made it two wins in two days, chasing down 203 against Los Angeles Knight Riders to move up to fourth on the table. Shimron Hetmyer was once again the stand-out player, finishing unbeaten on 64 off 26 and hitting the winning six off the penultimate ball. The run chase began poorly though, with Josh Brown falling for a two-ball duck in the first over. But Aaron Jones, promoted to No.3, and Shayan Jahangir steadied things with a 119-run stand for the second wicket as Jones…
CNN — Spanish soccer star Aitana Bonmatí has been hospitalized with viral meningitis just days before the start of the Women’s Euros on Wednesday, her manager Montse Tomé said. The 27-year-old had a fever on Thursday evening and was taken to the hospital on Friday when her condition did not improve, according to Tomé. “She is the first to authorize me to say this and the first who wants it to be said: she has viral meningitis,” Tomé said in a press conference Friday following Spain’s 3-1 friendly victory over Japan, which Bonmatí missed. “The word is definitely scary, but…
Familiar foe awaits in Guyana Rohit once again led the way in the cut-throat semi-final with his third half-century of the tournament, but 171/7 seemed a gettable score for England with their strong batting line-up. It was England openers Jos Buttler and Phil Salt that were causing much concern for Rohit and it was Bumrah that once again delivered on the biggest stage to remove the dangerman and put his side on the path to victory and a place in the final. “If you take early wickets in the Powerplay, half the job is already done as those early breakthroughs…
MLC 2024 A win will guarantee the Super Kings a place in the playoffs, while also putting them in a three-way tussle for a top-two spot © MLC Nicholas Pooran was left exasperated and frustrated on the field in MI New York’s failed defence of 237/4 just two nights ago in Dallas. He and Tajinder Dhillon had done all the heavy-lifting in the first half of the game, only for the bowlers to squander an opportunity to kick on after a lethargic start to the season. At the end, Pooran doffed his hat to Shimron Hetmyer for his scintillating 95…
Sky Sports’ Lauren Winfield-Hill says England “lost control” as they suffered their biggest T20I loss against India at Trent Bridge on Saturday.England, who went down by 97 runs, made a mistake from the very first ball with a misfield from Sophie Ecclestone, who was making a return from international cricket after taking a break to “prioritise her mental wellbeing”, which gifted India their first run. The mistakes continued with Alice Capsey misjudging a catch off India’s centurion Smriti Mandhana (112) and dropping Amanjot Kaur (3no) and Danni Wyatt-Hodge unable to take Harleen Deol (43) at deep midwicket, as well as…
CNN — Shohei Ohtani threw the fastest pitch of his MLB career on Saturday as he continued his return to the mound with two innings during the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 9-5 defeat to the Kansas City Royals. Making just his third start as a pitcher for the Dodgers, Ohtani threw a fastball to Vinnie Pasquantino on an 0-2 count that clocked in at 101.7 mph and was grounded into a double play by the first baseman. The Japanese two-way superstar couldn’t contain his smile as he walked back to the dugout. “It’s something that I don’t think I would have…
AP — Dave Parker, a hard-hitting outfielder who was set to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame next month, has died, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced Saturday. He was 74. No further details about Parker’s death were immediately available. The Pirates informed the crowd of his death just before the start of their game against the New York Mets and held a moment of silence. Nicknamed “the Cobra,” the 6-foot-5 Parker made his major league debut in 1973 and played 19 seasons, 11 for the Pirates. He was the NL MVP in 1978, won a World Series with Pittsburgh…