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Australia will play just one official warm-up match ahead of the upcoming ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup as they seek to strike the right balance between acclimation and ensuring players remain fresh for the demands of the tournament proper. The ICC released the warm-up match schedule for the tournament in India earlier this week, with every team bar Australia set to play two practice games between September 25 and 28. View the full World Cup warm-up schedule here Reigning champions Australia will meet 2022 runners-up England at the BCCI Centre of Excellence 1 Ground in Bengaluru on September 27, but…
CNN — Felix Baumgartner, an Austrian base jumper and skydiver renowned for his record-breaking jump from the stratosphere, died while paragliding in Italy on Thursday, local media reported. Baumgartner, 56, lost control of his paraglider and crashed into a hotel swimming pool in the coastal town of Porto Sant’Elpidio, CNN affiliate SkyTG24 reported. The apparatus struck a woman who was not seriously injured, according to SkyTG24. Italy’s national broadcaster RAI reported that authorities are working to determine the exact cause of the crash. CNN has reached out to Baumgartner’s representatives. The mayor of Porto Sant’Elpidio, Massimiliano Ciarpella, said on his…
CNN — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice was sentenced to five years probation and 30 days of jail time on Thursday following a multi-car crash last year, according to the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office. Rice pleaded guilty to third-degree felony charges – collision involving serious bodily injury and racing on a highway causing bodily injury. It is unclear when Rice would serve time in jail. The Super Bowl winner was driving a Lamborghini Urus SUV at more than 119 mph on Dallas’ North Central Expressway before losing control and hitting the center median wall, triggering a chain…
CNN — Injuries may have prevented Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani from throwing from the mound recently, but they haven’t stopped him from coming up with a new pitch: co-writing a children’s book based on his baseball-fetching dog Decoy. The three-time MVP posted a teaser on his Instagram on Thursday, featuring a picture of Decoy, a Kooikerhondje, sitting next to the fiction book that represents his first foray into the world of children’s books. Of course, it’s about baseball. The cover of “Decoy Saves Opening Day” is adorned by a cartoon version of Decoy – with a baseball in…
CNN — Rain lashed from above, North Atlantic winds pummeled from the side, and thousands of excited, umbrella-wielding shapes swirled amongst it all, yet the man at the eye of the storm remained entirely unflustered. Because even as the clamour for home hero Rory McIlroy poured across a rainswept Open Championship first round in Northern Ireland on Thursday, Thai golfer Sadom Kaewkanjana was better equipped than most to block out the noise. The world No. 262 opened with a superb three-under 68 to race into early contention at Royal Portrush, crediting the lessons he learned when, in 2023, he stepped…
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting, who has witnessed Starc’s journey from the early days, heaped praise on his longevity and legacy, something he believed the left-arm pacer was always destined to achieve. “He’s really now stacking up an amazing career – over 400 Test match wickets,” Ponting said, speaking to Sanjana Ganesan on The ICC Review. “I think everyone who laid eyes on him as a youngster understood that there was every possibility that he could be a 100-Test match, 400 or 500-wicket fast bowler for Australia. “He’s got to be 6’5”. He’s always had pace on his side. He’s…
BARCELONA’S Lamine Yamal poses with his new jersey. —Reuters BARCELONA: Three days after turning 18, Lamine Yamal received the most special gift of all — Barcelona’s iconic number 10 shirt, capping a remarkable breakthrough season for the youngster. Although the electric winger has eschewed comparisons to all-time Barca great Lionel Messi, he has followed in the Argentine’s footsteps by taking the number 10, also worn by Diego Maradona and Ronaldinho among other historic Barca stars. “I will try to continue this legacy,” said Yamal told reporters on Wednesday, undaunted by the shirt’s history. “Messi paved the way with the number…
TUNIS: Three-time Grand Slam finalist Ons Jabeur is taking a break from competitive tennis, the 30-year-old said in a social media post on Thursday. Tunisia’s Jabeur, the first Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam final, has struggled with her form in recent months, failing to get past the third round of a major this year. The two-time Wimbledon finalist’s campaign came to a disappointing end at the All England Club last month as she retired from her first-round clash against Viktoriya Tomova, unable to continue after a long medical timeout. The former world number two suffers from asthma and…
A reduction in County Championship matches from 14 to 12 is “the only reasonable option” to try to protect the physical and mental wellbeing of domestic cricketers, according to the players’ union.A Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) survey showed 83 per cent of its members held concerns about the physical impact of the schedule and two-thirds had worries from a mental-health standpoint. Counties have held discussions about changes to the calendar for next year, with Warwickshire seamer and PCA chair Olly Hannon-Dalby urging a reduction in the amount of red-ball cricket.”We are at a critical moment regarding the future of professional cricketers in…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Ryan ten Doeschate also spoke about the fitness of Rishabh Pant heading to Manchester © Getty India’s assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate has hinted that Jasprit Bumrah is likely to play the fourth Test at Manchester. Speaking to the press, he said “We’ll make that call in Manchester still. We know we’ve got him for one of the last two Tests. I think it’s pretty obvious the series is on the line in Manchester, so there will be a leaning towards playing him. “But again, we’ve look at all the factors, how many days of…