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CNN — Premier League champion Liverpool has announced the arrival of German midfielder Florian Wirtz – a statement signing in this summer transfer window. Wirtz joins Liverpool from Bayer Leverkusen in a deal worth up to £116 million (around $156 million), according to multiple UK media reports, and will only strengthen Arne Slot’s title-winning side heading into next season. It makes Wirtz the most expensive player in British soccer, his reported price tag potentially exceeding the £115 million ($146 million) that Chelsea paid for Ecuadorian midfielder Moisés Caicedo. “Thank you for the support” ❤️Get the first words from Florian Wirtz…
CNN — Former Cubs great Sammy Sosa, who once was the face of Chicago’s Friendly Confines, made his long-anticipated return to the place he used to hit towering home runs and flash his big smile. Slammin’ Sammy, as he was affectionately called, is remembered from when he and Mark McGwire captivated the nation in 1998 as the pair battled to break Roger Maris’ longstanding single-season home run record. Sosa – who won National League MVP honors that year – finished with 66 home runs and McGwire – who hit 70 homers to set the mark at the time – both…
MLC 2025 Matthew Short blazed away to a 29-ball 61 © MLC San Francisco Unicorns made light work of a 199-run target to beat Texas Super Kings by seven wickets and continue their unbeaten run in the 2025 Major League Cricket (MLC). SFU’s chase got off to a flying start, thanks to a belligerent 117-run opening partnership between Matthew Short and Finn Allen. Short led the charge early on, making 69 off 21 with clean hits all around the ground. Allen soon joined the party, striking eight sixes in a brutal 78 off just 35 balls. The duo ensured that…
CNN — Hours after off-the-field tensions related to recent immigration crackdowns encroached on Dodger Stadium on Thursday, the Los Angeles Dodgers engaged in on-the-field tensions with the San Diego Padres, which led to a multitude of disciplinary actions handed down by Major League Baseball on Friday. In the latest edition of the fierce NL West rivalry between the two clubs, a total of eight batters were hit by a pitch in a span of four games. And in Thursday’s series finale, tensions finally boiled over to the point of no return. As a result of the fracas, MLB announced that…
Caribbean Quiz: Sam Konstas answers fan questions Sam Konstas won’t be trying to pvrove anything when he steps onto Kensington Oval to partner Usman Khawaja in this week’s first Test, but the 19-year-old batting prodigy believes his game has come a long way since his whirlwind debut on Boxing Day. Konstas has gone to work on both mental and technical aspects over the past six months as he looks the shake the ‘reckless’ tag that came following his takedown of Jasprit Bumrah at the MCG, where he admits he got caught up in the emotions of debuting in front of…
Beach and bunkers: How the Aussies spend their Caribbean time The Australian squad had barely set foot in their team hotel in Barbados on Wednesday when the call went around to “check out” a local burger joint for lunch. Australia haven’t played a Test in Barbados in 13 years but that burger joint – Cuzz’s Fish Stand – has become a popular eatery for the Aussie side on various white-ball tours since, including during last year’s T20 World Cup. Recalled batter Sam Konstas has been a regular at the Cuzz Fish Stand // Tama Stockley-cricket.com.au With their World Test Championship…
LAHORE: Pakistan Sports Board has taken up a new role as election commissioner for national federations, with its Director General stating it will be on a case-to-case basis. The country’s sports regulatory body marked a first when it conducted elections of the national tenpin bowling, alpine club and bodybuilding federations here at the National Sports and Coaching Centre on Friday. Candidates for the Pakistan Tenpin Bowling Federation and the Alpine Club of Pakistan had already been elected unoppposed while Tariq Hassan was elected president of the Pakistan Bodybuilding Federation. The elections came after the PSB had recently amended its constitution,…
INDIAN captain Shubman Gill plays a shot during the first Test against England at Headingley on Friday.—AFP LEEDS: Shubman Gill marked his first innings as India captain with a sparkling hundred after fellow young gun Yashasvi Jaiswal also scored a fine century against England at Headingley on Friday. India — sent into bat by England captain Ben Stokes — were in the commanding position of 359-3 at stumps on the first day of the five-Test series. Gill was 127 not out after sharing a stand of 129 for the third wicket with opener Jaiswal, dismissed for 101 shortly after tea.…
GALLE: Bangladesh edged ahead of Sri Lanka on day four of the first Test in Galle on Friday, extending their lead to 187 runs with seven wickets in hand. The visitors finished at 177-3 after a strong partnership of 68 between opener Shadman Islam and skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto. All-rounder Milan Rathnayake dismissed Shadman for 76 but veteran campaigner Mushfiqur Rahim, fresh off a first-innings century, joined his captain to steady the innings. The duo built an unbroken 49-run partnership for the fourth wicket to put their side in the driver’s seat heading into the final day. Bangladesh off-spinner Nayeem…
ICC NEWS Eight Associate Members are in the fray for three positions on the CEC of the International Cricket Council © Getty Eight Associate Members (AMs) are in the fray for three positions on the Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) of the International Cricket Council (ICC). The election will take place on July 17, the opening day of the ICC Annual Conference, which is scheduled to be held in Singapore from July 17 to 20. Anuraag Bhatnagar of Hong Kong, Tim Cutler of Vanuatu, Sarah Gomersall of Jersey, Gurdeep Klair of Canada, Palani Gurumurhty of France, Sankar Renganathan of Sierra Leone…