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STOCKHOLM: Swedish double Olympic pole vault champion Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis increased his own world record again on Sunday, clearing 6.28 metres to the delight of the home crowd at the Stockholm Diamond League meet. With victory in the event already guaranteed, Duplantis broke the world record for the 12th time as he sailed over the bar at the first attempt to improve on his 6.27m effort at Clermont-Ferrand in February. The 25-year-old ripped off his shirt in celebration and raced down the track in front of jubilant spectators at the Olympic stadium built for the 1912 Games. “It’s a magical…
LAHORE: Newly-appointed Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Director High Performance Aaqib Javed said a comprehensive plan has been implemented to run cricket academies across the country, with tangible results expected within six months. Speaking to reporters here at the LCCA Ground on Monday — the opening day of a skill development programme for the senior men’s national team, Aaqib said the National Cricket Academy’s revival had started, with different programmes planned for not only the men’s side but the women’s team and the age-group outfits, promising that the step would start bearing fruit within the next six months. Fifteen players have…
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday named 60 U-19 men’s cricketers for a Skills Assessment camp starting at the Inzamam-ul-Haq High Performance Centre in Multan on Wednesday. Thirty cricketers will participate in each of the first and second phases. The players in the first phase will undergo match-based skill assessment from June 18 to 23 while the second phase will run from June 25 to 30. Additionally, 10 players who have previously represented Pakistan U-19s and are eligible to feature in the 2026 ICC U-19 World Cup will be called up in the third phase of the camp. The…
Ellyse Perry has locked in her long-term future in magenta, with a new deal that will see her at the Sixers until at least WBBL|13 Ellyse Perry has reconfirmed her commitment to the Sydney Sixers, re-signing with the WBBL club for another three seasons. Perry, 34, was the Sixers’ first-ever signing back in 2015 and the legendary Australia allrounder has been one of the competition’s dominant figures with bat and ball since.Her re-signing is another key step for the Sixers as they seek success in a new era under former Australia coach Matthew Mott. Perry has captained the club since…
Cricket has gone and won something big. How might that change its relationship with South Africans? ©Getty It was April 23, 1992, long enough ago for apartheid still to be the law of the land in South Africa. For Nelson Mandela to have been out of prison for just more than two years but not yet elected president. For ordinary black and brown South Africans to hope – to expect, even – that a better life was imminent. But it was not long enough ago for South Africa to remain banished from international cricket, part of the punishment for whites…
Australia are preparing to embrace the unknown on their first Test tour of the Caribbean in a decade as they seek to kick off the new World Test Championship cycle with an away series win. After going down to South Africa in the 2023-25 WTC final on Saturday, Pat Cummins’ side head to the West Indies on Wednesday where just four players remain from their last Test visit in 2015 – Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Steve Smith.While Australia has toured for white-ball series since, almost half of the 16-man Test squad – Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron…
BANGLADESH TOUR OF SRI LANKA, 2025 “As we start a new cycle, we know we have to win our home series.” © Getty Sri Lankan skipper Dhananjaya de Silva said on Monday (June 16) that his team will began their 2025-27 World Test Championship cycle with a four-man bowling attack. “We’re thinking we will go with a two-two combination (two spinners, two seamers) and we haven’t finalized that,” said the skipper. “We’ll be looking at the four players who are bowling the best at the moment, and look to use those players.” Dhananjaya said that Sri Lanka missed making the…
CNN — The Los Angeles Dodgers sparked a frenzy Sunday evening when they announced two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani will make his long-awaited first start from the mound in Dodger blue Monday night. The three-time MVP has not pitched in a game since August 23, 2023, when he played for the Los Angeles Angels. That’s 663 days between pitching appearances – and 663 days since fans caught a glimpse of his wicked four-seam fastball and splitter. Ohtani threw in his first simulated plate appearances at the end of May. At the time, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he didn’t see the…
SO LONG, MATHEWS The Sri Lankan all-rounder will retire from Test cricket after the first match against Bangladesh, but hopes to continue playing white-ball cricket until the 2026 T20 World Cup © AFP Sri Lankan all-rounder Angelo Mathews, who will retire from Test cricket after the opening game of the two-match series against Bangladesh in Galle, said on Monday that he is targeting the 2025 T20 World Cup as the swansong for his white-ball career, depending on his fitness. All of Galle is preparing to bid a grand farewell to Mathews, who began his Test journey at the same venue…
TNPL 2025 Madurai Panthers accused Dindigul Dragons of ball-tampering © TNCA Dindigul Dragons and their team captain, R Ashwin, have been cleared of the ball-tampering charges by Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL). Siechem Madurai Panthers had raised the allegations against Dragons of tampering with the match ball using chemical-laced towels, following the latter’s nine-wicket win on Saturday (June 14) night. The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) said its review found no evidence of ball-tampering in the said game. “The towels in question were TNCA-issued and equally available to both teams,” the TNPL CEO Prasanna Kannan said in a statement. ‘The…