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CNN — While NFL players were in the trenches of a grueling season, Braden Smith was fighting a different battle: the one going on inside his own mind. In the middle of what was meant to be a playoff-contending season for the Indianapolis Colts, Smith instead was consumed with thoughts about his faith. What started out as the formative steps in his religious journey quickly became an all-encompassing struggle. But he wasn’t just coming to terms with his faith; he was also learning about his obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In particular, Smith was dealing with religious scrupulosity – a subtype of…
Ben McDermott is heading back to Tasmania for personal reasons after two seasons with the Bulls Ben McDermott has been released from his Queensland contract, citing personal reasons, and is returning to Tasmania, where he will seek to continue his domestic cricket with the Tigers, it was confirmed today. The former Australia T20 and ODI representative was in the final season of a three-year deal with his home state of Queensland, but is instead heading back to Tasmania, where he has played the bulk of his career. McDermott, 30, made his Sheffield Shield and One-Day Cup debuts with Queensland as…
With Bumrah going without a wicket, England managed to successfully chase down the large victory target of 371 to win the crucial opening Test in Headingley on Tuesday on the back of a superb century from opener Ben Duckett. Seamers Prasidh Krishna and Shardul Thakur collected a pair of wickets each in England’s chase, with the more experienced trio of Mohammed Siraj, Ravindra Jadeja and Bumrah all struggling to make much of an impact as the hosts drew first blood in the series. “This bowling attack has one bowler with five Tests under his belt, one has four, one has…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 India dropped crucial catches throughout the Test match on a surface that didn’t offer a lot of help. © Getty Eventually, India’s fight simply ran out in the twilight of the fifth and final day’s play at Headingley. After five days of controlling the tempo but never quite slamming the door shut, they watched England complete a 371-run chase with clinical ease. It was India’s seventh defeat in their last nine Tests, and perhaps the most frustrating of the lot, because they had no business losing it. India scored 835 runs in the game, produced…
CNN — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers revealed on Tuesday that he thinks this upcoming NFL season could be his last in the league. “Yeah, I’m pretty sure this is it,” Rodgers, 41, said on “The Pat McAfee Show.” “That’s why we just did a one-year deal. Steelers didn’t need to put any extra years on that or anything. This was really about finishing with a lot of love and fun and peace for the career that I’ve had. “I’ve played 20 freaking years. It’s been a long run, and I’ve enjoyed it. What better place to finish than in…
Paris AP — Seven-time French champion Lyon was relegated to the second tier on Tuesday because of ongoing financial irregularities. The decision followed an audit of the club’s finances by the French league’s soccer watchdog, known as DNCG. French sports daily L’Equipe estimated Lyon’s current debt at 175 million euros ($203 million). Lyon was expected to appeal the decision. The decision comes after the DNCG had already provisionally relegated Lyon to Ligue 2 in November, with the club reporting at the time that it had more than 500 million euros ($581 million) of debt. A transfer ban was also imposed…
New Zealand men’s fixtures Against AustraliaOct 1 – 1st T20I, Mount MaunganuiOct 3 – 2nd T20I, Mount MaunganuiOct 4 – 3rd T20I, Mount Maunganui Against EnglandOct 18 – 1st T20I, ChristchurchOct 20 – 2nd T20I, ChristchurchOct 23 – 3rd T20I, AucklandOct 26 – 1st ODI, Mount MaunganuiOct 29 – 2nd ODI, HamiltonNov 1 – 3rd ODI, Wellington Against West IndiesNov 5 – 1st T20I, AucklandNov 6 – 2nd T20I, AucklandNov 9 – 3rd T20I, NelsonNov 10 – 4th T20I, NelsonNov 13 – 5th T20I, DunedinNov 16 – 1st ODI, ChristchurchNov 19 – 2nd ODI, NapierNov 22 – 3rd ODI, HamiltonDec…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 The openers laid the foundation for England’s memorable win. © Getty Ben Stokes hailed the 188-run opening stand between Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley for laying the foundation for England’s successful fourth-innings chase of 371 in the Headingley Test against India. While Duckett earned the headlines with a match-winning 149, Stokes highlighted Crawley’s 65 as equally vital in crafting a disruptive, complementary presence at the top of the order. “Chasing 370 like we were, you always want to get off to a good start. The least amount of wickets that you lose early on is…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 England made short work of the 371-run target on Day 5 in Leeds ©Getty Shardul Thakur had two balls to hold on. Not with the bat, but with the ball. It was the 79th over, England needed just 30, and any remaining flicker of India’s hope rested on reaching the second new ball. If there was even the faintest crack in the chase, it could only be prized open by Jasprit Bumrah with a fresh Dukes in hand. Shubman Gill, wearing the strain of captaincy in his first Test in charge, offered Thakur a 7-2…
That means there is no spot in the XI for back-up spinner Matt Kuhnemann, with Cummins instead deciding to stick with the three-pronged pace attack that has served the side so well during the last World Test Championship cycle. “Coming over here with a few unknowns, that’s fine, you have to think on your feet. We feel like the three quicks are better suited for this wicket.”Cummins said. Cummins said he wanted to give Green an extended run at No.3 to provide a bit more stability to the batting line-up. “I always like to not have too many moving parts,”…