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Pathum Nissanka completed a fantastic century to guide Sri Lanka to an eight-wicket win that meant they lost the three-match series 2-1
Righto, Gus Atkinson has the ball and we’re ready. England need nine wickets, Sri Lanka need 125 runs.
Oof madone dept: *RA Smyth advises me there’s a new Sopranos doc on Sky and it’s glorious.
Continue reading...Marc Márquez won the San Marino Grand Prix ahead of Francesco Bagnaia on Sunday after the championship leader Jorge Martín’s gamble to swap bikes when it rained briefly at the Misano circuit backfired when the weather cleared up.
Márquez’s masterclass in damp conditions gave him his second victory in as many races after he won the Aragon Grand Prix last weekend as he denied the Italian factory Ducati team a win on home turf, with Enea Bastianini finishing third.
Continue reading...The Wallabies have been humbled by Argentina in a 67-27 thrashing in Santa Fe on Sunday morning AEST, the biggest margin of defeat Australia has suffered in a Test match.
The Wallabies surged to an early lead before conceding their most points ever in a men’s rugby Test as Los Pumas piled on the pain
Time for the anthems. As far as I can tell everyone is singing.
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Continue reading...Warrington Wolves and St Helens are no strangers to competing at the right end of Super League but as we approach the final fortnight of a compelling season, this contest underlined that we are witnessing two sides heading in different directions at the business end of the year.
For Warrington and Sam Burgess, this was a relatively straightforward afternoon’s work to keep their hopes alive of a top-two finish going into the playoffs. First is out of reach given Wigan’s win on Friday night against Hull KR, but the Wolves are just two points adrift of the Robins with two rounds remaining.
Continue reading...The wife of rugby legend Scott Hastings is presumed dead after she went missing while wild swimming.
Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt hailed James Slipper as the “ultimate team man” after including the veteran prop for what will be a record-equalling 139th Test against Argentina on Sunday morning.
The British endurance swimmer, Sam Farrow, is believed to have broken a world record with the fastest swim by a woman across Lake Geneva. Farrow, a 31-year-old from Wigan, swam the length of the lake from the Château de Chillon to the Bains des Pâquis – a distance of 45.2 miles (72.8km) – in 22hr and 48min.
"I don’t think it’s quite sunk in yet," Farrow said. "We went out there to try and get the fastest British female record and just in hopes of finishing it. I wanted to see what I could do. I never expected to get the overall fastest female or the time that I got. Complete shock." Her swim time is yet to be ratified, but she will find out at the end of this month if she has broken the world record.
Continue reading...Defeats for Kent and Lancashire keep them in the relegation slots but Somerset still have a shot at glory
By Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket Blog
With Surrey only able to draw at Trent Bridge against a resilient Nottinghamshire, Somerset needed a win to apply a little pressure to the serial champions. With their top three back in the hutch after an hour, somebody needed to bat well to avoid wasting the chance to bat first against the Kookaburra ball.
Continue reading...Six-times MotoGP champion Marc Márquez stormed to victory at the Aragon Grand Prix in front of his home crowd on Sunday as the sprint winner completed a perfect weekend, while Francesco Bagnaia crashed out after a clash with Álex Márquez.
The 31-year-old Marc Márquez, who claimed his eighth Aragon pole on Saturday, took the chequered flag almost five seconds ahead of fellow Spaniard and world championship leader Jorge Martín for his first win since the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Continue reading...Australia fought back to earn a nail-biting 20-19 victory over Argentina on Saturday as the Wallabies snapped their eight-match losing streak in The Rugby Championship.
Intense passion from the Argentina players. They’re up for this. we’re seconds away from kick-off now.
Time for the anthems. The players are shivering! My goodness it looks grim.
Continue reading...Backrower Harry Wilson will become the 90th Wallabies captain with coach Joe Schmidt making five changes to his starting line-up for the Argentina Test, as Australia chase their first win of the Rugby Championship. The Wallabies play the first of two Tests against the Pumas in Buenos Aires on Sunday 8am AEST.
Among the changes after two losses to South Africa to open the tournament, Hamish Stewart will make his Test debut and replace injured Queensland teammate Hunter Paisami in the centres. Jake Gordon has regained the No 9 jersey after recovering from a head knock, with Tate McDermott again coming off the bench, linking with Noah Lolesio in the halves.
Continue reading...The Wallabies have another new captain with Harry Wilson to lead the side out against Argentina in La Plata on Sunday morning while Hamish Stewart will become the 15th debutant since coach Joe Schmidt took over.
Jay Shah, honorary secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, is now in charge of the global game after being elected, unopposed, to chair the International Cricket Council.
Shah is the son of India’s home minister, Amit Shah, and aged 35 becomes the youngest person to hold the position. He will step down from the BCCI – the ICC chair must be independent of any board – and formally start on 1 December after four years of stewardship by New Zealand’s Greg Barclay.
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