The IPL final is on 31 May, four days before the series opener against the Black Caps at Lord’s. It would be difficult for any pace bowler who remains at the IPL until the closing stages of the competition to switch to the workload of Test cricket at such short notice. Jofra Archer, currently playing…
Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his Old Trafford cohorts must decide whether to give Michael Carrick the manager’s job on a permanent basis or look elsewhere. Carrick has guided United into the Champions League qualification places impressively, but suffered the first home loss of his time in charge against Leeds United on Monday….
World champion Peres Jepchirchir has withdrawn from this month’s London Marathon. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion was diagnosed with an unspecified stress fracture after finishing second in the Valencia marathon in December. That delayed the start of her training for London and the 32-year-old Kenyan has now told race organisers she must withdraw. Jepchirchir won…
Barcelona’s complaint over a “grave lack of VAR intervention” during last week’s 2-0 Champions League defeat by Atletico Madrid has been dismissed by Uefa. European football’s governing body has declared the club’s protest “inadmissible”. Hansi Flick’s side were denied a penalty in the 54th minute of the quarter-final first leg when Atletico defender Marc Pubill…
Speaking on the Monday Night Club, former Premier League striker and BBC Sport pundit Chris Sutton says Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta must win the Premier League or the Champions League this season or risk losing his job at the Emirates. WATCH MORE: Man City v Arsenal – winner takes all? Source link
Tierney has outlined why the WRU continues to plan to reduce the number of professional teams which it says will help release money to invest in Wales’ development pathway. “I think if we remain with the status quo we’ll continue to see uncompetitive regional teams,” said Tierney. “As a result of that you potentially will…
The Overlap’s YouTube channel has 1.66m subscribers and its content includes its flagship show Stick to Football, which features Neville and fellow pundits Roy Keane, Jamie Carragher, Jill Scott and Ian Wright discussing football matters. In the announcement of the deal, the Overlap said Goldbridge’s channels will undergo “significant editorial expansion” under their ownership. It…
Wales will face Romania in a friendly in Bucharest on Saturday, 6 June. Having failed to qualify for this summer’s World Cup, Craig Bellamy’s side will take on the Romanians – who were also beaten in last month’s World Cup play-offs – at the 31,000-seater Steaua Stadium. It will be the first meeting of the…
British record holder Dina Asher-Smith and Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred are set to feature in the sprint programme at this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. With 100 days to go until the Games begin on 23 July, England’s Asher-Smith will be hoping to add a first individual Commonwealth gold to her extensive medal collection…
England captain Ben Stokes said suggestions of a rift with Brendon McCullum have been overstated, but acknowledged he must work with the head coach in a “slightly different way”. The messages from Stokes and McCullum appeared to diverge during England’s 4-1 Ashes defeat in Australia. Stokes asked his players to dig in, and did so…