Ben Duckett insists the final scoreline on this tour of India will pale into insignificance if England complete their mission of winning a first Champions Trophy next month. Successive four-wicket losses have left an England team being re-shaped by head coach Brendon McCullum on the brink of a one-day whitewash here and an overall deficit … Read more
England were hurtled to one-day series defeat on an evening when a faulty floodlight was the only thing to inconvenience India captain Rohit Sharma. Defending a target of 305, the only respite for Jos Buttler’s team came during a 40-minute period at the start of the chase when one of the ground’s eight towers stopped … Read more
Will the streets ever forget Hugo Rodallega? Definitely not in Wigan at least. The Colombian spent six seasons in the Premier League with Wigan Athletic and Fulham, becoming his country’s second-highest appearance maker (154) in England’s top flight and third-highest scorer (29). 5 Rodallega downed Messi’s Argentina and the press tried to make out he … Read more
Jamie Carragher believes that even Accrington Stanley provided a bigger test to Liverpool than Tottenham managed on Thursday night. The Reds thrashed the north London outfit 4-0 in the second leg of the Carabao Cup tie to overcome their first leg defeat and progress 4-1 on aggregate. 7 Liverpool have coasted into the Carabao Cup … Read more
Indian players walks off the field after losing the fourth Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s chances of qualifying for the World Test Championship final for the third consecutive time suffered a major blow as they lost the Boxing Day Test against Australia by 184 runs at the … Read more
epa11797881 Juventus’ Khephren Thuram (3-L) celebrates after scoring the 2-1 goal in the Italian Serie A soccer match Juventus FC vs ACF Fiorentina at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy, 29 December 2024. EPA-EFE/ALESSANDRO DI MARCO Khephren Thuram scored the first two goals in his Juventus career, but Moise Kean and a late Riccardo … Read more
Frazer Clarke has vowed to come back from his crushing first-round loss to Fabio Wardley. Clarke would relish a fight with Kubrat Pulev, the former Anthony Joshua and Derek Chisora victim who recently picked up a WBA regular, or secondary, title with a victory over Mahmoud Charr. “I’d take it. I watched them both. It … Read more
Manchester United fans appeared to be fed up with Rasmus Hojlund for losing his cool with a teammate during the defeat to Wolves. Hojlund threw a tantrum with Amad Diallo when he failed to pass him the ball when he was just outside the penalty area at Molineux. 2 Hojlund aired his frustrations with Diallo … Read more
Ruben Amorim says he has “no idea” how long it will take to turn around Manchester United’s fortunes after his side suffered a fourth defeat in five Premier league games at Wolves. After last week’s chaotic Carabao Cup quarter-final exit at Tottenham was compounded by an Old Trafford humbling at the hands of Bournemouth, things … Read more
Cooper Rush threw for a touchdown and Brandon Aubrey kicked two 58-yarders among four field goals as the Dallas Cowboys beat Tampa Bay 26-24 on Sunday night, costing Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers control of their playoff fate. The end of a four-game winning streak left the Bucs (8-7) even with Atlanta atop the NFC … Read more