Jasprit Bumrah (Getty Images) On Tuesday (February 11), India’s worst fears were confirmed – Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy that gets underway on February 19. Harshit Rana was brought into his place. India are not the most-affected though. That tag arguably belongs to Australia who will travel to Pakistan with … Read more
Impossible. That is how Pep Guardiola had described the task of controlling Real Madrid’s attackers for 90 minutes. As it was, it was a 92nd-minute goal that consigned Manchester City to defeat as the European champions came from behind late on. Had City been able to hold on for victory over Real Madrid at the … Read more
Gulbadin Naib finished the 2025 ILT20 season with 381 runs and 11 wickets. (Creimas) How good was Gulbadin Naib in the ILT20 2025? The bare numbers first: he scored 381 runs in 12 innings, averaging 42.33 and striking at 158.8. The tally put him sixth on the season’s run-scorers’ list, but it was a tightly … Read more
Formula 1’s new-look grid for 2025 features six rookies, adding yet another exciting element to what promises to be an enthralling season. As if Lewis Hamilton driving for Ferrari in what could be a wide-open title battle somehow wasn’t enough, six young stars are bringing another layer of intrigue. With two of them getting the … Read more
Super Rugby Pacific returns to Sky Sports on Friday morning, raising the curtain on a southern hemisphere season in which the British and Irish Lions tour to Australia looms large. An all-New Zealand clash kicks things off as the Crusaders host the Hurricanes on Friday at 6am, live on Sky Sports Mix, followed by Australia … Read more
NEW DELHI: MI Cape Town put on strong performances in the last week of SA20 Season 3, defeating the Paarl Royals in Qualifier 1 by batting first and then defeating the Sunrisers Eastern Cape, the reigning champions, in the final at Wanderers to win the coveted title. In the Powerplay, where bowlers have largely dominated … Read more
Gerwyn Price secured his first PDC ranking title in over a year with a thrilling 8-7 victory over Chris Dobey in Tuesday’s Players Championship Two final. Price overturned a 6-3 deficit to deny his Premier League rival Dobey in a high-quality final in Wigan, winning five of the last six legs to clinch his first … Read more
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Chelsea striker Sam Kerr has been cleared of causing racially aggravated harassment after calling a Metropolitan Police officer “stupid and white”. The Australian international made the comments to PC Stephen Lovell during an incident in south-west London in the early hours of January 30 2023. Ms Kerr, 31, and her partner, West Ham midfielder Kristie … Read more
“It should be one of the greatest seasons in Formula 1 history.” The tantalising expectation expressed by Martin Brundle during a recent Sky Sports News interview in an early preview of a 2025 season that already sparkles with promise and anticipation even before a single wheel has been turned by one of the grid’s 10 … Read more