Sports Max – West Indies T20 star Chris Gayle has made himself unavailable for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League, which could signal an end to his time at the tournament. The 42-year-old has played in the world’s premier T20 tournament for the past 13 seasons, where he has played a total of 142 matches since making his […]
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Sports Max – Sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah and sprint hurdler, Hansle Parchment, were named Jamaica’s National Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year for 2021, at the RJRGleaner Sports Foundation National Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards ceremony held on Friday night. The event was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thompson-Herah had a phenomenal 2021 season, which included her […]
BBC Sports – England’s second Twenty20 against Australia in the Women’s Ashes was abandoned after only 4.1 overs at the Adelaide Oval because of rain. Each side get one point and holders Australia now lead the multi-format series 3-1 following their victory in the first T20. After rain initially reduced the match to 14 overs per side, Australia won the […]
BBC Sports – Naomi Osaka says she feels “proud” of her approach and performance as she put the defeat which ended her Australian Open title defence into perspective. The 24-year-old Japanese player held two match points before losing 4-6 6-3 7-6 (10-5) to Amanda Anisimova. Osaka, who was seeded 13th, twice took long breaks from the tour last season to […]
BBC Sports – Scotland’s Scott Jamieson leads by one shot going into the final round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Jamieson shot a four-under-par 68 in his third round, including birdies at the 15th and last holes, to move to 11 under for the tournament. Ireland’s Shane Lowry and Belgian Thomas Pieters are tied in second place on 10 […]
Sports Max – Former Ireland batsman turned commentator, Nyle O’Brien, believes the West Indies batsmen have become caught-up playing an old fashion type of cricket, which has little chance of success in the modern game. The Caribbean side was beaten by Ireland, in a One Day International series, for the first time in their history earlier this week. The team […]
(BBC NEWS) Kevin de Bruyne produced a moment of world-class quality to tighten Manchester City’s stranglehold on the Premier League title race with victory over Chelsea at Etihad Stadium. The former Chelsea player broke the deadlock in a tight game with a superb curling drive past keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga with 20 minutes left to extend City’s lead at the top […]
(CRICINFO) Virat Kohli has stepped down as captain of India’s Test team, with immediate effect, a day after losing the Test series to South Africa 2-1 with a seven-wicket loss in Cape Town. Kohli took over as full-time Test captain in early 2015, when MS Dhoni had announced retirement in Australia, and has held the role since then. Kohli’s sudden […]
…as Pat Cummins takes four on 17-wicket day Australia 303 and 3 for 37 (Smith 17*, Boland 3*) lead England 188 (Cummins 4-45) by 152 runs (CRICINFO) Australia’s seamers, led by Pat Cummins, ran rampant over England’s flat-lining batting order to bundle the tourists out for just 188 on an eventful second day of the fifth and final Ashes Test. […]
(BBC NEWS) Novak Djokovic has been detained in Australia ahead of a court hearing that will determine whether the unvaccinated tennis star can stay in the country. The Serb faces deportation after his visa was cancelled for a second time, with the government labelling the 34-year-old a threat to public health. His lawyers are appealing against what they called an […]
