Everton defender James Tarkowski made history on Saturday when he received the 64th Premier League booking of his career. It means he has the highest number of yellow cards of any player in the competition never to have received a red. The 32-year-old was cautioned for a foul on Arsenal full-back Myles Lewis-Skelly as the...
Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo says a “very bad” start cost his side as they fell two goals down after only 15 minutes of their 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa. Read full article at source...
Kent’s South African paceman Keith Dudgeon took four wickets to all but shatter Northamptonshire’s hopes of chasing 260 on day two of their County Championship match at Wantage Road. On a day which encompassed parts of three innings and saw 20 wickets fall, Dudgeon claimed 4-32, including three in nine balls, as Northamptonshire stumbled to...
England’s Lottie Woad third at Augusta National Women’s Amateur as Spain’s Carla Bernat Escuder wins
England’s world number one amateur Lottie Woad finished third at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur as Spain’s Carla Bernat Escuder took the title. Woad, 21, had jointly led overnight but a bogey on the par-three 16th effectively ended her hopes of becoming the first player to win successive ANWA championships. She birdied three of the...
Bowlers continue to suffer in the Birmingham sunshine as an opening-round runfest unfolds between Warwickshire and Sussex in the County Championship Division One at Edgbaston. Sussex have returned to the top tier in style by amassing 528 all out after captain John Simpson added a superb unbeaten 181 to Tom Clark’s opening day century. Warwickshire’s...
Starting on 65-1, the positive pair of Sol Budinger and Ben Mike (41) took their stand to 88 before Fernando struck twice in mid-morning. Fernando, the first player from Sri Lanka to represent the daffodil county, had Mike lbw and induced Budinger to sky a pull. Hill survived a loud shout for caught behind first...
It’s a rivalry that might not leap to mind first for every football fan. But a rivalry is exactly what Palace and Brighton have. It all started when the two teams played each other five times in 1976. Crystal Palace were managed by Terry Venables and Brighton were led by Alan Mullery. The two had...
Interim Rangers manager Barry Ferguson is enraged by his side’s performance as Hibernian administer their fifth consecutive home defeat. Read full article at source...
Yorkshire captain Jonny Bairstow led from the front to rally his side on day two of their County Championship clash with Hampshire. Bairstow struck 56 in an innings which mixed good fortune and international level shot-making, as he and Adam Lyth put on 105 to turn the first-innings deficit into a 61-run lead by close....
Derbyshire captain Wayne Madsen again left his mark on Gloucestershire with the 40th first-class century of his career on the second day of the County Championship Division Two match at Derby. The 41-year-old’s hundred was his sixth against Gloucestershire and put his side in a commanding position with support from Harry Came who scored 83...
When Ipswich won 2-1 at Wolves in December through Jack Taylor’s last-gasp header – which ended Gary O’Neil’s managerial reign at Molineux – they moved three points above Wolves. Town were still third bottom at the time, but just a point behind Crystal Palace, while second-bottom Wolves were four adrift of safety. Fast forward five...
A couple of key scalps for seamer Paul Coughlin in the final session left Nottinghamshire with work to do on day two of their County Championship match against Durham. The Sunderland-born 32-year-old, whose had two injury-plagued years at Trent Bridge, bowled key man Joe Clarke (37) and had 19-year-old prospect Freddie McCann (79) caught behind...
Rory Burns and Ollie Pope retreated into survival mode as Surrey chased an initial target of 433 to make Essex bat again after a chastening day for the reigning champions in the County Championship at Chelmsford. Surrey were still 473 runs adrift of Essex’s formidable first-innings total in the 42 overs they faced under lengthening...
Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Vitor Pereira speaks to Match of the Day’s Gary Lineker after his side’s 2-1 win against Ipswich left them 12 points clear of the Premier League relegation zone. MATCH REPORT: Ipswich 2-1 Wolves Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
The 30-year-old’s final figures – 3-25 from four overs – represent his best return in this year’s IPL and he was named player of the match. He was hit for 0-76 in the Royals’ opening match, the worst figures in IPL history, and followed with 0-33 in a defeat by Kolkata Knight Riders. But 1-13...
