Ben Brown scored his first century as Hampshire captain to eliminate fears of an innings defeat by Durham in the County Championship. Hampshire were still 92 runs away from avoiding the follow-on when Toby Albert was the sixth man to depart, but Brown and Felix Organ ticked through the required runs with a 164 stand....
A missile fired from Yemen landed near the main terminal of Israel’s Ben Gurion airport on Sunday morning, Israeli authorities said. Unverified footage posted online appeared to show drivers on a road nearby pulled over to take cover as a projectile lands, creating a plume of black smoke near the airport, which is on the...
Eubank vs Benn: Chris Eubank Jr remains in hospital after win but ‘doing well’ – promoter Ben Shalom
All three judges scored it 116-112 following a bout featuring wild aggression from both fighters, albeit with neither landing the telling blow. Shalom added Eubank is undergoing “precautionary checks to monitor his vitals and ensure everything is in order”. He said: “They take these measures very seriously, given everything they have experienced in the past.”...
Ben Green notched his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket as Leicestershire bowled out Gloucestershire for 252 on the opening day of their County Championship match at the Seat Unique Stadium in Bristol. The 27-year-old all-rounder, on loan from Somerset, exploited overcast conditions to claim 5-63 from 17 overs with his medium-paced seamers. Ian Holland...
England’s most-capped men’s player Ben Youngs has announced he will retire at the end of the 2024-25 season. The scrum-half, 35, played in 127 Tests for his country and won four Six Nations titles as well as five Premiership titles with Leicester Tigers. Youngs became Leicester’s youngest ever league player aged 17 in April 2007...
Gloucestershire reached 112-2 in the second innings of their County Championship game with Kent on Sunday, giving them a lead of 191. Ben Charlesworth was their top scorer with 58, but bad light halted play with 36 overs remaining and the forecast for tomorrow suggests a draw is probable. Earlier Ben Compton hit his highest...
Cabango said it was “a great feeling” to hit Swansea’s 58th-minute winner at Sunderland. But he also relished a third successive clean sheet as part of their rearguard. “I feel like we’re loving defending as a team right now. Everyone’s just giving it everything,” Cabango said. “We’re recovering well. If there’s a mistake, we’re always...
“The chant in question is condemned by Millwall Football Club and once again it strongly emphasises its zero-tolerance policy against discrimination of all kinds,” Millwall said in a statement., external “The club remains committed to working tirelessly to eradicate homophobic chanting, and any other form of discriminatory abuse, from the sport.” The FA said the...
Harry Brook: Rob Key plays the odds in preferring batter to Ben Stokes as England white-ball captain
Before Brook’s debut he was described as “dumb” by Stokes, something for which the all-rounder later apologised. His answers may be brief but do not mistake that for a lack of cricket brain. Brook’s 317 against Pakistan last year may take the headlines but one of his best innings was in the drawn 2023 Ashes...
But the coming months will shape his legacy as Test captain, and England’s hopes of regaining the Ashes in Australia would be almost destroyed if they were to lose Stokes. Any further burden on his body would be a huge gamble. “Let him get the Ashes urn in his hands,” said Vaughan, who was speaking...
That love was first formed at Seaham Harbour Cricket Club, where his father Neil was one of the area’s leading club cricketers. McKinney Snr also spent hours throwing to his son in the nets. “He was relentless and wouldn’t let me leave,” McKinney says. “Sometimes that might be bad but it definitely set me up...
“Representing your country is a privilege, and in athletics is earned via a qualifying process, which while not always perfect, gives everyone the same chances to gain selection,” Connor wrote. “Coming from a working class background I don’t like the potential precedent being set where people, especially junior athletes of the future, don’t have the...
Durham have six County Championship matches before England’s first assignment of the summer – a one-off Test against Zimbabwe – begins on 22 May. Stokes was initially ruled out of cricket for three months after surgery in January and a Durham appearance closer to the Zimbabwe Test has not been dismissed. The all-rounder continued his...
Scotland winger Ben Doak is linked with a controversial £25m move, while Rangers defender Ben Davies discusses his future. Everton are plotting a shock £25m move to sign Liverpool’s Scotland winger Ben Doak, 19, who is currently on loan at Middlesbrough. (Scottish Sun, external) Rangers defender Ben Davies, currently on loan at Birmingham City, admits...
Eoin Morgan says England could make a “left-field call” with their new white-ball captaincy and create an arrangement where Test skipper Ben Stokes is parachuted in to do the job for major tournaments. England are looking for a new captain for the men’s one-day and T20 sides after Jos Buttler resigned following their early exit...
