Yorkshire coach Anthony McGrath has described the decision to use Kookaburra balls during this week’s County Championship fixtures as “nonsensical”. McGrath watched Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire play out a draw at Trent Bridge during which just 21 wickets fell. Seven of the nine matches ended in draws, with only Surrey and Northants picking up victories. McGrath...
Middlesbrough have appointed ex-Luton Town manager Rob Edwards as their new head coach. Edwards, 42, moves to the Riverside Stadium on a three-year deal as the replacement for Michael Carrick, who was dismissed earlier this month. He led Luton to the Premier League in 2023 but could not avoid relegation from the top flight 12...
Yorkshire head coach Anthony McGrath has questioned his side’s mentality after they slipped to an “embarrassing” defeat at Durham in the T20 Blast. The White Rose’s 63-run defeat at Chester-le-Street leaves them with two wins from eight games in the competition. They are also struggling in Division One of the County Championship after winning promotion...
Middlesex’s director of cricket, Alan Coleman, told the club website, external: “Dane has a wealth of experience to offer our squad, and I believe that we will all benefit from his presence and leadership across the rest of this season. “Though Dane is still early in his coaching career, having only finished playing for Lancashire...
With Leinster, Bath and Leicester Tigers all involved in domestic finals last weekend, and Toulouse’s season still ongoing in France, it was a smaller panel that Farrell brought to Portugal last week for a training camp. Although Leinster hooker Ronan Kelleher will be on the bench on Friday night six days after lifting the URC,...
Middlesex have parted ways with first-team coach Richard Johnson as “results have fallen below expectations”. The 50-year-old has been at the helm since the start of the 2022 season, having previously worked as assistant coach under Richard Scott and taking over the lead role on an interim basis in 2018. Johnson guided Middlesex to promotion...
Gjert had no background in athletics, but the former logistics manager poured himself into constructing a gruelling high-mileage programme to turn his seven children into a family band of elite middle-distance contenders. Gjert’s public advice to Jakob after that 1500m gold in Berlin was to celebrate with a glass of warm milk and head straight...
Mark: Great appointment after being relegated. Shows ambition to go straight back up with the new early signings. Need a top striker, with [Ryan] Hardie we will be flying. Leonardo: Rooney 2.0? Wish we had gone for an older, wiser, experienced manager to steady the good ship Argyle after recent seasons of turmoil and upheaval,...
United States men’s coach Mauricio Pochettino has told his players they cannot pick and choose which games they will be available for. AC Milan forward Christian Pulisic offered to play in two friendlies before the Gold Cup, but wanted to be rested for the tournament itself. However, Pochettino decided to leave the 26-year-old out of...
Plymouth Argyle have appointed former Watford boss Tom Cleverley as their new head coach. The 35-year-old has signed a three-year contract and succeeds Miron Muslic, who left the club last month to take over at German side Schalke. Cleverley joins an Argyle side returning to League One this season following relegation after two years in...
Tottenham have appointed Brentford boss Thomas Frank as their head coach on a deal until 2028. The 51-year-old Dane replaces Ange Postecoglou, who was sacked earlier this month despite leading Spurs to victory in the Europa League final in May. Frank spent seven years in charge of Brentford, guiding the club from the Championship to...
Northamptonshire’s lead bowling coach Rory Kleinveldt will leave the club next month to become head coach of Western Province in his native South Africa. The 42-year-old made 109 appearances as a player for the Steelbacks, taking 217 wickets in total and helping them win the T20 Blast in 2016. The former seamer, who played four...
Meanwhile, Tottenham are expected to confirm the departure of chief football officer Scott Munn this week. The Australian administrator, who joined Spurs in 2023, is understood to have left the north London club amid an internal reshuffle. Munn was a key figure in the appointment of fellow Australian Postecoglou in June 2023. Vinai Venkatesham started...
Tottenham have sacked head coach Robert Vilahamn after two years in charge. The Swede led Spurs to their first Women’s FA Cup final in May 2024 but his side finished second-bottom in this season’s Women’s Super League. Relegated Crystal Palace were the only side to concede more goals than Tottenham and the club’s points tally...
Clarke had warned last month the lack of available goalkeepers was “probably an oversight” by the Scottish FA, but little did he know that his words would become so immediately prophetic. Already unable to call up Craig Gordon, Zander Clark and Liam Kelly, he was shorn of Robby McCrorie when the Kilmarnock man pulled a...