As an amateur, she was unable to accept around £407,000 in prize money in France after forgoing a £58,000 cheque at Carton House the previous week. But missing out on such riches is of little concern to the Surrey youngster. “I went into these events not being able to earn any money, so you can’t...
“Today was going to be my decision on when I stopped bowling,” said Stokes. “I’m pretty cooked. Bowling to win a Test match for your country on day five, if that doesn’t get you going, I don’t know what will.” Stokes’ value as a cricketer will never be explained by statistics alone, even though his...
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar was played within a radius of 43 miles. The air-conditioned public metro system, which was free to use for fans with tickets during the tournament, reached six of the eight stadiums, with road transportation needed for the other two. But the sheer scale of the USA has brought up...
Fifa’s hailing of its Club World Cup has been labelled “nothing more than a fiction” by the president of leading players’ global union Fifpro. In a scathing statement, Sergio Marchi appeared to compare the world governing body’s president Gianni Infantino to the Roman emperor Nero. And he also claimed Fifa “chose to continue increasing its...
The conclusion of the revamped, expanded Club World Cup – which included extensive pre-match entertainment and a half-time show – was attended by 81,118 people at MetLife Stadium. Trump watched Chelsea’s impressive victory in the final alongside Infantino and said in an interview with Dazn at half-time that he was “having a really great time”....
There has been much debate about how much this newly expanded competition means. But the trophy does mean you can call yourself world champions – until the next competition is played, scheduled for 2029. And Chelsea will be able to wear a badge on their kit to reiterate it. It’s also been worth between £80m...
The post-match action began in lively fashion as both sets of players became involved in a brawl after the final whistle, but once tempers had calmed, it was time for Messrs Trump and Infantino to hand out some awards. Real Madrid’s Gonzalo Garcia collected the top scorer prize, PSG’s Desire Doue was named young player...
Discussions surrounding England’s inability to play spin are beginning to sound like a broken record. Without a doubt, however, it is their most pressing concern. In 2022, England averaged 42.3 against spin in T20s, losing 25 wickets. The following year, they lost 46 wickets at an average of 18, and so far in 2025 they...
Captain Joe Burns said it was “special moment” when he realised Italy had qualified for the T20 World Cup for the first time despite suffering a nerve-shredding nine-wicket defeat to the Netherlands. The result simultaneously ended Jersey’s hopes of progressing to the tournament in India and Sri Lanka next year as the Dutch finished top...
Jersey stunned Scotland with a final-ball, one-wicket victory but just missed out on qualifying for the T20 World Cup for the first time. Needing one run from the last delivery with nine wickets down, Jake Dunford scrambled the required single. The part-time Channel Islanders then had to hope the last fixture of the European Qualifier...
“This morning somebody asked me where Jersey was,” says the island cricket side’s captain Charles Perchard. After Friday’s last-ball win over Scotland, there will be few in the sport who can fail to have heard of the tiny Channel Island. But for hosts Netherlands beating Italy by nine wickets on Friday evening, Jersey – with...
For either man, or any of the other top catchers in the world, the common denominator is practice. But taking catch after catch in training is barely half of the story. The easy bit of the drill is knowing the catch is coming. In a Test, it can be hours or days. Standing, crouching and...
England all-rounder Alice Capsey has set herself the goal of becoming the “best batter in the world”. The 20-year-old has been a regular fixture in England’s white-ball sides since making her debut in July 2022, playing 26 one day-internationals and 45 T20s, registering four half-centuries in the shorter format. However, she is one of a...
Jersey are third in the five-team round robin group going into the final round of matches, having lost to the Netherlands, beaten Guernsey and had their game with Italy rained off. Victory over Scotland would ensure qualification should pool leaders Italy go on to beat hosts the Netherlands later on Friday. It would be an...
In the space of a year, PSG have become a team many neutrals actively willed to lose in the Champions League – to the best team in the world to watch. Fittingly, two of the figureheads of the ‘old PSG’ – who were more about egos than a team – were both on the wrong...