Eight English IPL stars land back in London to begin 10-day quarantine at hotels after securing places on a rare direct flight from India… but World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan and two others remain after tournament’s suspension Jos Buttler, Chris Woakes, Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Moeen Ali and Sam and Tom Curran are … Read more
Leading sports stars, clubs and organisations have begun their four-day social media blackout to tackle abuse and discrimination. The unified boycott of social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram started at 3pm on Friday afternoon and will continue until 23:59 BST on Monday evening. Football Association president Prince William plus the likes of … Read more
Leading sports stars, clubs and organisations have begun their four-day social media blackout to tackle abuse and discrimination. The unified boycott of social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram started at 3pm on Friday afternoon and will continue until 23:59 BST on Monday evening. Football Association president Prince William plus the likes of … Read more
The staggering incompetence behind the doomed European Super League can be demonstrated by the revelation that no plans were put in place for how the five additional clubs outside of the ‘founding members’ would be selected. Aside from the so-called ‘dirty dozen’, along with three further shoo-ins, five extra clubs were to be chosen to … Read more
The staggering incompetence behind the doomed European Super League can be demonstrated by the revelation that no plans were put in place for how the five additional clubs outside of the ‘founding members’ would be selected. Aside from the so-called ‘dirty dozen’, along with three further shoo-ins, five extra clubs were to be chosen to … Read more
REVEALED: Traditional cricket terms ‘wickets’ and ‘batsmen’ could be replaced with ‘outs’ and ‘batters’ in the English game’s glitzy new ‘Hundred’ tournament – because they are TOO COMPLICATED for new fans! Hundred bosses are considering changing ‘wickets’ to ‘outs’ in the competition Changing the term is one of many proposed changes before the new tournament … Read more
REVEALED: Traditional cricket terms ‘wickets’ and ‘batsmen’ could be replaced with ‘outs’ and ‘batters’ in the English game’s glitzy new ‘Hundred’ tournament – because they are TOO COMPLICATED for new fans! Hundred bosses are considering changing ‘wickets’ to ‘outs’ in the competition Changing the term is one of many proposed changes before the new tournament … Read more
‘No-one is laughing… delete it’: England’s Jofra Archer hits out at Bangladeshi author who bizarrely tweeted that ‘Moeen Ali would have gone to Syria to join ISIS’ if he was not a cricketer Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen posted an extraordinary tweet saying England all-rounder Moeen Ali would have joined ISIS if not for cricket Moeen’s … Read more
Government regulators are closely monitoring the BBC website’s coverage of the England cricket tour of India, amid concern that the broadcaster is providing commentary on a series for which they have not paid. The BBC are adamant that their Cricket Social audio feed is not a live commentary, but rather discussion and analysis by the … Read more
England’s cricketers touch down in Sri Lanka to be greeted by officials in hazmat suits spraying their clothes and bags with disinfectant, as Joe Root’s squad begin 10 days of Covid quarantine before two-Test series England’s cricket team have arrived in Sri Lanka for their two-Test series Players and coaches were greeted at the airport … Read more