Aug 3, 2020 Big picture It seems a bit patronising to pick out the positives when a side has been dispatched twice in three days, with 133 balls to spare on the first occasion, and 105 on the second. But when those positives centre around the vastly assured arrival of Ireland’s newest recruit, Curtis Campher,
Month: August 2020
1:53 PM IST Anjum Chopra, the former India women’s captain and current television commentator, believes that the BCCI has a plan for women’s cricket but wants the board to communicate its ideas more clearly. Speaking to PTI, Chopra said: “It’s not that the BCCI is not thinking about women’s cricket. I only think they need
12:07 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Yuvraj Singh has credited MS Dhoni for showing him “the real picture” over his international future when he was dropped from the ODI set-up for good in mid-2017, not long after travelling to the Caribbean where he struggled. Coming as it did soon after India’s runners-up finish at the Champions
11:44 PM ET Four members of the Dallas Stars and Vegas Golden Knights took a knee during the U.S. and Canadian national anthems on Monday. Vegas forward Ryan Reaves, one of the NHL’s few black players, and goaltender Robin Lehner knelt with Dallas forward Tyler Seguin and Jason Dickinson before their round-robin postseason game in
Aug 2, 2020 Israel Folau has courted more controversy by declining to join teammates and opponents in taking a knee to acknowledge the Black Lives Matter movement in Super League’s return on Sunday. The former Wallabies fullback’s Catalans side were hammered 34-6 by champions St Helens in the first match since the competition was halted
12:31 AM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — TCU’s chancellor said football coach Gary Patterson apologized Monday for repeating a racial slur when telling a player to stop using the slur in team meetings. Linebacker Dylan Jordan accused Patterson on Twitter of using the slur during a confrontation at practice. Center Kellton Hollins said
10:37 PM ET Dana White does not expect Conor McGregor to return to the Octagon this year. The UFC president said Monday in an interview with Barstool Sports that there are no plans for McGregor to fight in the UFC again in 2020. White said he considers McGregor retired ever since McGregor tweeted about retirement
8:16 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Brewers manager Craig Counsell says bench coach Pat Murphy has been released from a hospital here after suffering a heart attack during a team workout Saturday. Brewers general manager David Stearns said Sunday that Murphy received a stent at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee and was resting comfortably. “It
9:41 PM ET Michael Porter Jr. texted Michael Malone three times over the past few days, telling him he can do better and pleading with the Denver Nuggets coach to stick with the talented rookie. “I said, ‘Michael, I’m not going anywhere,'” Malone texted back. “I’m gonna stay with you.” Porter rewarded Malone and reminded
12:24 PM ET At the halfway point of the five-mile journey between Brentford’s Griffin Park from Fulham’s Craven Cottage is Fuller’s Brewery, home of their flagship beer London Pride. But there’s far more than just local bragging rights on the line when these fierce rivals meet at Wembley on Tuesday. The winner of the Championship