The Premier League winter break – or mid-season player break as the league likes to call it – returns this season. The only previous break came in 2020 with the Covid-19 pandemic and last year’s winter World Cup in Qatar putting paid to it since. Here’s how it works. When is the Premier League winter […]
Former Wycombe Wanderers and Millwall defender Daniel Senda has been banned from football for four years after he sexually assaulted two women while on a coaching course. The Football Association said it was “deeply sorry” to the women, who were on an overseas course in June 2023. Senda, 42, who was Charlton Athletic assistant manager […]
All teams at this year’s men’s Six Nations are set to have their players’ names on the back of shirts for the first time. The move, hoped to help attract casual fans, follows that of the women’s tournament last year. Unlike football, rugby jerseys usually feature only numbers on the back. While some countries have […]
The Indiana Pacers beat NBA Eastern Conference leaders the Boston Celtics 133-131 despite losing point guard Tyrese Haliburton to injury. Haliburton was carried off by team-mates after suffering a hamstring strain late in the second period. Bennedict Mathurin scored 26 points off the bench for the Pacers, who trailed 68-59 at half-time. “We lost the […]
Real Madrid want to add Bayern Munich and Canada left-back Alphonso Davies to their squad for next season. Davies, 23, has a contract until June 2025 with German champions Bayern. He has played in all but one of their Bundesliga games this season and started all six Champions League group-stage matches. Real Madrid manager Carlo […]
A media release issued by Sri Lanka Cricket today (15) states that In response to the persistent and damaging defamatory statements made by the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Roshan Ranasinghe, Sri Lanka Cricket has taken a decisive step to protect its reputation and integrity. Therefore, on the 13th November 2023, the President, Vice […]
As the Sri Lanka squad arrived home after a disappointing 2023 World Cup, consultant coach Mahela Jayawardene attributed much of the team’s struggles the types of tracks being produced for domestic cricket in Sri Lanka. These pitches, he said, neither allowed their batters to be in top hitting form heading into the World Cup on flatter decks in […]
Babar Azam has resigned as Pakistan captain in all formats following their poor 2023 ODI World Cup campaign, where they failed to qualify for the semi-finals with just four wins in nine matches. “I vividly remember the moment when I received the call from PCB to lead Pakistan in 2019. Over the past four years, I’ve […]
