7 h. ago India coach provides update on Jasprit Bumrah availability against England: ‘We won’t change it’

Ben Duckett led the way as the hosts chased down 371 to beat India in the first Test

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8 h. ago Ben Stokes delighted as England add to good memories at Headingley

Ben Duckett led the way as the hosts chased down 371 to beat India in the first Test.

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9 h. ago Joe Root sends emphatic reminder after guiding England to historic India victory

England's miraculous win over India was led by Ben Duckett's brilliant 149, but Joe Root stole the show with his calm presence and classy display to put a lid on Indian giddiness following Ben Stokes' dismissal

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9 h. ago The genius behind Ben Duckett and an England innings that twisted reality

The England opener’s aggressive innings inspired a colossal winning chase against India to take a 1-0 lead in the series and, as Cameron Ponsonby explains, underline his status as one of the most complete batters in the game

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10 h. ago India suffer humbling defeat but rise and fall in fighting spirit is biggest worry | Simon Burnton

With first Test against England in the balance the tourists revealed another of their plentiful flawsThe day started with drama and tension and later, for a while, they returned. But the period in between was in its own way equally intriguing, a phase that exposed in the tourists a deficiency not of quality, but of spirit. This turns out to be a team whose shoulders suffer from such severe premature drooping someone should invent some kind of blue pill to deal with it.They started with spirits high and performance levels to match, Jasprit Bumrah from the Kirkstall Lane End and Mohammed Siraj coming up the hill from the other, lines and lengths unerring. Ben Duckett hit the third ball for four, after which seven overs passed before the next boundary. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Ben Duckett brilliance fuels sensational chase to secure Test victory against India

England stormed to another famous victory at Headingley

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10 h. ago Ben Duckett leads Headingley heroics as England beat India by five wickets in first Test

Hosts complete a brilliant chase on day five at gloomy Headingley to seal victory in first Test

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11 h. ago England secure miraculous win over India in first test after Ben Duckett heroics

England needed a mammoth 371 to secure victory in the opening test of the five-match series vs India at Headingley, but a Ben Duckett century set the foundations for a memorable win

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12 h. ago Shardul Thakur drags India back into contention against England and sets up thrilling final session

Hosts reach tea on day five at gloomy Headingley with 102 more runs needed for victory

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13 h. ago Ben Duckett brilliance puts England in with a chance of sensational Test victory

England need 102 runs with six wickets in hand in the final session.

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15 h. ago Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett boost England hopes against India with resilient partnership on tense final day

Hosts reach lunch on day five at gloomy Headingley without loss after openers produce unbroken stand of 117, with 254 more needed

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16 h. ago Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett lift England on final day of first Test

The pair boosted the hosts’ chances of drawing first blood at Headingley in the Rothesay Test series.

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20 h. ago Tommy Fleetwood's bitter £4million pill to swallow as he suffers most brutal blow yet

Tommy Fleetwood's runner-up finish at the Travelers Championship was his most gut-wrenching near-miss yet, with the Englishman still waiting to secure his first PGA Tour victory

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3 d. ago Ben Duckett thrilled as Ollie Pope silences questions about his England place

Pope hit a magnificent hundred.

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3 d. ago Jasprit Bumrah turns the series into two – when he’s bowling and when he’s not | Andy Bull

Crawley had no chance, Duckett was castled, Pope was dropped and Brook was lucky. All in a day’s work for a master fast bowlerYou could see the weather coming at Headingley, there were billows of grey rain clouds out to the south, creeping slowly up towards the back of the Football Stand. And you knew something wicked was on its way in England’s innings, too.The rain arrived right around the time it was supposed to begin, when Jasprit Bumrah was there waiting for them at the far end of his run, tossing the ball from one hand to the other, wearing a forbidding grin. England’s openers, Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley, were so slow walking out to join him in the middle that it felt as if they were hanging on word of a last-minute pardon. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Ollie Pope century silences critics as England fight back against India

Pope’s unbeaten century led England to 209 for three at stumps in reply to India’s 471.

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8 d. ago Chelsea vs LAFC live: Result and reaction as Neto stars in Club World Cup win

Chelsea 2-0 LAFC: Goals from Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernandez secured victory in Atlanta

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8 d. ago Christian Horner issues statement as F1 stewards reject Red Bull protest against George Russell

There was huge drama at the Canadian GP after George Russell secured his first victory of the 2025 season despite Red Bull’s protest to stewards after the checkered flag was shown

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9 d. ago Robert Kubica seals emotional Le Mans 24 Hours victory for Ferrari

Polish driver had a life-threatening accident in 2011Ferrari complete third successive win in endurance racePoland’s Robert Kubica sealed a deserved place in motor racing history as he took victory – alongside China’s Ye Yifei and Britain’s Philip Hanson – at the Le Mans 24 Hours. Hard fought with a relentless determination that has matched his refusal to be cowed after a life-threatening accident, his victory also secured an impressive third consecutive win for Ferrari at the 93rd edition of the vingt-quatre.The victory after 387 laps for the No 83 privateer Ferrari 499P, run by the Scuderia’s works partner AF Corse, was the first overall win at Le Mans for drivers from Poland and China and will make Ye a household name in his home country, while for the 25-year-old Hanson it is a career high point in only his second run in the top, hypercar, category. Continue reading...

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1 week ago World Test Championship: South Africa end long trophy wait with tense Lord's victory over Australia

Aiden Markram’s sensational century helped South Africa to chase down 282

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