8 h. ago India cruise to victory in fourth T20 and seal historic series win over England

4th T20i: India 127-4, beat England, 126-7, by six wicketsIndia’s triumph is first T20 series win in EnglandIndia made history at Old Trafford on Wednesday night by winning the fourth T20 international by six wickets, sealing their first T20 series win in England.England sit above India in the ICC’s official T20 team rankings but the manner of this defeat suggests the rankings have not quite caught up with reality. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago England suffer T20 series defeat as India ease to victory at Old Trafford

England laboured to 126 for seven.

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10 h. ago England struggle as India chase 127 to win fourth women’s T20 and series – live

Updates from Old Trafford; play starts 6.30pm BSTMail James | Sign up for the Spin3rd over: England 21-1 (Dunkley 16, Capsey 0) Alice Capsey arrives at number three. She’s due a score too. A truly dangerous player if she gets in.Here come the boundaries! Dunkley carves past point for four and then snaps the bottom hand on a drive down the ground for SIX. Comfortably clearing the ropes. Shree Charani has been in the wickets this series and she gets another! Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Archer back to face India at Lord’s as Wood eyes surprise return in time for fifth Test

Archer only change for third Test as Tongue drops outFellow pace bowler Wood targets final Test at The OvalJofra Archer will start his first Test match in more than four years after being named as the only change in the England team to face India in the third Test at Lord’s on Thursday.Chris Woakes and Brydon Carse are both retained after the defeat by India at Edgbaston that squared the series 1-1, with Josh Tongue making way for Archer. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago Brendon McCullum admits Ben Stokes got it wrong in crushing India defeat

Ben Stokes made the decision to bowl first at Edgbaston before India built an insurmountable lead on a flat wicket and condemned England to a chastening 336-run defeat, levelling the series

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3 d. ago England call up Gus Atkinson to bolster bowling ranks after India defeat

Stokes ponders changes after bowling 234 overs‘It’s no secret that we have spent some time in the field’England have called up Gus Atkinson for Thursday’s third Test against India as they seek to refresh a bowling group that toiled through 234 overs at Edgbaston in a losing cause.Ben Stokes admitted his side’s travails on the way to a humbling 336-run defeat had left them needing to repair both their bodies and their morale, with barely 72 hours in which to do it. “We’re disappointed, but we’ve got three days to turn around, so we need to get over this one just like we got over the enjoyment and the excitement of winning the first game – we need to flip our heads around,” the England captain said. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago England crash to heavy India defeat that reveals Bazball flaw

Ben Stokes’ men were bowled out for 271 with 27 overs still remaining as India levelled the series at 1-1

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3 d. ago Ben Stokes says sloppy start led to heavy England defeat by India at Edgbaston

Stokes saw his side crumble to a mammoth 336-run loss at Edgbaston.

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4 d. ago Lionesses: Sarina Wiegman's 'new England' suffer growing pains as Euros title defence starts on sour note

The title holders were all out of sorts as they were played off the park by France

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5 d. ago Jamie Smith has ‘long England career ahead of him’ – Harry Brook

The pair made centuries in a stand of 303 as England battled to avoid defeat against India.

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8 d. ago Freddie Flintoff snubbed 'obscene' WWE offer after plan to fight The Undertaker

Freddie Flintoff nearly joined WWE after talks with Vince McMahon who planned to fast track him to WrestleMania - only for the England cricket legend to suffer agony in training for a wrestling debut

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1 week ago England fall to heaviest T20 defeat as Mandhana century sparks India rout

1st T20i: India 210-5 beat England 113 by 97 runsDefeat is first of Edwards-Sciver-Brunt eraEngland’s one-sided series against West Indies last month was merely a dress rehearsal: India were always going to be the main event. And so the curtain finally went up on the Charlotte Edwards-Nat Sciver-Brunt era for a Trent Bridge Saturday matinee.The audience, though, went home disappointed after witnessing an England performance akin to The Play That Goes Wrong – bowled out for 113 inside 15 overs, to give India a 97-run win, England’s heaviest T20 international defeat in terms of runs. Continue reading...

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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Emma Raducanu emotional after comeback victory at Eastbourne: ‘It meant a lot to me’

The British number one came from a set and a break down to beat American player Ann Li in three sets

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2 w. ago Tom Aspinall's prediction about Jon Jones' UFC future was eerily accurate

Jon Jones announced his retirement from the UFC on Sunday, just as Tom Aspinall was crowned the promotion's heavyweight champion following his victory over Cody East

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2 w. ago East Kilbride schoolkids celebrate double with tournament victory

Hunter Primary School were on top form at Ballerup recently

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3 w. ago World Cup of Darts 2025: Luke Littler and Luke Humphries suffer misery as England torn apart by Germany

The holders are out after a shock second round defeat

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3 w. ago England crash out of World Cup as Littler and Humphries humbled by Germany

World’s top two players suffer shock defeatGerman duo ease to 8-4 victory in FrankfurtLuke Littler and Luke Humphries were left reeling as England’s hopes of retaining the World Cup of Darts were torn apart by Germany. The world’s top two players slipped to an 8-4 second round defeat at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, where Martin Schindler and Ricardo Pietreczko made the most of the backing of a partisan home crowd to seal a comprehensive victory.Littler and Humphries, who both received MBEs in King Charles’s birthday honours, were made to pay for missed doubles, with the 18-year-old in particular turning in an off-colour display in a country where he has endured previous disappointments. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago World Cup of Darts 2025: Schedule and latest results as Luke Littler and Luke Humphries suffer shock loss

Darts’ biggest names descend upon Frankfurt as England suffer shock exit

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4 w. ago Thomas Tuchel's mum 'repulsed' by Jude Bellingham's behaviour as England suffer fresh blow

Jude Bellingham has a fiery reputation on the pitch and Thomas Tuchel has admitted that even his own mum is not a fan of the Real Madrid star's behaviour at times

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