5 h. ago Ashes 2025 live score: Australia chasing just 65 for victory after another England collapse

Australia look set to take a 2-0 lead after dominating in Brisbane

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6 h. ago Ashes 2025 live score: Stokes digs in to help England ensure Australia will bat again on day four

Australia still look set to take a 2-0 lead after dominating in Brisbane

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7 h. ago Ashes 2025 live score: Stokes battling hard as England ensure Australia will bat again on day four

Australia still look set to take a 2-0 lead after dominating in Brisbane

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8 h. ago Ashes 2025 live score: Stokes battling hard for England as Australia look to wrap up victory on day four

Australia look set to take a 2-0 lead after dominating in Brisbane

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9 h. ago Ashes 2025 live score: Stokes aims to launch fightback as Australia look to wrap up victory on day four

Australia look set to take a 2-0 lead after dominating in Brisbane

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15 h. ago Ashes 2025 live score: England facing defeat as Australia look to wrap up victory on day four

Australia look set to take a 2-0 lead after dominating in Brisbane

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25 h. ago The Ashes: England sliding towards second Test defeat as Australia dominate

Tourists tormented on dismal day three at the Gabba as 2-0 series deficit surely looms

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25 h. ago Woeful England slide towards second Test defeat as Mitchell Starc and Australia dominate

England 134/6 (trail Australia by 43 runs): The tourists are facing a 2-0 series deficit after Starc starred in Brisbane

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2 w. ago Ashes begins with a bang after 19 wickets on dramatic day one give England early edge

1st Test D1: England 172; Australia 123-9Hosts close 49 behind after ball-dominated day in PerthThe opening day of this Ashes series has set an absurdly high bar for what is to come. England played their supporters back at home, a collapse to 172 all out like waking up to a horse’s head in the bed, only for Ben Stokes and his stable of quicks to deliver a more telling statement of their own.If they did not know it before, Australia are now well aware that this is a very different England side to those of the past. The fast forward but fragile batting was a known quantity, granted. But it now comes with a pool of high-octane seamers who will test techniques and tickers in equal measure. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago How World Cup expansion is driving Asia’s naturalisation arms race

As Asia’s allocation has now doubled, many nations look to foreign-born talent to push them towards qualificationWhen the United Arab Emirates line up against Iraq on Thursday for the fifth and final round of Asian qualification for next year’s World Cup, it is likely that over half of the home starting XI in Abu Dhabi will be foreign-born. The UAE are, however, merely another participant in a naturalisation arms race in the continent that has been boosted by the expansion of the World Cup from 32 teams to 48.Asia’s allocation has doubled from four automatic spots in Qatar to eight in North America, opening up the tournament to a new array of contenders desperate to play on the greatest stage of all. Japan, South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Australia have historically dominated World Cup qualifying, with North Korea the most recent outlier in 2010. Those six are the only teams from the Asian Football Confederation to make more than one appearance at the tournament. Continue readin...

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