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Ben Stokes puts Ashes on back burner to focus on England’s here and now
England are about to complete their busiest year of Test cricket with Ben Stokes encouraged by the overhaul in personnel that has taken place. Although the captain has a small regret from this period: publicly discussing the next Ashes series.
The third Test against New Zealand that starts in Hamilton on …
Has college football flag-planting really become a nationwide scourge in the US?
For Ohio State, a home loss to Michigan on 30 November was a football catastrophe, the Buckeyes’ fourth loss in a row against their hated rivals. For a few seconds, the focus was on the Buckeyes’ lost opportunity to secure a spot in the Big Ten championship game. Then, the …
Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest world chess champion after horrific Ding Liren blunder
Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju capped a stunning ascent to the pinnacle of chess by dethroning China’s Ding Liren to become the youngest ever world chess champion on Wednesday in Singapore.
The 18-year-old from Chennai snatched the decisive victory in the final game of their best-of-14-games showdown, which appeared bound for …
Bill Belichick has nothing left to prove. So why is he starting again in college?
Paige Bueckers: UConn’s point guard sensation doesn’t need to be the next Caitlin Clark
Inside PNG’s NRL deal: how the licence was won and what comes next | Jack Snape
‘A rapist can be in the family’: how Dominique Pelicot became one of the worst sexual predators in history
Warning: this article contains descriptions of alleged rape and sexual assault
Dominique Pelicot called himself a family man. He liked cycling in the French countryside on a Sunday, he took his son and grandson to football matches, and he was good at celebrating birthdays.
“My parents had this …
John Dobson: ‘I’m old school. When the Stormers fire me I’m done in coaching’
Rugby union still produces some fascinating individuals and John Dobson, the head honcho at the DHL Stormers, is very much one of them. To say “Dobbo” is not your average coach is self-evident from his CV. In addition to degrees in law and business administration from the University of Cape …
Papua New Guinea granted historic NRL expansion licence after years of campaigning
Australia will be able to withdraw $600m in funding for a PNG rugby league team at any time and without cause under a 10-year deal struck to financially back the expansion side that will enter the NRL in 2028.
The Australian government will not release terms of the deal between …
England seal series victory after Tammy Beaumont steadies the ship
England scrapped their way to a six-wicket win in the third ODI against South Africa on Wednesday to win the series 2-1, relying on the steadying hand of Tammy Beaumont after Marizanne Kapp had left them wobbling perilously at 25 for three.
After a two-and-a-half-hour rain delay, England were given …