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Gus Atkinson and Brydon Carse are now the main men of England’s attack | Mark Ramprakash
After another 11 wickets in the second Test in Wellington, and a combined total across the tours of Pakistan and New Zealand now standing at 39, there can be no doubt this has been the winter of Gus Atkinson and Brydon Carse.
Only six months ago England’s planning for next …
Olivia Reeves becomes first US lifter to pair world title with Olympic gold in 66 years
Sara Sharif murder: father’s family had protested his innocence
Urfan Sharif’s family refused to believe he killed his daughter, Sara, even after he told jurors: “I want to admit that it’s all my fault.”
“Urfan’s admission has left us devastated and heartbroken,” his brother, Imran Sharif, told the Guardian at the time from the family’s eight-bedroom home in Pakistan’s …
Ding hangs on in nerve-shredding Game 13 draw with Gukesh as title tilt nears climax
Ding Liren held on for a high-wire draw with Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju on Wednesday in the penultimate 13th game of their world championship showdown, leaving the match knotted at 6½-all with one scheduled contest remaining.
The 32-year-old defending champion appeared visibly shaken at the board after leaving himself less …
No charges for Jason Kelce over phone incident after slur directed at brother
Police will not charge Jason Kelce over an altercation with a fan before a game between Penn State and Ohio State in November.
Penn State University police said in a statement that the case was closed. “The individual in the video footage circulating on social media has not been identified, and …
The Spin | Welcome to Sixes: cricket pushes boundaries of competitive socialising
Last month Headingley got a new cricket venue. It doesn’t have a lot in common with the long-established and much more famous one down the road – this one tends to be drier, warmer and significantly more attractive to young people. In October a similar venue arrived in Bristol, both …
How the Knicks’ James Dolan went from the NBA’s worst owner to semi-competence
Even by the standards of James Dolan’s nightmarish reign over the New York Knicks, 2006 was a dark year. Some argue it marked the worst chapter in the storied – and often turbulent – history of the team. Just nine days before Christmas that season, Dolan’s Knicks were embroiled in …
The Army-Navy game is a welcome tribute to a simpler time in college football
Jeff Monken was asked before his first training camp 10 years ago at Army to list the biggest challenges facing his football program. His list had one item.
“Us,” Monken said.
Monken, then 47, had been hired away from Georgia Southern to take over a team in the pits. The …
Chess: Gawain Jones wins London Classic amid recovery from tragedy
Gawain Jones, the British and English champion, who turns 37 on Wednesday, completed a remarkable year of recovery from tragedy when he won the £25,000 first prize in the XTX Markets London Classic, played at the Emirates Stadium.
Last year Jones’s wife, Sue Maroroa Jones, died following complications after the …
Wednesday briefing: Everything you wanted to know about the spending review (but were afraid to ask)
Good morning. There are certain phrases in news stories about government, aren’t there, where your eyes glaze over like you’ve just wound down the window and asked someone for directions. Autumn statement; early day motion; fiscal rules; white paper; ping pong, weirdly. They’re definitely all very important, but it would …