‘Big blow’: England star leaves India tour days before first Test for ‘personal reasons’

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England batter Harry Brook has departed the squad to return home from their tour of India for “personal reasons”. Dan Lawrence, who last played a Test match in March 2022 and recently represented the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League, will replace the 24-year-old in the squad, the ECB announced on Sunday. “It’s a […]

Liverpool dig deep to show they’re on pace in title race, Premier League’s latest ever goal in 103rd minute forces draw

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Liverpool appear to have the squad depth to last the pace in an exciting Premier League title race. Shorn of Mohamed Salah — away at the Africa Cup of Nations — as well as creative midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai and most of their first-choice defence, the leaders comfortably stymied the threat of in-form Bournemouth in a […]

‘A murderous country using athletes as propaganda’: Ukraine star calls for media blackout on Russia

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Ukrainian star Marta Kostyuk has called on the global media to black out Russia from its reporting on the Australian Open in a lengthy social media post about the “murderous country” which “uses its athletes as part of its propaganda”. Kostyuk booked a quarter-final berth against American Coco Gauff with a 6-2 6-1 winner over […]

Creators, goal line clearers and goal-scorers: The A-League players who were the difference in Round 13

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Round 13 was a cracking weekend of football with 16 goals scored in five games and with Sydney FC the only team to keep a clean sheet. Incredibly for the second week in a row only one team kept a clean sheet and three out of four teams that claimed three points had less possession […]

The APL is doomed to fail until it starts focusing on football

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At the end of yet another tumultuous week for the A-Leagues, it was easy to forget there was a round of football being played – something the APL seems to do every single week. Perhaps it was fitting that a largely forgettable round of A-League Men action ended in front of an empty stand scorched […]