The European Championships’ 17th edition kicks off on Saturday morning AEST with hosts Germany facing Scotland in the first of 51 matches across the next month. The Germans will be looking to win the event for a record fourth time, while Spain have also won it three times. Italy are defending champions, having beaten England […]
‘Against the spirit of cricket’: Cummins shuts down talk of World Cup shenanigans to knock Poms out
Pat Cummins has poured cold water on talk Australia could manipulate the result of their upcoming T20 World Cup clash with Scotland to ensure England’s elimination from the tournament, claiming such a move would be ‘against the spirit of cricket’. Suggestions Australia could massage Scotland’s net run rate during their clash on Sunday morning (AEST) […]
Pickford red card, Lukaku hat-trick, Mbappe at the death – fearless predictions for the opening round of the Euros
Just the other day we were watching Nestory Irankunda do backflips, only a week after Cortnee Vine played the pass of the century at Accor Stadium and Real Madrid took out the Champions League at Wembley. We were looking forward to a break from football. No chance. The European Championships have come around so quickly […]
England super-charge net run rate by obliterating Oman as Sri Lanka move closer to sealing Super 8s spot
England have bounced back from losing to Australia by inflicting one of the biggest thrashings in Twenty20 World Cup history on Oman. The holders won by eight wickets with 16.5 overs remaining, taking just 19 balls to knock off the target after dismissing Oman for 47. More Cricket England super-charge net run rate by obliterating […]
Schmidt picks 17 Reds players for train-on squad – but there’s no room for Suli in Wallabies’ immediate future
Suliasi Vunivalu’s stocks have taken another hit, with the World Cup Wallaby not required to continue training with the rest of the players of national interest by new head coach Joe Schmidt. Despite Schmidt asking 17 Queensland Reds players to return next week to continue training ahead of next month’s Tests against Wales and Georgia, […]