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Independent review finds Scottish cricket ‘institutionally racist’
Glasgow, July 25 A damning review of Scottish cricket has found that its governing body failed on almost all tests of institutional racism. Independent investigators, completed by Plan4Sport, found 448 indicators of institutional racism and now published the details of their findings and recommended special measures to curb racism in ...Boxer Lovlina alleges mental harassment, says her coach denied entry into CWG Village
Birmingham, July 25 With just three days left for the Commonwealth Games to kick-start, Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain on Monday took to social media to share her ordeal where she alleged that she had been going through 'mental harassment' due to her coaches being frequently changed. She ...SL v PAK, 2nd Test, Day 1: Honours even as Sri Lankan batters fail to ...
Galle, July 24 Half-centuries by Oshada Fernando and Dinesh Chandimal powered Sri Lanka 315 for 6 on the first day of the second Test at the Galle International Stadium on Sunday. Opener Oshada Fernando continued his good form with the bat and, along with captain Dimuth Karunaratne ensured that Sri ...After Yorkshire, Essex and Cricket Scotland in the midst of racism storm: Report
London, July 24 England county side Essex and Cricket Scotland are in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons with reports suggesting they could be implicated over racism allegations, and up to 10 people could face charges of racism at the club. A report in Daily Mail late on Saturday ...Brydon Carse to miss England’s third ODI against South Africa after suffering toe injury
Leeds, July 23 England pacer Brydon Carse will miss England's ODI series decider against South Africa at Headingley on Sunday after suffering a right big toe injury during the series opener at Durham on Tuesday. The hosts also said that they will be asking for Carse's replacement. "Brydon Carse will ...IND v WI, 2nd ODI: India seek to avoid late middle-order wobble in bid to ...
Port of Spain (Trinidad), July 23 In its humdinger of a victory against West Indies in the first ODI at Queen's Park Oval, India got many things right. Like the top-order batters, captain Shikhar Dhawan, who fell three runs short of a century, his opening partner Shubman Gill and number ...Bairstow wants to play all formats of the game for ‘as long as possible’
Manchester, July 23 England batter Jonny Bairstow said he wants to play all three formats of the game for "as long as possible", despite his team-mate, all-rounder Ben Stokes recently retiring from ODI cricket at the age of 31 and Australia batter Usman Khawaja admitting that it is tough playing ...Sydney McLaughlin sets world record in women’s 400m hurdles win at World Athletics
Eugene, July 23 Sydney McLaughlin of the United States shattered the women's 400 hurdles world record in her victory at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday (IST). Double Olympic champion McLaughlin timed 50.68 seconds in the race, bettering her own world mark of 51.41 seconds set at the USA Track ...Ex-England batter Jonathan Trott to take over as Afghanistan head coach
London, July 23 Former England middle-order batter Jonathan Trott will take over as Afghanistan cricket team's head coach from the tour of Ireland in August, after the country's board announced the appointment of the 41-year-old on Saturday. Trott, who played over 200 international matches for England including 52 Tests and ...Djokovic to join Nadal, Federer, Murray at Team Europe for Laver Cup
London, July 22 It will be a treat for fans to watch the 'Big Four' of tennis -- Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray -- play together in the same team as they have joined forces to represent Team Europe for the first time in Laver Cup ...