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COVENTRY: Coventry earned a slice of Premier League history as they climbed out of the relegation zone with a stylish 4-1 win against Newcastle on Monday. Frank Lampard’s side are the first club in 127 years to secure successive English top-flight victories immediately after losing their opening four games without scoring. Jack Rudoni’s penalty early […]

LONDON: England have announced their squads for the upcoming white-ball tour of Australia, with a number of new faces included in the T20I side as the team prioritise preparations for next year’s ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Sonny Baker and Josh Tongue have been rested from the five-match T20I series to […]

DUBAI: India captain Shubman Gill has been named the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for September 2026, beating fellow nominees Abhishek Sharma and Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza to claim the honour. Gill earned the award after producing a remarkable batting performance in the first two ODIs of India’s series against the West Indies, scoring 333 […]

DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday reprimanded West Indies duo of Rovman Powell and Sherfane Rutherford for its Code of Conduct breach during the two-time champions’ third T20I of the five-match away series against India at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore on Sunday. According to the apex cricketing body, Powell was found […]

Freshly crowned China Open champion Zheng Qinwen withdrew on Monday from her home tournament in Wuhan, citing fatigue and a right shoulder injury. Zheng became the first Chinese player to clinch the Beijing title on Sunday by defeating reigning Roland Garros champion Mirra Andreeva 7-5, 6-4 in the final. It was Zheng’s first WTA 1000-level […]