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India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur became the most capped player in the history of women’s international cricket during the third T20I against England in Taunton on Tuesday.This was her 368th match, going past Suzie Bates’ 367 games. Australia veteran Ellyse Perry follows in third place with 357 matches under her belt.Harmanpreet marked her milestone match with an important 40-ball 56 to take India to 180 for five in the series decider against the English.Former India captain Mithali Raj is also there in the top five on this list, having played 333 matches in her storied career.Players with most appearances in women’s…
Aston Villa do not plan to sell Morgan Rogers amid interest in the attacking midfielder, Barcelona remain keen on signing Marcus Rashford from Manchester United and Real Madrid hold talks with Inter Milan right-back Denzel Dumfries.Aston Villa are aware of interest in attacking midfielder Morgan Rogers from a number of clubs, including Arsenal, but have no intention of selling the 23-year-old England international. (Telegraph – subscription required), external Eintracht Frankfurt’s Germany full-back Nathaniel Brown, 22, is the subject of interest from Bayern Munich and Arsenal. (The Athletic – subscription required), externalManchester City and Chelsea are interested in Juventus’ wing-back Andrea…
One of the easiest ways to criticize boxing’s sanctioning bodies is over the abundance of world champions and the fees being charged to fighters whose purses, in many cases, fall far below the sport’s biggest names. That indignity was one of the points highlighted by Zuffa Boxing in their ongoing campaign to transform the Muhammad Ali Act, and their preference to avoid working with the four major sanctioning bodies – WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO. On one hand, two of the sanctioning bodies, the WBO and IBF, award just one belt per division. The WBA, however, has a combination of…
Alfie Hewett is through to the quarter-finals of the men’s wheelchair singles at the French Open but fellow Briton Gordon Reid lost his first-round match.Hewett, 28, beat French wildcard Guilhem Laget 6-3 6-0 on Court Suzanne Lenglen after their match was moved due to rain in Paris.The 10-time Grand Slam champion has won the French Open on three occasions but last lifted the clay title in 2021.He will face China’s Ji Zhenxu for a place in the semi-finals later in the week.Earlier, 34-year-old Reid was beaten 6-2 6-4 by eight-time Grand Slam champion Tokito Oda in a rain-interrupted match.It is…
Great British amateur ace Odel Kamara has announced he is turning professional.The 21-year-old from Liverpool, England, enjoyed a successful stint in the unpaid ranks for Team Great Britain and the Salisbury Amateur Boxing Club. Kamara won seven national titles and multiple international medals, most notably a World Championship bronze last year.The 71 kg fighter was pipped as one of the favorites from the UK to claim a medal at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, but Kamara has decided to make a switch. Kamara’s athleticism and exciting style have had managers and promoters circling him in an attempt to…
Justin Devenny has just celebrated winning the Uefa Conference League with Crystal Palace, but he isn’t ready to hit the beach just yet. It was a third honour in the space of 12 months for the Northern Ireland international.After helping the club lift the FA Cup in the previous season, he scored the winning penalty in the Community Shield against Liverpool in August.A first European trophy was remarkable as Oliver Glasner signed off his tenure on a high. “It was a great experience to win a major trophy,” said Devenny.”I thought the boys were great and thought we fully deserved…
Keely Hodgkinson begins an outdoor season in which she will seek to break the long-standing women’s 800m world record by testing her speed over 400m at the Rome Diamond League on Thursday, which is live on the BBC.Britain’s Olympic 800m champion has made clear her intention to topple Czech athlete Jarmila Kratochvilova’s 43-year mark this summer, ideally on home soil at the London Diamond League event in July, after smashing the world indoor record in March.Before then, the 24-year-old starts her racing preparations in Rome, where she will line up with a 400m personal best almost one second slower than…
Scotland goalkeeper Craig Gordon will be the oldest player at the World Cup this summer, but the 43-year-old has not been handed the No 1 shirt.Following the submission of each of the 48 nations’ official squad lists, Gordon will wear No 21, with fellow goalkeepers Angus Gunn and Liam Kelly assigned numbers 1 and 12 respectively.Manchester United’s Tyler Fletcher has taken No 8 after the teenage midfielder became a surprise replacement for the injured Billy Gilmour on Sunday.Striker Lyndon Dykes will wear Scotland’s No 9, fellow forward Che Adams No 10, and Lawrence Shankland No 20.It remains to be seen…
(Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing) Eddie Hearn, promoter of Anthony Joshua, doesn’t believe that Tyson Fury needs a warm up bout before taking on his charge in November. Fury came back to outpoint Arslanbek Makhmudov over 12 rounds in April. It was Fury’s first fight since twice losing to Oleksandr Usyk in 2024. Joshua, meanwhile, knocked out Jake Paul in six rounds in December. That marked his first action since being stopped by Daniel Dubois in September 2024. After Fury’s victory, he called out Joshua, who was sitting ringside. Joshua, though, insisted he needed more time. Following the victory over Paul, Joshua was…
France defender Ibrahima Konate is in advanced talks with Real Madrid about joining the La Liga club on a free transfer.As reported by the Daily Telegraph, external, Konate is close to agreeing terms over a move to the Bernabeu when his contract at Liverpool expires at the end of June.Liverpool announced on Sunday that Konate would leave the club at the end of his current deal. The 27-year-old had previously been in discussions to extend his stay on Merseyside but those talks came to an end amid a gap between the centre-half and the club over his value and wages.Konate…